🌧️ NEW: Researchers identified a #climate teleconnection linking high temperatures on the Tibetan Plateau to catastrophic rainfall events in #California during early 2017 and 2023.

👉 livescience.com/planet-earth/w…

#science #weather #climate #geography #california #atmosphere #research #earth #environment #meteorology #rain #global #nature #study #education

🌙 NEW: New computer #simulations suggest that the #Moon could have begun forming within five hours of a collision between early #Earth and the #Mars-sized #protoplanet #Theia.

The impact may have scattered molten rock into orbit, where it later gathered and cooled. The result supports a rapid version of the giant-impact model, though it remains a simulation-based #proposal.

👉 livescience.com/space/the-moon…

#space #astronomy #science #physics #geology #planets #solarsystem #technology #tech #research

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In and amongst the thousand things I need to do, will be revising the "Kite Drone" page on my site to reflect all the work that has happened during the summer. This will include better shots of the hardware itself. Pictured is an oddly nice capture of the new sensor box, in its ideal habitat - albeit decoupled from the rest of the sensor boom.

#cornwall #data #photography #nature #geography #environment #sensors #research

NEW: Our analysis found that from 2020 to 2025, the rate of deaths involving ectopic pregnancies nearly doubled compared with the previous six-year period.

The uptick was steeper in states with abortion bans.
propublica.org/article/ectopic…

#News #Women #Health #Pregnancy #Abortion #Data #Research #Texas

🦜 NEW: Behavioral biologist Jorg Massen gave 17 Galah #Cockatoos a daily choice to fly free.

The #birds almost always flew, then foraged and raised their crests more. They also showed greater #optimism about finding #walnuts after #flying. Massen sees #flight as an ethological need, tying the #research to #animal welfare that enables their natural behaviors.

👉 scientificamerican.com/article…

#parrots #animals #behavior #animalwelfare #ornithology #nature #science #emotions #biodiversity #zoology #biology #galah

"Experts have serious doubts about the study’s findings and major ethical objections to its methodology. They say that it builds on previous pseudoscience about trans people and, ultimately, they are concerned about how the Trump administration plans to use it."

19thnews.org/2026/09/hhs-study…

#PublicHealth #HHS #lgbtq #transgender #research #ethics #pseudoscience #misinformation #disinformation

📜 NEW: Researchers gathered at the University of #Michigan’s #Papyrus #Conservation #Summer Seminar to save ancient fragments nicknamed "cornflakes."

Nine conservators largely new to the work preserved more than 150 pieces in two weeks, working alongside papyrologists so text specialists and conservators could guide each other’s efforts.

👉 popsci.com/science/cornflakes-…

#history #archaeology #museums #science #preservation #research #breakfast #writing

🐶 NEW: In #Bengaluru, startup Dognosis trains #dogs to sniff #cancer in human breath, using #AI to read each #animal’s #brain activity and body language. A #study of over 1,500 people reported more than 90% accuracy, though oncologists say they need larger trials.

👉 phys.org/news/2026-09-dogs-can…

#science #biology #oncology #smell #canines #india #research #medicine #animals #behavior #health #tech #technology

🐾 NEW: Alfie and Bailey are the first dogs engineered with #CRISPR to lack the major allergen Can f 1. Allergy tests on their saliva and dander showed no reaction, unlike samples from a regular #beagle and other breeds.

Kindred Companion Sciences created them and now plans to breed edited founder #animals for future lines. The #dogs await #FDA approval before sale. Experts note unresolved ethical questions about engineering #pets.

👉 smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/…

#genetics #science #canines #allergies #dna #biotech #geneediting #technology #tech #nature #research

🦗 NEW: Scientists reconstructed likely calls from 20 fossilized #insects representing nine #Jurassic species found in Inner #Mongolia and #China.

Most produced low-frequency #sounds similar to modern #crickets, while Sigmaboilus peregrinus may have chirped at 20-22 kHz. The #findings suggest ultrasonic #communication existed before #bats and may have evolved in response to several #predators.

