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World’s most-used weedkiller disrupts honeybee brains
Glyphosate, the world's most widely used herbicide, disrupts honeybee behavior and brain chemistry despite decades of assumptions about its safety, ac…
Sitting up straight may improve your mood and decision-making
Researchers have found that sitting upright produces measurable changes in mood and risk-taking behavior, independent of conscious awareness. In a co…
These bizarre new beetles look so stretchy scientists named them Luffy
Taxonomists working on insect classification have formally described a new beetle genus with an unexpected pop culture reference. The researchers name…
Ancient bullets reveal where a Roman camp hid in the Pyrenees of Spain before being ambushed
Archaeologists have identified the location of a Roman military camp in the Pyrenees of Catalonia, Spain, using lead bullets as evidence. The camp dat…
Dark matter’s secret force does the opposite of what scientists expected
Physicists have discovered that dark matter particles may interact through a hidden force with counterintuitive behavior, according to research highli…
A cooperative approach to reproductive success
Evolutionary biologists at Syracuse University, the University of Siena, and the University of Szeged have overturned the classical model of fertiliza…
Newly unearthed mechanism that helps plants 'feel full' could help crops use fertilizer more efficiently
New York University researchers have identified the molecular mechanism that allows plants to sense when they have absorbed sufficient nitrogen, openi…
A fire’s rumble reveals where it’s burning
Researchers used infrasound, acoustic waves below human hearing range, to track the location and spread of a prescribed grassland fire in real time. T…
Superheated magma may power towering lava fountains
Researchers analyzing magma from La Palma's 2021 Tajogaite eruption have identified a mechanism that explains how volcanic fountains reach dramatic he…
Scientists may have found a way to prevent statin muscle pain
Researchers have pinpointed an immune mechanism underlying statin-induced muscle pain, a side effect that affects roughly 10 percent of patients takin…
Could we prevent dementia? A new trial may point the way.
Researchers are increasingly shifting focus toward dementia prevention rather than waiting to treat the disease after it develops. A new clinical tria…
Earth’s hidden “gold kitchen” lies beneath the seafloor
Researchers have discovered that Earth's mantle beneath submarine volcanoes concentrates gold through a natural geological process operating like a ch…
A unique antibody system may help explain bats' unusual tolerance of viruses
Vesper bats possess a rare dual antibody system that could explain their remarkable ability to tolerate viruses without getting sick, according to res…
Inflammation may trigger persistent 'out-of-body' experiences, emerging research hints
Researchers are exploring a novel hypothesis linking immune system dysfunction to dissociative disorders, which involve persistent out-of-body experie…
Scientists put cameras on whale sharks for the first time and saw something they'd never seen before
Researchers attached cameras to whale sharks and discovered the massive fish feed substantially more underwater than previously documented. The findin…