A Wolf Walks Into a Flower — and Appears to Pollinate ItThe bees and ... the wolves? Turns out, the Ethiopian wolf may be a pollinator, too.
Malibu Fire Explodes Overnight, Prompting EvacuationsThe fast-growing blaze comes as various parts of Southern California are under red flag warnings because of fierce Santa Ana winds, low humidity and dry vegetation.
Climate Change Is Destroying Monarch Butterflies’ Winter HabitatDuring their passage through Mexico, monarch butterflies depend on the shelter of endangered trees—so this scientist is leading a huge experiment to build them a new winter habitat.
Hundreds of Sea Turtles With Hypothermia Are Washing up in Cape Cod, Cold-Stunned As Temperatures DropNew England Aquarium staff and volunteers are treating the reptiles, which have gotten trapped after venturing north earlier in the year. Experts say climate change is leading more turtles to get stranded in the bay.
After 15 Years, a Vessel Named ‘Nautilus’ Actually Saw a NautilusThe ancient sea creatures are rarely photographed, much less filmed.
For healthy aging, tend to your musclesLife can come at you fast, even at older ages. Muscles need to be ready to keep up.
DeepMind AI weather forecaster beats world-class systemGoogle DeepMind has developed the first artificial intelligence (AI) model of its kind to predict the weather more accurately than the best system currently in use.
To Find Alien Intelligence, Start With the MountainsThe key to complex life might be hiding miles below our feet. Produced by ElevenLabs and News Over Audio (NOA) using AI narration.
Fragrances may seem harmless. But the research is raising alarm.I love perfume, but I’ve heard a chemical used in fragrances may be bad for my health. Is that true? A spritz of perfume may feel like such a minor chemical exposure compared to the pollutants elsewhere in our environment — microplastics, air pollution, PFAS.
Physicists and philosophers today have formulated three opposing models that explain how laws work. Which is the best?The Sun rises every day. Water boils at 100°C. Apples fall to the ground. We live in a world in which objects behave the same given the same circumstances.
Developing Expertise Improves the Brain’s Ability to ConcentrateThink of the last time you concentrated deeply to solve a challenging problem. To solve a math puzzle or determine a chess move, for example, you might have had to screen through multiple strategies and approaches. But little by little, the conundrum would have come into focus.
‘Let things go feral’: how to do carbon-positive gardening in your own back yardMy vegetable garden is a jungle. The grass is waist-high, the weeds have consumed my gardening tools and representatives from all classes of the animal kingdom – possibly also a jabberwocky – are enjoying a comfortable existence in there, eating my salad greens and each other.
Large language models not fit for real-world use, scientists warn — even slight changes cause their world models to collapseGenerative artificial intelligence (AI) systems may be able to produce some eye-opening results but new research shows they don’t have a coherent understanding of the world and real rules.
How stress can disrupt memory and lead to anxietyStress makes mice form big bundles of neurons in the brain that disrupt memory formation, making them fearful of harmless situations1 — which might help to explain why stressed people often feel threatened in safe environments.