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2026-02-22 @ 10.01.05 ∈ In English

2-month-olds see the world in a more complex way than scientists thought, study suggests
When babies looked at an image like a cat, their brains might "fire" a certain way that researchers could record, O'Doherty said. If they looked at an inanimate object, their brains would fire differently.
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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.
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2026-02-21 @ 18.35.54 ∈ In English

Paediatricians’ blood used to make new treatments for RSV and colds
Antibodies harvested from the blood of paediatricians are up to 25 times better at protecting against the common respiratory infection RSV than existing antibody therapies, and are now being developed as preventative treatments
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2026-02-20 @ 17.46.39 ∈ In English

Cleaner fish show intelligence typical of mammals
When presented with a mirror, the tiny fish not only recognized themselves, but experimented with the mirror themselves, interacting with it using a scrap of food.
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2026-02-06 @ 16.21.42 ∈ In English

Sudanese Copts acquired malaria resistance thanks to a rapid evolutionary process, research reveals
An international study investigating the genomic diversity of the Sudanese population reveals that the Copts originating in Egypt—who settled in the country between the seventh and eleventh centuries—have acquired a genetic variant that protects them from contracting malaria.
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2026-02-05 @ 18.27.31 ∈ In English

Fixing Links with the Wayback Machine
Automattic is excited to collaborate with the Internet Archive to launch the Internet Archive Wayback Machine Link Fixer, a new free WordPress plugin that keeps your links alive.
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2026-02-03 @ 18.02.43 ∈ In English

Capturing Carrington
A speculative search in the right place at the right time turned up what is thought to be the only image of the eponymous solar observer.
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2026-01-30 @ 11.56.48 ∈ In English

Tropical feedback loop: Butterfly mimicry patterns evolve faster near the equator
[If] one of your competitors was an Olympian speed runner, you'd quickly conclude that your time would be best spent chasing after some of the slower players. If there were multiple Olympian [runners, by wearing the same uniform they could implicitly tell] you not to bother trying to catch any of them.
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2026-01-27 @ 18.39.41 ∈ In English

Harvestmen arachnids apparently use fluorescent patterns for species recognition
Five closely related species show species-specific, strongly fluorescent structures on their backs that become especially visible under ultraviolet light. The results suggest that these patterns serve for species recognition—particularly at dusk and in moonlight.