
Wired - 16 hours 7 min ago
A new study shows the mechanisms of how coffee modifies the microbiome, reduces inflammation, and influences mood. Even decaf has its perks.

The Independent - 17 hours 26 min ago
Research points to alarming species decline, habitat degradation, and deeper ecological stress in India's Western Ghats...

Last Word On Nothing - 17 hours 37 min ago
See those little round plants? The flat ones? They’re ferns. Ferns! Did you even know ferns came like that? Not a frond in sight? Little flat discs? Well, they do! They grow in many, many wet places in Japan, often among the wee mosses and lichens, which means I’d seen them for a long time […] The post Snapshot: Funny little ferns appeared first on The Last Word On Nothing .

BBC - 19 hours 24 min ago
The kit was rescued from a bin in Wales and is now being looked after at Vale Wildlife Hospital.

The Independent - 19 hours 27 min ago
A stone causeway, now underwater, leads from the loch shore to the island...

Australian Geographic - 22 hours 22 min ago
Neither a true possum nor a honeyeater, everything about this minute marsupial will raise your eyebrows. The post The extraordinary life of the honey possum appeared first on Australian Geographic .

Australian Geographic - 23 hours 31 min ago
Throughout this 40th anniversary year of Australian Geographic we're looking back at a selection of stories we've run over the decades. This abridged excerpt is from a feature in AG 25, in Jan Mar 1992. The post FROM THE ARCHIVE: Triumph on K2 appeared first on Australian Geographic .

Nature - 1 day 1 hour ago
By accelerating the identification of DNA sequences that control gene expression, assays are revealing the hidden grammar of the regulatory genome and giving scientists the means to rewrite it...

Nature - 1 day 1 hour ago
Bombing of Iran's civilian infrastructure has damaged universities, destroyed thousands of books and manuscripts, amid a government-imposed Internet blackout, some of the country's researchers have told Nature.

Nature - 1 day 1 hour ago
The group of rodent viruses can cause disease in humans, but cases are rare.

The Independent - 1 day 2 hours ago
The island is situated in a loch on the Isle of Lewis.

Newser - 1 day 8 hours ago
Artificial intelligence is edging into territory that has long kept biodefense experts up at night. As microbiologist and federal biosecurity adviser Dr. David Relman tells the New York Times , in a test run for a major AI company, a chatbot not only laid out how to tweak a dangerous pathogen...

Popular Mechanics - 1 day 11 hours ago
Jackpot.

Newser - 1 day 17 hours ago
Germany's most-watched whale saga has a new chapter: Timmy is finally back in the North Sea. The roughly 40-foot humpback, stuck for weeks in the Baltic and written off as doomed in early April, was released Saturday in the North Sea following what the New York Times reports was the...