Hot Jupiters are some of the most extreme planets in the universe, blazing gas giants like Jupiter or Saturn that exist so close to their stars that they complete orbits…
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Banning transgender girls from school sports affects all children – why allowing strangers to scrutinize children’s bodies may put all girls at risk of harassment
Youth sports have a significant impact on the development of all children. Sports provide children opportunities to build their social skills and confidence, as well as improve their sense of…
Young gulls’ drab plumage may help them avoid adult attacks
While many bird species go from egg to adult in months, some seabirds spend years in a sort of awkward adolescent phase, sporting darker, drabber plumage than the adults. In…
Rafael Cabral Borges | Bee community assembly is regulated by functional traits in pristine tropical forest environments – Functional Ecologists
In this ‘Behind the paper’ blog post, author Rafael Cabral Borges – a postdoctoral fellow at the Vale Institute of Technology in Belém, Brazil – discusses his paper “Bee community…
Can giant batteries unlock Africa’s green industrial future?
When Tropical Storm Ana made landfall in Malawi in 2022, it hit the landlocked country’s electricity system hard, destroying a third of its hydropower capacity and causing nationwide system shutdowns.…
Archaeologists uncover ancient settlement and tombs at Tel El-Koa
An Egyptian archaeological mission has uncovered a remarkable ancient settlement at Tel El-Koa in the Wadi Tumilat region of Ismailia Governorate, revealing tombs, residential buildings and production facilities dating to…
‘Star Fox’ is an eye-catching reimagining of a timeless sci-fi classic, but we’ve been here before
Star Fox 64 is the Nintendo game that refuses to fade away, and we’re not complaining, especially when the new Switch 2 remake — simply titled Star Fox — amplifies…
With extreme heat now a public health crisis, local data can save lives
Eric Mackres is senior manager of urban analytics for the WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities and attended London Climate Action Week during the June 2026 heatwave. Usama Bilal is…
Crabs can’t hide from an octopus with a mirror
Mirrors are tricky. Even humans aren’t born with an intuitive understanding of them; we have to learn how they work. Now, scientists have discovered that the California two-spot octopus (Octopus…
