University of California
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
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
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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.