👉 smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/…

#paleontology #dinosaurs #katydids #evolution #acoustics #fossils #science #biology #ai #nature #research #entomology #research

🐶 NEW: Recording 103 dogs in four situations, researchers found they tilted their heads far more often when owners used familiar words in an excited tone than during silent or unfamiliar #speech.

The motion may signal active #language processing, possibly tied to the left #brain hemisphere, though the small number of tilting #dogs keeps conclusions appropriately cautious.

👉 popsci.com/environment/why-dog…

#science #animals #canines #research #behavior #kids #pets #nature

🦟 NEW: Researchers tested how three South #Florida mosquito species, Aedes aegypti, Aedes albopictus, and Culex quinquefasciatus, responded to 119 human volunteers using a device that let #insects approach without biting.

They matched each species to specific #skin odors and bacterial communities. Each #mosquito favored different #microbes, and no single person attracted all three species.

👉 theconversation.com/mosquitoes…

#science #biology #microbiome #research #nature #animals #dengue #westnile #health #insects #study

⛺️ NEW: #Everest Base Camp becomes a temporary settlement of about 1,600 tents on the #Khumbu Glacier each #spring for roughly 50 days.

Heat from burned fuel and warm urine contributes to local #glacier melt, with fuel responsible for about 94% of the modeled human-caused #warming. Surface temps there are rising faster than in surrounding glacier areas, and researchers suggest the camp could be relocated.

👉 zmescience.com/science/news-sc…

#glacier #climatechange #climate #science #mountains #himalayas #glaciology #environment #earthscience #geography #climbing #research #nature #heat #ice

#TDWG2026 Research and Robot-ready Biodiversity Data Standards is starting in just two weeks. Make sure you are ready for it.

⬆️ Presenters upload your content by 15 September
⬇️ All attendees download the Whova App and plan your week
📗 Check instructions in the website
❓Reach out if any questions
🧳 Start packing 🛫

See you in #Oslo 🇳🇴

🔗 tdwg.link/2026

#research #robot #ready #biodiversity #data #standards

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🦥🌿 #Carnivore ecologist Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant shares a behind-the-scenes look at filming Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom in #CostaRica. The crew tracks wild #tapirs in #TapirValley, takes X-rays of a #sloth, and learns how #horses help make #snake anti-venom.

👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/tapir-valley-c…

#adventure #animals #wildlife #biology #birds #blackandstem #centralamerica #conservation #ecology #endangeredspecies #frogs #hiking #hummingbirds #jobs #jungle #medicine #night #rainforest #research #science #travel #tropical #venom #veterinarian #volcanoes #womeninstem #work #xray #filmmaking #conservation #nature #zoology #tksst #video

A German startup makes European space history with its first successful orbital launch.

The 28-metre rocket lifted off from Isar Aerospace’s launch complex in Norway on Saturday night, carrying a payload of five small satellites, in the first successful commercial orbital launch from continental European soil.

mediafaro.org/article/20260906…

#IsarAerospace #Space #Rocket #Tech #Industry #Aerospace #Satellites #Research #Europe #Germany #Norway #Andøya

Usually, when a #research article gets accepted for publication, the journal sends the proofs within a day and the author has to respond within 24-48 hours with the corrected proofs. This is the case with major publishers like #Elsevier, #Springer, #Wiley etc.

With smaller publishers, like research associations, this pace is more laid-back. I do like this style more, because I am not expected to drop all plans I have to check the copy-edited proofs ASAP or face significant publication delays.

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🧊🔬 Researchers at the University of #Amsterdam made 3D printed #ice structures without a freezer by sending room temperature #water into a low pressure chamber.

The droplets cool quickly through evaporation and freeze almost at once. The method can make delicate shapes faster than older cold surface techniques and may be useful for molds, lab channels, tissue scaffolds, and possibly building on #Mars.

👉 zmescience.com/future/physicis…

#physics #science #engineering #materials #3dprinting #research #space #innovation #technology #tech #news

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🧬 👯 A #study of roughly 1.14 million people identified 1,260 genetic variants linked to the Big Five personality traits, yet found #DNA explains only 7.4 to 10.6% of individual differences. Environmental factors still do most of the work, cautioning that our #genomes do not fix who we become.

