The Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026 Winners Showcase Nature’s Power and Vulnerability — Colossal
Federico Veronesi received the top honor of the 2026 Wildlife Photographer of the Year for his poignant black-and-white…
Researchers Stranded an AI Agent on a Virtual Island. Things Got Very Weird.
Life, it seems, wants to play. Anyone who’s ever spent ten minutes with a five-year-old knows this perfectly…
How we’re helping the world prepare for natural disasters
Today is International ShakeOut Day, when millions practice earthquake drills. Our Android Earthquake Alerts System turns smartphones into…
Watch SpaceX launch classified mission for the US Space Force today
SpaceX will launch a classified mission for the U.S. Space Force this evening (Oct. 15), and you can…
Norman McCubbin obituary | Particle physics
My brother Norman McCubbin, who has died aged 77, was a scientist who worked at the forefront of…
‘Like selling wolves from Yellowstone’: how protected US sharks are being sold off to foreign aquariums | Oceans
Shortly after 12.45pm, what remains of a 300-metre line goes taut. Somewhere beneath the murky green surface of…
Highly sensitive people react to social cues over physical environments
Environmental sensitivity may be a misleading name for a personality trait that appears to have less to do…
Dropping tree seeds from the sky: stunt or solution for reforestation? : Short Wave : NPR
In 2022, a skydiver dropped 100 million seeds over the Amazon to fight deforestation. Pedro Brancalion explains the…
Host Stars Shape Their Planetary Systems Into Two Families
The age of exoplanet science took shape with the Kepler mission, and gained more momentum with the TESS…
Monolayer van der Waals kagome lattice for high-temperature flat-band physics
Yin, J.-X., Lian, B. & Hasan, M. Z. Topological kagome magnets and superconductors. Nature 612, 647–657 (2022). Article …
Dog that hunts invasive ‘sea vomit’ creature wins animal of the year award
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Anorexia Nervosa in Male Athletes: Clinical Recognition and Diagnostic Challenges
In clinical practice, male athletes with anorexia nervosa often present with high levels of discipline, performance, and apparent…