WEIRD NATURE
Humans building thousands of dams over the past century have changed the planet’s mass distribution, shifting the globe’s axis. Depositphotos – By Jay Kakade 2025 Jul 30 – Over the past two centuries, the construction of thousands of dams has done more than just …
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 …