👉 sciencealert.com/everyone-assu…

#dna #genetics #science #nature #psychology #twins #behavior #humans #research #brain

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🐕🗣️ In #Budapest, researchers train #dogs to bark on cue, to study whether domestication shaped vocal #learning and its ties to #speech #evolution.

Embedded in the EU-funded #K9VocLearn project, the work links to the self-#domestication hypothesis and could inform #tools that someday read dog emotion from their #sounds. A citizen #science arm invites dog owners worldwide to contribute recordings.

👉 zmescience.com/ecology/animals…

#science #animals #biology #research #bioacoustics #language #canines #ethology #nature

Rapid diagnostics are critical during outbreaks. However, EU regulations now require every test to undergo lengthy approval studies. Using the #Ebola outbreak, a team led by Prof. Christian Drosten at #CharitéBerlin has found a way to quickly assess the quality of new PCR tests, speeding up their availability.

👉 charite.de/en/research/paper_s…

#CharitéPaper #Bundibugyo #CharitéVirology #GlobalHealth #diagnostics #DRC #research #science #PublicHealth

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🐒🦎 Bearded #capuchins in northeastern #Brazil usually eat fruit, but researchers recorded 446 hunts of #lizards, #snakes and #opossums over 5,000 hours, concentrated when #plant foods ran low. Scientists link this seasonal prey-hunting to a possible stepping stone in early human meat-eating.

👉 smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/…

#primatology #animals #wildlife #behavior #monkeys #meat #evolution #humanevolution #science #biology #zoology #nature #research

My profession (research) is just becoming increasingly unhinged in terms of "AI" use. Last three days:

- Day 1: Meeting on a grant proposal. Colleague has not read the call, but has Google Gemini Chatbot open and asks the Chatbot during our meeting constantly about call specifics.
- Day 2: Another meeting about a possible grant proposal (yes, my life). Colleague has not read the call, but brings an "AI" summary they read while discussing it with me.
- Day 3: Preparation for a kick-off meeting on a project. Colleague has prepared a list of tasks and timeline with Claude. I dread looking at it.

#academia #research #academicchatter

And you know, I even use LLMs to generate text for computer code sometimes, so I am not generally opposed to tightly scoped use of generated text in some places, but this is just an avalanche of carelessness by now.

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🐻🏔️ In the first #FatMarmotWeek, eight yellow-bellied #marmots in #Colorado competed to bulk up before #hibernation.

A public vote crowned Dawn the winner for gaining 2 kg (4.5 lbs) and reaching 5.9 kg (13 lbs). The Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory’s Marmot Project hosted the event to offset #research funding cuts, inspired by #Alaska’s #FatBearWeek.

👉 npr.org/2026/08/30/nx-s1-59456…

#wildlife #science #rockymountains #animals #rodents #nature #biology #winter

Research Fellowships 2027
Application deadline: 30th September 2026.
👉 Find out more and apply: gei.de/en/institute/career/fel…

#stipends #education #research #digital #media #textbooks

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🐻🌡️ #VirginiaTech researchers tracked four pregnant wild black #bears through 22,000 hours of #video at their Black Bear #Research Center, categorizing 45 behaviors and linking them to temperature, day length, and physiological changes.

👉 popsci.com/environment/virgini…

#blackbears #hibernation #wildlife #science #biology #animals #nature #ecology #climate #forest

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: ⚡💧 Researchers at the #MaxPlanck Institute found that #rain can corrode surfaces through an overlooked electrical mechanism.

When drops slide across insulating #materials, they pick up charge through slide electrification. Those charged drops can then breach protective coatings through dielectric breakdown, exposing #metal beneath to corrosion.

👉 arstechnica.com/science/2026/0…

#science #physics #electricity #weather #chemistry #engineering #nature #research #experiment

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 📚💉 #DollyParton’s death prompted scientists to recall her quiet role in #research. A $1 million gift became the Dolly Parton #COVID-19 Research Fund, supporting early #Moderna #vaccine work. Her #Imagination #Library became the subject of #literacy studies, while the #sheep cloned in 1996 was named after her.

