2025-09-30

Is the “million-year-old” skull from China a Denisovan or something else?

Now that we know what Denisovans looked like, they’re turning up everywhere. [...]

2025-09-30

This browser-based AI wants to kill the worst part of your job

Composite, a startup that turns web browsers into intelligent automation engines, has raised $5.6 million in seed funding to eliminate what its founders call the "digital grunt work" plaguin [...]

2025-09-30

Scientists unlock secret to Venus flytrap’s hair-trigger response

Ion channel at base of plant's sensory hairs amplifies initial signals above critical threshold. [...]

2025-09-30

How “prebunking” can restore public trust and other September highlights

The evolution of Taylor Swift's dialect, a rare Einstein cross, neutrino laser beams, and more. [...]

2025-09-29

Microplastics Could Be Weakening Your Bones, Research Suggests

The review of more than 60 scientific articles showed that microplastics, among other effects, can stimulate the formation of osteoclasts, cells specialized in degrading bone tissue. [...]

2025-09-28

What Is Thirst?

The effects of insufficient water are felt by every cell in the body, but it’s the brain that manifests our experience of thirst. [...]

2025-09-28

We risk a deluge of AI-written "science" pushing corporate interests – here’s what to do about it

AI is making it easier than ever to flood academic journals with misleading studies. Guest author David Comerford argues that urgent peer review reform is needed to protect trust in science.<br /&g [...]

2025-09-28

150 million-year-old pterosaur cold case has finally been solved

The storm literally snapped the bones in their wings. [...]

2025-09-27

The LA Fires Spewed Out Toxic Nanoparticles. He Made It His Mission to Trace Them

Nicholas Spada is one of the only scientists in the world using a nuclear x-ray process to study deadly nanoparticles in wildfire smoke. What he’s uncovered in California is a nightmare. [...]