Decades of turtle tracking reveal ocean stress is stretching breeding cycles
In 1993 the Sea Turtle Research Unit began walking a short stretch of sand on Redang Island every night of the nesting season.
Sep 16, 2026
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Ancient DNA decays far faster in warm Caribbean climates than cold regions
Tissue and burial setting mattered so much that the authors read them as masking the effect of age across the full dataset.
Sep 16, 2026
Antidepressant warning hints at lasting sexual side effects, but evidence remains elusive
A warning on psychiatric drugs hints at persistent sexual side effects, but seven years later the medical community still cannot say whether this is rare or routine.
By Nato Lagidze · Sep 16, 2026
Ancient teeth reveal oldest evidence of psychoactive drug use
Unusual dental wear and arecoline residues in two preagricultural Sulawesi foragers point to habitual whole-seed sucking, while a tiny sample and indirect dating limit the claim.
Sep 16, 2026
Screwworm larvae burrow into living flesh, turning tiny wounds into infestations
New World screwworm is an obligate parasite whose larvae invade living tissue. Its tiny entry wounds, rapid life cycle and unusual vulnerability to sterile males explain both the danger and control.
Sep 16, 2026
Ancient dinosaur dung preserves feathers from 66 million years ago
A Hell Creek theropod coprolite preserved an exposed flight feather, additional hidden feathers, bird bones and fish scales, recording anatomy and a food chain in one fossil.
Sep 15, 2026
Elite sprinters' body technique, not bike specs, wins the standing start
How does a track cyclist end up already rolling at the moment the clock starts, without being pulled for a false start?
Sep 15, 2026
Each extra hour daily in a car linked to 6% higher obesity odds
In a cross-sectional study of 10,878 Atlanta-area adults, each extra daily hour in a car was associated with 6% higher odds of obesity. The study did not compare electric and gasoline vehicles.
Sep 15, 2026
Sunlight on your skin today was forged when Neanderthals roamed Earth
The sunlight on your skin left the Sun's surface eight minutes ago, but the energy it carries spent tens of thousands of years random-walking through the Sun's radiative zone before it escaped.
Sep 14, 2026