Category Science & Discovery

The clownfish-anemone living arrangement is one of the most widely recognized examples of symbiosis. Researchers have made a breakthrough in understanding how anemonefish can live safely among sea anemones without being stung by their venomous tentacles, solving a century-long mystery.…

Scan your social media feed, and you’ll probably run across an influencer incorporating a face roller into their daily skincare routine. Touted for their supposed ability to reduce puffiness, improve circulation, and even provide anti-aging benefits, face rollers have become…

Many caregivers are reluctant to disclose their experiences of harm due to fear and shame. Credit: frankieleon, CC BY 2.0 Some family caregivers are hiding physical and emotional harm by vulnerable relatives because they fear intervention by the state, experts…

Psychologist Laura Steenbergen speaking at a TEDx event.Credit: TEDx Laura Steenbergen met her scientific mentor as an undergraduate. In 2009, she began a bachelor’s degree in psychology at Leiden University in the Netherlands and did her undergraduate thesis under the…

Humanity may not be extraordinary but rather the natural evolutionary outcome for our planet and likely others, according to a new model for how intelligent life developed on Earth. The model, which upends the decades-old “hard steps” theory that intelligent…

If your wallet has a habit of disappearing at the worst times, the KeySmart SmartCard is here to help. Designed to work seamlessly with Apple Find My, this ultra-slim tracking card helps you locate lost items in seconds—whether they’re buried…

In 1992, Joseph Gerver of Rutgers University proposed a particularly clever curved shape with an area of approximately 2.2195. Mathematicians suspected that it answered Moser’s question. But they couldn’t prove it. Now a young postdoctoral researcher has. In a 119-page…

Nine years after the 2012 High Park Fire burned a stand of lodgepole pine that had been severely affected by the mountain pine beetle, lodgepole and aspen saplings were rebounding on this slope in the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests.…

The US Environmental Protection Agency, with headquarters in Washington DC, regulates pollution to protect the environment and human health.Credit: Aaron Schwartz/ZUMA Press/Alamy Before Donald Trump became US president for the second time last month, one of his Republican allies revealed…

Ripples, like ones produced by raindrops falling in a puddle, are also called capillary waves. Studied since antiquity, they have garnered considerable interest in modern science due to their ability to reveal information about the medium on which they travel.…