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We Overestimate the Prevalence of Online Trolls

This misconception can prompt us to feel pessimistic about our peers—and the world

December 17, 2025

These Butterflies Change Visual Systems with Seasons

There’s more than what meets the eye in a color-swapping insect

December 17, 2025

Titan May Not Host a Massive Ocean After All

But the moon’s slushy interior could still harbor pockets of life-sustaining water

December 17, 2025

The 3 Ways We Read Between the Lines

How humans infer meaning from spoken language is more complex than we thought

December 16, 2025

Ancient Bee Nests Hiding in Regurgitated, Fossilized Bones

A cave in the Dominican Republic has revealed the first recorded instance of bee larvae tucked into fossils

December 16, 2025

How Earth’s Atmosphere Reached the Moon

And what this might mean for colonizing other worlds

December 16, 2025

An Ancient Fingerprint Among Clues to a 2,000-year-old Invasion of Denmark

Previously unexamined, “remarkable” evidence could help scientists track down the unsuccessful attackers whose boat was thrown in a bog

December 16, 2025

Is Earth’s Core Like an Onion?

Chemical layering deep inside may explain weird seismic wave behavior

December 16, 2025

Can True Love Help to Heal a Diseased Heart?

How robust intimate relationships affect cardiac patients

December 16, 2025

The Psychedelic Scientist

High on ayahuasca, Bruce Damer saw how life on Earth began. He may very well be right.

December 16, 2025

The Fishy Inspiration Behind a Bold, Tandem Space Mission

Remarkable remoras get their time in the orbital spotlight

December 15, 2025

Ancient Math Hidden in Oldest Known Floral Pottery

Bowls from the Halafian culture of Mesopotamia suggest people used art to enumerate their rapidly changing world

December 15, 2025