WEIRD NATURE
New research has traced the evolutionary origins of the modern potato all the way back to an interbreeding event with tomatoes nine million years ago. Made with Google AI – By Jay Kakade 2025 Jul 31 – Tracing the potato’s deep ancestry, researchers have …
Kamchatka Krai earthquake location. USGS – By Dee Ninis, Earthquake Scientist, Monash University And by John Townend, Professor of Geophysics, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Published: 2025 Jul 30 – Today at about 11:30am local time, a magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck …
Some probiotics help gut recovery, while others harm it. Depositphotos – By Paul McClure 2025 Jul 26 – Not all probiotics are created equal. A new study found that one commonly available strain made a gut infection worse, while another helped stop it in …
The secret language of sea stars has been uncovered for the first time. Depositphotos – By Bronwyn Thompson 2025 Jul 20 – They’ve been crawling across the seafloor for more than 500 million years – predating the dinosaurs – yet sea stars remain some …
Migraines can be debilitating – and frustrating when triggered by weather you can’t control. fizkes/iStock/Getty Images Plus – By Danielle Wilhour, Assistant Professor of Neurology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Published: 2025 Jul 10 – “Is it just me, or is there …
The unusual radio signals were first detected nearly ten years ago by a special experiment designed to detect radio waves caused by cosmic rays hitting the atmosphere. Stephanie Wissel / Penn State – By Jay Kakade 2025 Jul 20 – It may sound like …
Pepper has become an unlikely disease research hero. John Lednicky – By Bronwyn Thompson 2025 Jul 14 – Black cats may be considered bad luck in many Western societies, however, one such sooty feline has brought good fortune to a team of scientists, playing …
Certain gut bacteria has been found to soak up toxic PFAS chemicals allowing the body to excrete them as waste. Peter Northrop / MRC Toxicology Unit – By Jay Kakade 2025 Jul 12 – A new study published in Nature Microbiology has reported a …
Investigations into several regions in the Chilean Andes suggests melting glaciers can wake up dormant volcanoes. Gemini – By Pranjal Malewar 2025 Jul 11 – For centuries, glaciers have sat like frosty crowns atop slumbering volcanoes, keeping Earth’s fury tucked safely beneath layers of …
A Kerrville, Texas, resident watches the flooded Guadalupe River on 2025 Jul 04. Eric Vryn/Getty Images – By Hatim Sharif, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of Texas at San Antonio Published: 2025 Jul 05 Updated: 2025 Jul 07, 8:28pm EDT …
