Seeing dead fruit flies is bad for the health of fruit flies – and neuroscientists have identified the exact brain cells responsible For Drosophila melanogaster, their senses...
Glass: Neither a solid nor a liquid, this common yet complicated material is still surprising scientists Most glass is made by melting down soda ash, limestone...
Are you part robot? A linguistic anthropologist explains how humans are like ChatGPT – both recycle language Are we as different as we’d like to believe? Ledi...
If humans went extinct, what would the Earth look like one year later? A glimpse of a post-apocalyptic world. Bulgar/E+ via Getty Images Carlton Basmajian, Iowa State...
‘From Magic Mushrooms to Big Pharma’ – a college course explores nature’s medicine cabinet and different ways of healing People for millennia have used what grows around...
El Niño is back – that’s good news or bad news, depending on where you live Warm water along the equator off South America signals an El...
Kakhovka dam breach raises risk for Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant – receding waters narrow options for cooling The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant seen across the Dnieper River, which...
Brain tumors are cognitive parasites – how brain cancer hijacks neural circuits and causes cognitive decline Gliomas can form connections with distant areas of the brain, exploiting them...
Nearly 20% of the cultural differences between societies boil down to ecological factors – new research How much of a culture could be due to things like...
Scientists’ political donations reflect polarization in academia – with implications for the public’s trust in science Under 10% of political donations from academic scholars go to Republican...