👉 zmescience.com/feature-post/pi…

#science #imaginationlibrary #books #cloning #biology #health #philanthropy #music #education #conservation #baldeagles

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🐭🏃‍♂️ For 30 years, UC #Riverside researchers bred #mice that run about three times as far as control mice.

They expected a trade-off, fewer offspring or shorter lives, as a standard cost in evolutionary #biology, but after following 100 #breeding pairs their whole lives, the runners produced nearly as many pups and lived just as long.

👉 zmescience.com/science/biology…

#running #evolution #science #genetics #longevity #exercise #research #zoology #california

Modern cell therapies are already producing good results in some cancers. For the first time, some patients with very severe rheumatoid arthritis have now also been successfully treated with CAR T cells at #CharitéBerlin. More:👉 charite.de/en/service/press_re…

#Research #Medicine #CharitéPaper #ATMP #Arthritis #CharitéOncology #CharitéImmunology

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 📱👀 A recent #study tested whether taking #photos affects #memory for what people see.

Across 7 experiments with 892 participants, recall was worse for #images that were screenshotted than for images that were only viewed. The researchers connect this to cognitive offloading, where people rely on devices to hold #information instead of encoding it themselves.

👉 sciencealert.com/science-weigh…

#screenshots #cognition #learning #research #brain #technology #tech #smartphones #iphone #kids #education #parents #teaching #science #psychology #cameras #pictures

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: A team of scientists engineered an electrospun purple #fabric that reflects about 88% of sunlight and stays cooler than white #cotton in outdoor tests.

In direct #sun, it ran up to 6º C (11º F) cooler than dyed purple cotton, and on simulated skin it beat uncovered skin by nearly 8º C. The lightweight #textile also kept its cooling effect after 50 wash cycles and showed strong durability under #UV exposure.

👉 interestingengineering.com/sci…

#science #materials #physics #color #heat #innovation #engineering #clothing #research

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🦶😄 Neuroscientists surveyed 448 adults from Chinese, Dutch, and Greek backgrounds about their ticklishness, finding similar responses across #cultures.

The #neck, #armpits, #abdomen, and #feet ranked among the most common sensitive spots, yielding a body map of ticklishness. Patterns partially matched #Darwin’s idea that less-touched areas may be more ticklish, within a mix of physiological and #social influences.

👉 popsci.com/health/researchers-…

#tickling #neuroscience #science #body #research #culture #evolution #psychology #animals

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🐬🎶 Scientists have found that bottlenose #dolphins use individually distinctive signature whistles, and playback #experiments suggest African #elephants and spectacled #parrots call one another with specific #sounds.

But researchers disagree about whether these calls count as names, and a recent #paper proposes three criteria for deciding. Dolphins show the strongest evidence, while other species need more #research.

👉 livescience.com/animals/do-oth…

#animals #wildlife #nature #science #marmosets #behavior #weather #evolution #language #primates #birds #mammals

The family of the #Ebola patient—including his children—faced a high risk of infection. With Ebola often deadly in young children, the #CharitéBerlin team decided to use a preventive treatment for the first time. In our second Paper spotlight, the researchers share what they learned:

👉 charite.de/en/research/paper_s…

#CharitéPaper #Bundibugyo #MBP134 #medicine #science #research #ScienceMastodon

In June we discharged the U.S. #Ebola patient fully recovered. Now #CharitéBerlin researchers share findings from his experimental treatment. Learn about symptoms, viral loads, and immune responses in our Paper spotlight:

👉 charite.de/en/research/paper_s…

#CharitéPaper #Bundibugyo #MBP134 #remdesivir #medicine #science #research #ScienceMastodon

⚡ Can #EMS muscle stimulation prevent muscle loss in space? Commissioned by the German Space Agency, a #CharitéBerlin team is probing whether electrical impulses make microgravity training more efficient. #ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot is the study’s first participant, and has now worked out in an EMS suit on the #ISS. 🏃‍♀️ Learn more:

👉 charite.de/en/service/press_re…

#Medicine #Science #Research #Space #SpaceFlight #EpsilonMission #Sports #Mars

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🦫🗳️ Researchers at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory launched Fat Marmot Week, a voting #contest celebrating yellow-bellied #marmots fattened for #winter.

