3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (625+ words) Rising temperatures and their effects are changing summer in intimate, emotional ways. Summer still carries many of the expectations Americans have long associated with the season: beach days, backyard cookouts, lightning bugs at dusk, and the relief of mountain air....

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (482+ words) "Sounds like writing their name is the hardest part of the assignment." A biology assignment meant to teach students about protecting the ozone layer is drawing backlash over an irony many readers found hard to ignore. The project reportedly required…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (667+ words) If more people understand what happens to food waste after collection, participation could rise about 65%. Cornwall's food-waste scheme is giving leftovers a second use: they are being turned into electricity and fertilizer instead of being treated as ordinary trash. Council…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (498+ words) What began as an effort to catch rats in a Rajasthan home turned into a far more serious encounter. When the family checked a rat trap placed near a cupboard, the cage in their Semla village house contained a black…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (580+ words) A large spider named after a vampire film is being spotted more frequently along Germany's Baltic coast. As the Mediterranean Nosferatu spider spreads further across the country, it has drawn increased attention for its tendency to bite humans when threatened....

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (474+ words) "Could this be the future of household appliances?" Artificial intelligence is often discussed in terms of its controversial implications, such as job losses, privacy risks, and soaring energy demand. However, Dyson is trying to use the technology to address something…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (366+ words) "We're increasing slowly, it looks like." Vancouver Island's largest known bat maternity roost has undergone its first official population check of the season. The results suggest that despite a slight dip from 2025, the colony remains resilient. According to the Comox…...

1+ week, 23+ hour ago   (651+ words) "We know that they're an organism that will live in a lot of different places." Seeing ants stream up the outside of an apartment or office building might seem like a pest issue. But in several Ohio cities, researchers have…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (500+ words) "It feels like I've got a 360‑degree panoramic view of everything around me." A team of neurosurgeons in London carried out what health officials called the world's first successful AI-assisted brain tumor removal, and the technology helped preserve a patient's…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (457+ words) Scientists think the fish may have been a juvenile toadfish. Deep-ocean expeditions still produce encounters that show how much marine life remains undocumented. During one NOAA mission off New England, researchers recorded an exceptionally small fish that scientists still cannot…...