How Invasive Moths Use Magnetic and Visual Cues to Migrate

Summary: Billions of moths navigate the night sky every year, moving across entire continents with uncanny precision. A new study has uncovered how one of the world’s most invasive pests—the…

Older Adults Still Prioritize Passion

Summary: The cultural stereotype of older age as a time of asexual “friendship” is being dismantled by new research. A study of single adults aged 60 to 83 found that…

Exhaustion Loophole: How Sleep Deprivation Compromises Justice

Summary: The U.S. criminal justice system has long accounted for intellectual disabilities and intoxication when weighing the validity of statements, but a new research synthesis suggests it is ignoring a…

A jellyfish or a brain? Tell us what you see in this gorgeous deep-space nebula photo

Astrophotographer Ogetay Kayali has captured a nebula resembling a jellyfish — or possibly a brain, depending on your perspective — shining 5,000 light-years from Earth near the bright star Propus,…

Will Proba-3 phone home? European solar-eclipse satellite goes dark

Europe has lost contact with one of its two Proba-3 spacecraft, after an anomaly caused the vehicle to lose orientation. The European Space Agency‘s (ESA) Proba-3 mission launched to Earth…

Brain’s Parenting Hub Redirects Care Toward Peers

Summary: Why do we feel compelled to help a stranger in distress? According to a new study, the answer lies in our ancient “parenting machinery.” Researchers discovered that the same…

Archaeologists reveal major hoard of Imperial Russian gold

Archaeologists from the Institute of Archaeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences have revealed a remarkable hoard of gold coins uncovered in 2025 in the historic town of Torzhok, in…

Healing Without the Hallucinations: The Next Generation of Psilocybin Therapy

Summary: While psilocybin is hailed as a breakthrough for depression and anxiety, many patients remain wary of the intense “trips” associated with the drug. Now, researchers have engineered modified versions…

Archaeologists uncover evidence of Iron Age rituals at Germany’s Bruchhauser Steine

Archaeologists working at the Bruchhauser Steine hillfort in Germany’s Sauerland region have uncovered evidence that the dramatic rock formation served as a site for ritual practices more than 2,000 years…

How Instagram addictiveness lawsuit could reshape social media – platform design meets product liability

A Los Angeles courtroom is hosting what may become the most consequential legal challenge Big Tech has ever faced. This is an inflection point in the global debate over Big…