Edith Singini | How rising CO2 reshapes savannas: Why some trees thrive while others struggle – Functional Ecologists

In this ‘Behind the Paper’ blog post, author Dr. Edith Singini, a lecturer at Rhodes University, delves into her new paper ‘Savanna tree species show contrasting acclimation responses to elevated…

Vice President Dick Cheney’s life followed the arc of the biggest breakthroughs in cardiovascular medicine

The life and political legacy of former Vice President Dick Cheney, who died on Nov. 4, 2025, at the age of 84, has been well documented. But his decades-long battle…

Florida residents’ anxiety is linked to social media use and varies with age, new study shows

Over 40 million American adults – approximately 19% – live with an anxiety disorder, according to the National Institutes of Health. Studies show this anxiety is most prevalent in young…

An effective safety net for vaccines and the people who need them—and why RFK Jr. is poised to cut it

For nearly four decades, Americans who believe they have been harmed by a vaccine have had access to a little-known legal process called the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP) —…

Celeritas Code Sets Fast Pace for Particle Physics Discoveries

Newswise — High energy physicists run on a treadmill that keeps speeding up. Their collider experiments smash particles at dazzling speeds and energies. Detectors identify and track the multitudes of…

Evidence of lost Celtiberian city beneath Borobia 

The rediscovery of a funerary stele has provided new evidence of a lost Celtiberian City beneath the municipality of Borobia in the province of Soria, Spain. The story began in 1971, when…

Eyes Blink in Time With Music, Revealing Hidden Brain Rhythms

Summary: New research shows that spontaneous eye blinks naturally sync to the beat of music, revealing a hidden form of auditory-motor synchronization that occurs even without conscious movement. In more…

NASA budget cuts proposed by President Donald Trump will cause a significant funding shortfall to Europe’s space science missions. But the European Space Agency hopes it can save them.

Flagship European space science missions conducted in collaboration with NASA face a possible combined funding shortfall of nearly $2 billion due to budget cuts put forward by the administration of…

Shingles vaccine most promising common drug to potentially prevent Alzheimer’s

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A new study has identified three existing medications that could be repurposed to treat or prevent Alzheimer’s disease. The research, led by the University of Exeter,…

Disney teaches a robot how to fall gracefully and make a soft landing