Curiosities
Andean People Evolved a Gene to Safely Process Arsenic
A population in the Argentinian Andes carries a gene variant that helps them metabolize arsenic more safely after thousands of years of exposure.
Space
Calcium and Vitamin D Supplements May Not Prevent Fractures
A major review of 69 clinical trials found that calcium and vitamin D supplements offer little meaningful protection against fractures or falls in most adults.
Curiosities
Cape Leopards Are Genetically Unique — And Smaller for a Reason
A whole-genome study reveals South Africa's Cape leopards form a distinct genetic group, isolated for 20,000 years and adapted to smaller prey.
Tech
Dying Cells Leave Viral "Breadcrumb Trails" That Spread Infection
Researchers discovered a new type of vesicle released during cell death that viruses can hijack to spread infection while evading the immune system.
Tech
Euclid Telescope Captures 60 Million Stars at the Milky Way's Heart
The Euclid space telescope has imaged the Milky Way's center in extraordinary detail, revealing more than 60 million stars in a single view.
Tech
Europe's First Synchrotron TES Spectrometer Opens at BESSY II
A new TES spectrometer at BESSY II detects X-ray photons up to 1,000 times more efficiently than conventional instruments, enabling study of nanoscale and quant
Space
France Records Hottest Day Ever as Europe Heatwave Intensifies
France logged its hottest day since records began in 1947 as a North African heat mass smothered western Europe, prompting red alerts across multiple countries.
Curiosities
Planetary Flybys May Have Triggered Earth's Worst Mass Extinctions
A physicist proposes that gravitational tides from passing dwarf planets could explain mass extinctions that lack asteroid impact evidence.
Space
Summer Sun Not Enough to Fix Vitamin D Deficiency, Study Finds
New research finds high-risk groups in northern England remain vitamin D deficient year-round, even during summer months.
Space
Wonderwerk Cave Fire Evidence Pushed Back to 1.79 Million Years
Scientists found evidence of fire use in South Africa's Wonderwerk Cave dating back 1.79 million years, using a new luminescence technique on fossil bones.
Tech
Younger Generations Are Biologically Aging Faster, Study Finds
A new study finds recent generations are biologically older than previous ones at the same age, potentially explaining rising cancer rates in younger adults.
Space
Bull's-Eye Cloud Rings Appear Above Erupting La Palma Volcano
A NASA satellite captured striking concentric cloud rings above La Palma's erupting Cumbre Vieja volcano in October 2021. The rings formed from a trapped plume
Nature
Common Weedkiller Glyphosate May Select for Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
New research links glyphosate herbicide use to antibiotic resistance. Hospital superbugs also showed high resistance to the common weedkiller.
Curiosities
Earth's Oldest Known Asteroid Crater Dated to 3 Billion Years Ago
A new analysis of ancient crystals confirms Australia's North Pole Dome as Earth's oldest known impact crater, at roughly 3.02 billion years old.
Tech
Genetic Research Reveals New Bird Species Hidden in Japan
DNA analysis has uncovered a previously unknown bird species in Japan, splitting what was thought to be one species into two distinct ones.
Nature
Hallucination-Causing Mushroom Lacks Genes for Known Psychedelics
A Chinese mushroom that causes visions of tiny people contains no known psychedelic compounds, suggesting it produces an entirely new substance.
Space
Inside the Space Station Lab Where Matter Almost Stops Moving
NASA's Cold Atom Lab aboard the ISS is cooling atoms to near absolute zero, producing a rare fifth state of matter impossible to study on Earth.