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2025-09-05 @ 19.29.10 ∈ In English

Current extinction rates haven’t reached level of ‘mass extinction’ just yet, study suggests

These findings suggest that modern extinction rates remain relatively low at the genus level and that these rates have not been increasing over the past century, contrary to some previous studies.

2025-07-19 @ 9.58.27 ∈ In English

Ancient DNA solves mystery of Hungarian, Finnish language family’s origins

The study finds the ancestors of present-day Uralic speakers living about 4,500 years ago in northeastern Siberia, within an area now known as Yakutia.

2024-10-10 @ 12.17.51 ∈ In English

The ‘Beautiful Confusion’ of the First Billion Years Comes Into View | Quanta Magazine

Astronomers are reveling in the James Webb Space Telescope’s discoveries about the formative epoch of cosmic history.

2024-01-31 @ 16.09.09 ∈ In English

Are insects drawn to light? New research shows it’s confusion, not fatal attraction

Rather than being attracted to light, researchers believe that artificial lights at night may actually scramble flying insects' innate navigational systems, causing them to flutter in confusion around porch lamps, street lights and other artificial beacons.

2022-11-24 @ 19.36.20 ∈ In English

Could I Survive the ‘Quietest Place on Earth’?

Legends tell of an echoless chamber in an old Minneapolis recording studio that drives visitors insane. I figured I’d give it a whirl.

2021-04-22 @ 19.44.27 ∈ In English

Groundbreaking effort launched to decode whale language

With artificial intelligence and painstaking study of sperm whales, scientists hope to understand what these aliens of the deep are talking about.

2020-01-23 @ 14.29.59 ∈ Suomeksi

Näin stressi harmaannuttaa hiukset

Hiuksista vie värin stressireaktiossa erittyvä välittäjäaine noradrenaliini, todistavat kokeet hiirillä.