Last winter’s low #snowpack killed two-thirds of one study #population, and federal #funding cuts shrank the team. The decades-old #study is raising #money through #donations and a #memecoin to keep going.

👉 phys.org/news/2026-08-fat-marm…

#fatemarmotweek #climate #climatechange #hibernation #wildlife #animals #mammals #colorado #rockymountains #science #research #alpine #conservation

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🐱💔 Researchers at #Adelaide University analyzed 11 cat-human interaction videos labeled by creators as #play, each showing visible cat distress like hissing or attempted escape.

Reading 1,100 comments, they found 75-93% of viewers responded positively, dismissing distress as #cute, #funny, or harmless. Seven of the #videos also showed an observable #human injury, adding an infection risk angle to the welfare concern.

👉 sciencealert.com/were-not-taki…

#cats #behavior #animals #media #medialiteracy #pets #science #socialmedia #viral #research #parenting

#Stanford researchers create #viruses not found in #nature using genomes designed by artificial #intelligence

Some of those viable viruses proved more effective at attacking E. coli than the original ΦX174 bacteriophage.

source: abc.net.au/news/2026-08-07/ai-…
#news #research #dna #science #technology #virus #ai #bacteria

Scientific Research.

#stem #science #physics #scicomm #research #politics #politician #Journalism #cartoon #illustration #graphic #satire #OpenScience #MultipleDomain #knowledge

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🧠💀 More than 4,400 ancient #brains survived intact for up to 12,000 years.

Researchers buried #mouse carcasses under different conditions and found brains in wet, low-oxygen settings stopped decaying. The #chemistry, involving free radicals bonding with #proteins, mirrors processes linked to brain #aging and #disease.

👉 smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/…

#archaeology #science #preservation #decomposition #oxygen #research #paleobiology #history #ancient

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🐛🌊 Scientists have long wondered why no #insects live in the #ocean, often blaming #water pressure.

A new #study found that #larvae of the lake fly Chaoborus edulis dive nearly 260 m in #LakeMalawi using stretchy air sacs powered by the #protein #resilin. This pressure-resisting ability rules out pressure as the barrier, leaving the #mystery unsolved.

👉 smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/…

#science #lake #biology #zoology #deepsea #nature #animals #bugs #adaptation #biomechanics #research #africa

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🌌⚡ Astronomers in #Chile confirmed the fastest #star ever measured in the #MilkyWay, S301, which swings around Sagittarius A*, the #blackhole at our #galaxy’s center.

At closest approach it travels over 24,000 km per second, roughly 8% of #lightspeed. The result tests how #gravity warps #space and #time and could help measure the black hole’s spin.

👉 npr.org/2026/08/19/nx-s1-59364…

#astronomy #space #science #einstein #telescope #orbit #astrophysics #speed #sagittariusa #relativity #nasa #research

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🧠⏳ Scientists kept #stemcell-grown brain #organoids alive for nearly six years, the longest yet, and found they matured much like real human #brains.

Brain #cells carry an internal clock that records developmental age, shown when reassembled "chimeroids" remembered their prior stage and skipped completed steps. The #research opens a window into the hard-to-study #development of the human brain after #birth.

👉 sciencealert.com/unprecedented…

#neuroscience #science #nature #biology #microscopy #discovery #neurons #chemistry #electricity

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🐝🌸 #Pollen is #plant reproductive material more than bee food, so its amino acid mix doesn’t match #honeybee needs.

Bees adjusted how much they ate to keep nutrients balanced. In the hive, nurse #bees blend diverse pollens into bee #bread and royal #jelly, a #diet far closer to what #larvae require.

👉 sciencedaily.com/releases/2026…

#science #nutrition #biodiversity #nature #biology #pollinators #animals #insects #wildlife #research #oxford

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 📱🧠 An eight-year Finnish #study followed 260 #children to see how physical activity and #screentime related to later cognitive processing.

More screen time correlated with better #teen cognitive performance, tied to the type of screen use rather than duration. Physical activity benefits also differed by gender, with light activity helping working #memory in #girls.

👉 sciencedaily.com/releases/2026…

#development #cognition #kids #science #research #education #parenting #brain #health #adolescence #finland #pediatrics