Treetop toilets may act as communication hubs across mammal species

When a human has a sudden need to take a number two, they might seek out a public bathroom. When mammals in the cloud forests of Costa Rica need to…

Health information delivered as a video game can bridge the communication gap between patients and providers

Imagine you and your partner are sitting in the waiting room of your doctor’s office, waiting for your appointment to get birth control – and instead of calculating how many…

DESI completa el mapa 3D más grande del Universo

Newswise — Anoche, los 5.000 “ojos” de fibra óptica del Instrumento Espectroscópico para el Estudio de la Energía Oscura (DESI, por sus siglas en inglés) apuntaron hacia una región del…

DESI Completes Planned 3D Map of the Universe and Continues Exploring

Newswise — Last night, the 5000 fiber-optic eyes of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) swiveled onto a patch of sky near the Little Dipper. Roughly every 20 minutes, they…

Neolithic tombs reveal kinship across generations

Stone tombs built by early farming groups in northern Scotland were used to bury closely related individuals, with new evidence pointing to family ties passed down through the male line.…

SpaceX fires up next-gen ‘Version 3’ Starship ahead of May test flight (photos)

The new, juiced-up version of SpaceX’s Starship megarocket just cleared a big hurdle on the path to its first-ever launch. That liftoff, targeted for early or mid-May, will be the…

Shallow Brain Hypothesis: Subcortical Shortcuts Could Revolutionize AI

Summary: Current AI models mimic the brain’s cortex, the “high-level” outer layer, but they almost entirely ignore the ancient, deep structures beneath it. A research team has proposed a new…

what elevation reveals about herbivory and plant stress  – Functional Ecologists

In this ‘Behind the Paper’ blog post, author Soumen Mallick – a Postdoctoral researcher at Field Station Fabrikschleichach, University of Würzburg – discusses the paper “Elevation reverses the effects of forest…

Is Social Media Addiction a Clinical Reality?

Summary: A recent California trial awarding $6 million to a plaintiff has put the tech world on notice, holding Google and Meta liable for the “harmful” addictive qualities of their…

Ads for GLP-1 drugs are flooding the internet – here’s how to know if it’s safe to buy them online

If you watched the Super Bowl in 2026, you likely saw Serena Williams share her weight loss journey on GLP-1 medications in a commercial. Like millions of others around the…