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Elephants Just Passed a Classic Psychology Test – With More Restraint Than Many Humans
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (444+ words) After a long day at work, it can be a struggle to resist the urge to just order food delivery instead of checking the fridge first....
Scientists Wiggled a Fish's Earbones With Light – And Changed Its Heartbeat
4+ week, 3+ hour ago (546+ words) If you want to make someone's heart beat faster, there are probably better ways to...
Haunting Encounter With Rare Bigfin Squid Caught 2 Miles Under The Waves
1+ week, 4+ day ago (663+ words) In the liminal darkness of the water column deep under the sea, an entire ecosystem thrives....
Squid Are Taking Over The Ocean – And Not For The Reason You Might Think
1+ week, 23+ hour ago (347+ words) We've made some drastic changes to ocean ecosystems in the past century....
Only Cats Are Linked to Worse Mental Health in Young Kids, Study Finds
1+ week, 1+ day ago (752+ words) Parents strive to support their children's physical and mental well-being, whether it's constant cross-town drives to karate, mashing a million peas, or absorbing countless CoComelon marathons. Adopting a pet is another common practice, but is there any science to support…...
'Impossible': This Tiny Animal Can Pass Radiation Damage to Its Offspring – And Repair It Over Generations
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (1294+ words) In the mosses and lichens of the world – the in-between places, where living conditions rapidly fluctuate – lives a tiny animal with an extraordinary survival skill. No, not tardigrades – it's their much weirder housemate, the bdelloid rotifer. Just like tardigrades, bdelloid…...
What Do You See? This Week's Monday Microscope Mystery
1+ week, 6+ day ago (414+ words) Familiar things can look very strange when viewed under a microscope – which is why each week we bring you a fresh microscope mystery to put your detective skills to the test. This week's mystery looks almost cosmic – a scatter of…...
Ancient Humans May Have Evolved a Remarkable Trick to Survive The Last Ice Age
4+ week, 1+ day ago (614+ words) When you think about it, it seems remarkable that humanity is still here....
Mysterious Viper With a 'Spider' For a Tail Reveals Another Surprise
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (531+ words) A number of creatures on Earth possess a sting in their tails – but there's only one animal known to science with a spider for a tail....
This Week in Science: Ocean 'Backrooms', Plastic Cookies, And More!
2+ week, 2+ day ago (373+ words) This Week in Science: Reversing Alzheimer's damage, the safest place on Earth, and more! First up: Oceanographers exploring a sonar blip assumed they'd find a shipwreck....