lokakuu 2025 – Kettinki

2025-10-28 @ 17.02.10 ∈ In English

Caught on camera: Rats snatching bats from the sky at city hibernation sites

For the first time, brown rats have been filmed actively hunting bats, snatching some from the air and capturing others on the ground. The rodents were caught on camera at bat hibernation sites in northern Germany.

2025-10-24 @ 20.19.48 ∈ Suomeksi

Ympäristö | Aktivistien oli pakko pysäyttää hakkuut, katsoo oikeus poikkeuksellisessa päätöksessä

Hakkuiden pysäyttäminen Stansvikin metsässä Helsingissä oli oikeuden mukaan oikeutettua. Pakkotilalla perustelu meni läpi Suomessa ensimmäistä kertaa ympäristökiistassa.

2025-10-23 @ 18.25.34 ∈ In English

Your gluten sensitivity might be something else entirely, new study shows

Across studies, gluten-specific reactions were [uncommon. In one landmark trial, when people ate a low-FODMAP diet] their symptoms improved, even when gluten was reintroduced.

2025-10-23 @ 10.16.49 ∈ In English

Rubenerd: Bring back the letter thorn (þ)

You don’t realise how much English depends on þat sound until you see þ littered all over þe place.

2025-10-22 @ 14.04.11 ∈ In English

Mosquitoes found in Iceland

Three mosquitoes of the species Culiseta annulata were found in Iceland last week, after Björn Hjaltason of Kiðafell in Kjós noticed them in his garden.

2025-10-21 @ 17.39.13 ∈ In English

What goes up must come down: The ‘universal thermal performance curve’ that shackles evolution

Crucially, the new UTPC shows that as all organisms warm, performance slowly increases until they reach an optimum (where performance is greatest), but then, with further warming, performance quickly declines.

2025-10-20 @ 15.35.19 ∈ Suomeksi

Vihertävästä tulipallosta kymmeniä havaintoja – tähtiharrastaja: ”Tämä on se iso, mitä on odotettu”

[Kirkas tulipallo] näkyi hieman kello 21 jälkeen esimerkiksi Vaasan, Seinäjoen, Lapuan ja Kokkolan seuduilla. Havaintoja on tehty laajalla alueella rannikolla, Keski-Suomessa, Hämeessä ja Pohjois-Pohjanmaalla.

2025-10-18 @ 19.23.02 ∈ In English

12 years of HDD analysis brings insight to the bathtub curve’s reliability

Backblaze […] has been tracking the annualized failure rates (AFRs) of the hard drives in its datacenter since 2013. [The] data has led the company to conclude that HDDs “are lasting longer” and showing fewer errors.

2025-10-17 @ 15.21.06 ∈ In English

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Misophonia: having strong negative reactions to certain sounds is linked to mental inflexibility

The researchers found that the severity of someone’s misophonia was associated with their ability to accurately respond to emotional tasks. More severe misophonia was associated with worse accuracy on these tasks, suggesting reduced mental flexibility when dealing with emotional stimuli. [People] with more severe misophonia also showed a stronger tendency to ruminate.

2025-10-17 @ 14.49.30 ∈ In English

New study suggests the ancient Egyptian plague of Akhetaten may not have happened

The plague of Akhetaten has long been cited as a possible explanation for the mysterious abandonment of ancient Egypt’s short-lived capital city. [A] comprehensive new archaeological analysis […] suggests it may never have affected Akhetaten at all.