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Evidence of Recently Discovered Bat Behavior Found Hiding in Plain Sight in Renaissance Painting

The Flemish painter Jan Brueghel the Elder captured the bird-eating behavior in 1611

June 29, 2026

What Do You Do When You Lose Gigantic Megalodon Shark Vertebrae?

Megalodons were the apex predators of the Miocene seas

June 28, 2026

Four New Chameleon Species Found in Tropical “Sky Islands”

Two of which are named after pioneering female scientists

June 26, 2026

The New Seismic Discovery Beneath the Surface of Mars

Earth isn’t alone—in its rock recycling processes

June 26, 2026

This Was a Big Week for Marie Curie, More Than 120 Years Ago

Despite steep odds, she became the first woman in France to earn a doctorate in science

June 26, 2026

James Webb Space Telescope Captures the Cigar Galaxy’s Brilliant Stellar Halo in Pristine Detail

The newly released images offer hints into the galaxy’s turbulent past

June 26, 2026

How Humans Are Like Bloodhounds and Bats

A conversation with writer Richard Louv, who coined the term “nature deficit disorder”

How Fruit Flies Manage Their Exceptionally Long Sperm

If human sperm were a foot long, fruit fly sperm would span three football fields

Some Neanderthals Were Genetically Healthy Right Up Until the End

Not all populations of the ancient human species were struggling prior to their mysterious demise

June 25, 2026

Perseverance Scratches the Martian Surface, Finds Organic Carbon

Another hint life may have existed on the red planet

June 25, 2026

Archaic Hominin Species Buried Only Their Women

Ancient proteins recovered from the teeth of Homo naledi fossils tell the tale

June 25, 2026

Coincidences in My Life Have Me Wondering

My search for a hidden structure to astronomically unlikely occurrences