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2026-10-06 @ 16.19.40 ∈ In English

Is AI the End of Math As We Know It? | Quanta Magazine

Mathematicians are facing the sudden shift with grief, anger, and a desperate search for fresh ideas: “If we don’t adapt, there’s just no more math in 50 years.”

2026-04-30 @ 14.08.42 ∈ In English

Urban birds fear women more than men, and scientists don't know why

This finding was also consistent across the 37 bird species studied[. The] researchers conclude that urban birds can recognize the sex of the humans approaching them.

2026-02-22 @ 9.58.19 ∈ In English

Water is bed bugs' kryptonite: The parasites avoid wet surfaces at all costs

[The experiment showed] that all bed bugs—males, females, old and young alike—avoid wet surfaces. [Smaller], younger bed bugs make a faster U-turn when they realize they're approaching a wet surface, showing the younger insects are more sensitive to water and dampness.

2025-12-11 @ 17.25.51 ∈ In English

Personal risk tolerance has sweeping implications for how societies evolve

[When] wealth buffers are low and the stakes are high, that increases the degree to which risk tolerance is passed down from one generation to the next, so a distaste for risk—and therefore change—is likely to persist long-term.

2025-08-15 @ 16.51.41 ∈ In English

Arctic reindeer populations could decline by 80% by 2100

[Future] climatic change is likely to cause declines in reindeer abundances and their distribution at rates rarely seen over the last 21,000 years. […] The research team identified populations in North America as being particularly vulnerable.

2025-05-07 @ 11.03.52 ∈ In English

A recently-discovered termite terminator is better, more targeted and won’t harm humans

UC Riverside researchers have found [a chemical preventing drywood termites from growing new exoskeletons. The chemical, bistrifluron is able to kill about 95% of a termite colony without off-target effects on mammals.]

2024-12-18 @ 16.40.26 ∈ In English

Carnivorous squirrels documented in California

Through videos, photos and direct observations at the regional park, the authors documented California ground squirrels of all ages and genders hunting, eating and competing over vole prey between June 10 and July 30.

2024-12-10 @ 10.40.33 ∈ In English

Dogs use two-word button combos to communicate, study shows

A new study from UC San Diego’s Comparative Cognition Lab shows that dogs trained to use soundboards to “talk” are capable of making two-word button combinations that go beyond random behavior or simple imitation of their owners.

2024-11-11 @ 13.30.19 ∈ In English

How gophers brought Mount St. Helens back to life in one day

When Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980, lava incinerated anything living for miles around. As an experiment, scientists later dropped gophers onto parts of the scorched mountain for only 24 hours. The benefits from that single day were undeniable—and still visible 40 years later.

2024-10-10 @ 12.27.30 ∈ In English

Carefully exposing children to more misinformation can make them better fact-checkers, study suggests

Researchers found that the children who were the most diligent about fact-checking […] claims were also the ones who saw more false claims […] earlier in the study. Meanwhile, those who had more reliable environments with fewer false claims earlier in the study did almost no fact-checking.