Parents will fret, even among bugs. And even among bugs, it’s complicated. Ferociously protective parenting has evolved four times among the pointy-faced, wide-bodied little leaf dwellers called shield bugs, researchers…
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The impact of nocturnal warming and prey availability during reproduction in a viviparous lizard – Functional Ecologists
In this week’s blog post, we’re checking our calendars and addressing how climate change is causing shifts in breeding dates for reptiles! Discussing the article “A multi-trait evaluation of patterns…
Researcher discusses trapping single atoms and putting them to work in emerging quantum technologies
Credit: Columbia University Blink and you might miss it, but if you keep your eye on the monitors in professor Sebastian Will’s lab, you’ll catch a series of single-second flashes…
Just transition talks find firmer footing
Welcome boost for just transition Without more social and economic justice, the green transition will be a “mirage”, Climate Action Network’s Anabella Rosemberg said on the last day of…
Cosmic images from the world’s largest digital camera are so big they require a ‘data butler’
The amount of data that will be collected by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, which released its fabulous first-light images this week, will far outweigh what any telescope before it…
I’m a physician who has looked at hundreds of studies of vaccine safety, and here’s some of what RFK Jr. gets wrong
In the four months since he began serving as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has made many public statements about vaccines that…
Scientists build first self-illuminating biosensor
Illustration of the self-illuminating biosensor: A metasurface of gold nanowires drives quantum light emission and concentrates the resulting light waves to detect biomolecules. Credit: 2025 Ella Maru Studio/BIOS EPFL CC…
Digital protocol links brain connectivity changes to improved mood and lower inflammation
Association between brain plasticity, peripheral inflammation, and psychological state. Credit: npj Digital Medicine (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41746-025-01765-1 Research shows RMPY-008 delivers a structured digital protocol that combines evidence-based psychological interventions with…
AI in health care needs patient-centered regulation to avoid discrimination, say experts
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A new commentary published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine warns that current risk-based regulatory approaches to artificial intelligence (AI) in health care…
How Brain Cells Coordinate to Make Complex Decisions
Summary: Every decision begins subtly, as the brain weighs options long before action. Researchers have now shown that, despite individual differences in neuron activity, a shared underlying structure guides the…
