Meet the vampire moths hiding in plain sight
At dusk in a riverside orchard, a drab brown moth lands on an overripe plum and does something unexpected. It…
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Shared gut microbe shifts seen in autism, ADHD, anorexia
Three very different pediatric and adolescent diagnoses, one surprising biological overlap. A new study in Neuroscience reports that children and…
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Jirishanca and Mituraju: Twin Spires of Peru’s Huayhuash
They rise like serrated cathedrals above a chain of turquoise lakes, their ice flutings catching the first light in a…
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Can Chernobyl’s Black Fungi Turn Radiation Into Food?
In the shadow of Chernobyl’s ruined reactor, something black and stubborn has taken hold. Clinging to concrete and steel where…
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The Gigamoon reveals the Moon in astonishing detail
You think you know the Moon until a billion-plus pixels stare back. In Andrew McCarthy’s colossal 1.3-gigapixel mosaic, every wrinkle,…
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How fur-bearing mammals meet their vitamin D needs
Sunlight threads through forests, deserts, and oceans, touching creatures with skin, scales, and fur. Yet many of those animals are…
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When Memory Lies: How False Memories Reshape Truth
You remember the moment clearly, or at least it feels that way. The texture of a sweater, the tilt of…
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Should You Rinse After Brushing? What Science Really Says
You brush, you spit, you turn on the tap. For generations, rinsing after brushing has felt as automatic as tying…
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The Fish Time Forgot: Coelacanths, Lost and Found Again
On a sweltering December morning in 1938, a young museum curator in South Africa tugged a blue-flecked giant from a…
