Category Science & Discovery

Microsoft 365 keeps changing, but one thing stays the same: you pay for it every month. And now, they’re killing off Microsoft Publisher, proving you can’t even count on getting the same apps you subscribed for. These reasons are probably…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Dogs have many jobs, but one you may not expect is identifying grapevines coated in a destructive and highly contagious fungus. Although dogs can detect serious vine infections by smell, scientists don’t know exactly what odor…

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What would you name two bald eagle chicks? Talon? Sam Eagle? Leslie? Whatever your choice, it could become reality. Jackie and Shadow, the internet-famous bald eagle pair, need your help naming their two surviving eaglets. Entries are open now through…

Overlapping dendritic segments encode memories of two contexts explored close in time. Credit: Nature Neuroscience (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41593-025-01876-8 If you’ve ever noticed how memories from the same day seem connected while events from weeks apart feel separate, a new study…

Neutrophils (artificially coloured) can extrude a sludgy substance in a ring around a puncture wound. Credit: Steve Gschmeissner/SPL Immune cells in the skin ‘cauterize’ open wounds and create ‘band-aids’ to prevent the spread of harmful bacteria and foreign molecules from…

There are, broadly speaking, two types of computer: The desktop and the laptop. Laptops’ portability has made them the more popular option, letting you work or play from a sofa or a coffee shop, as well as your actual desk.…

Credit: Artem Podrez from Pexels In 2023, an academic journal, the Annals of Operations Research, retracted an entire special issue because the peer review process for it was compromised. The case brought into sharp focus broader concerns about the peer…

Guenther, F. H. Neural Control of Speech (The MIT Press, 2016). Google Scholar  Ladd, D. R. Intonational Phonology 2nd edn (Cambridge Univ. Press, 2008). Google Scholar  Fine, J., Bartolucci, G., Ginsberg, G. & Szatmari, P. J. Child Psychol. Psychiatry 32,…

When you think of wildlife photography, you might conjure thoughts of cheetahs sprinting across the open savanna or polar bears feasting on a whale carcass, but nature is everywhere. Nature is in your backyard, your city, and even inside a…