WEIRD NATURE
How rising temperatures even impact our sleep. Flinders University – By Bronwyn Thompson 2025 Jun 16 – In 2025, around 24 million Americans are estimated to suffer from sleep apnea, and around 90% of these cases are undiagnosed. Now, a groundbreaking new study warns …
A map focused on the UK and North Atlantic Ocean; red areas indicate regions where the oceans are getting darker, while blues indicate regions where they are getting lighter. Davies and Smyth, Darkening of the Global Ocean: Global Change Biology – By Jay Kakade …
Over 730,000 people visit Colorado National Monument each year. It was established in 1911 under the Antiquities Act. Gordon Leggett, CC BY-SA – By Monica Hubbard, Associate Professor of Public Policy and Administration, Boise State University and by Erika Allen Wolters, Assistant Professor of …
Severe hot flashes were significantly reduced in menopausal women who ate a vegan diet. Depositphotos original extended using GenAI – By Paul McClure 2025 Jun 09 – Switching from a diet including meat to a low-fat vegan diet reduced severe hot flashes in menopausal …
The Door to Hell burns furiously in the night sky. Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 2.0 View 4 Images – By Joe Salas 2025 Jun 08 – There are no written Soviet records, no logs, no official drilling reports, and no confirmation that they’d lit it …
The system of scientific naming began in the 1700s. Westend61 via Getty Images – By Nicholas Green, Assistant Professor of Biology, Kennesaw State University Published: 2025 Jun 03 – Most people would call it a “field mouse,” but a scientist would ask, “Was …
Coming in to land: A cockatoo heads to the park drinking fountain. Klump et al, Biology Letters. View 6 Images – By Bronwyn Thompson 2025 Jun 04 – In an impressive feat of rapid urban adaptation, sulphur-crested cockatoos have worked out how to use …
If a solar storm of this magnitude were to hit the Earth today its effect would be cataclysmic on our electronic and telecommunications networks. Depositphotos – By Jay Kakade 2025 Jun 01 – A study published in the journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters …
An electron microscope image, colorized, shows different structures of pollen grains, including sunflower, morning glory and primrose. Dartmouth Electron Microscope Facility – By Francisca Oboh Ikuenobe, Professor of Geology and Geophysics, Missouri University of Science and Technology and by Linus Victor Anyanna, Graduate …
An artistic rendition of our solar system, including the Sun and eight planets. vjanez/iStock via Getty Images – By Christopher Palma, Teaching Professor of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Penn State and by Lucas Brefka, Ph.D. Student in Astronomy & Astrophysics, Penn State Published: 2025 …
