Day September 11, 2025

Credit: Kampus Production from Pexels Picture this: One day while drinking your morning coffee, you are reminded of a friend from your past. You have not spoken to this person in some time, but you remember them fondly and wonder…

Painting of a banquet from the manuscript of The Romance of Alexander the Great, mid-15th century. Credit: Wiki Commons “You have to keep beating it for longer,” my grandmother instructed me. “It isn’t pale yet. It’s still too yellow.” I…

This back-to-school season, students across Quebec are adjusting to a significant policy change: cellphones are now fully banned in elementary and secondary schools. This conversation, though contentious, is not new, nor is it unique to Quebec. With stories ranging from…

Noise is annoying, whether you’re trying to sleep or exploit the laws of quantum physics. Although noise from environmental disturbances will always be with us, a team including scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) may have…

Credit: John DiJulio, University Communications. Have you heard of “gray rocking?” University of Virginia psychology professor Bethany Teachman says the approach to dealing with difficult people popularized in social media right now is not new. “It is a catchy term…

A recent report on “The Future of Jobs” by the World Economic Forum found that while analytical thinking is still the most coveted skill among employers, several emotional intelligence skills (i.e., motivation, self-awareness, empathy, and active listening) rank among the…

As part of DARPA’s Cornucopia program, APL is examining how to use alternative sources of water to produce sustenance. Credit: Johns Hopkins APL/Craig Weiman Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, are exploring a new…

Overview of the GV37 TCR-HLA-C*12:02-KF9 structure. Credit: Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-63288-3 A protein particle hidden within the SARS-CoV-2 virus could lead to longer-lasting, more protective vaccines for COVID-19. Scientists from La Trobe University and Kumamoto University in Japan have…

Credit: Tohoku University A spinal cord injury in most vertebrates likely inhibits locomotion and induces paralysis—not so in eels. They not only possess the ability to move through water, and surprisingly, across land when intact, but can also continue to…

Credit: SHOX art from Pexels Speculation swirls about fugitive accused double murderer Dezi Freeman’s potential ties to prepper groups and possible doomsday beliefs. There are even questions over whether he’s hiding in a homemade underground bunker. One Facebook user in…

Vessels isolated from Tyrannosaurus cortical bone by demineralization in EDTA. Credit: North Carolina State University A new study from North Carolina State University identifies vertebrate hemoglobin in bone extracts from two dinosaurs and shows that this molecule is original to…

Jezero Crater on Mars where tantalising ‘biosignatures’ have been found. Credit: Imperial College London A new study suggests a habitable past and signs of ancient microbial processes on Mars. Led by NASA and featuring key analysis from Imperial College London,…

Schematic of a recyclable aqueous battery. Credit: Polymer Journal (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41428-025-01085-x Aqueous batteries have been around for centuries. They are safe and relatively low-cost, but their adoption in new energy storage systems—such as grid storage and electric vehicles—has been…

At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, players flocked to Axie Infinity, a blockchain-based video game where users received cryptocurrency tokens for their time spent playing. In 2022, when the broader crypto market crashed and a massive hack erased players’…

Pharmacological and genetic perturbations confirm non-vesicular transport as the primary retrograde lipid-transport route. Credit: Nature (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-09432-x Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics led a study showing that directional, non-vesicular lipid transport drives fast, species-selective lipid…

Morphological traits of the model lineage Synurales. (a–d) Different types of coloniality. (e–h) Bristle arrangements in unicellular species (LM). (i, j) Detailed structure of silica structures (transmission electron microscopy; TEM). Credit: Credit: New Phytologist (2025). DOI: 10.1111 A new study…

Niccolò Machiavelli, the infamous author of “The Prince,” wrote in the 1500s that the ideal leader makes and breaks solemn agreements. He creates alliances with weak allies to defeat a powerful enemy and then eliminates them one by one. He…

Midway through a difficult discussion in her performance review, an employee named Jane finally cracks, and the tears start. Her boss doesn’t know what to do and handles the situation awkwardly. Ask yourself: how would you react in this situation?…

Elastic components allow engineers to create structures that respond in new ways to outside force. Credit: Wright Seneres/Princeton University Princeton engineers are twisting, stretching and creasing structures to create a new type of origami, one that changes its shape and…

Rabbits are one of Australia’s most widespread and destructive pest animals threatening the viability of native plant and animal species. Credit: Liz Poon, CSIRO European rabbits have plagued the Australian environment since 1859, when they were introduced to Australia near…

Proposals for new wind power infrastructure frequently face opposition in affected communities. While right-wing populists are often among the opponents, the question remains: are they actually driving these protests? A study by researchers at the Research Institute for Sustainability concludes…

Early-career researchers in microbiology met at SFI in 2024. Credit: Daniel Muratore/Santa Fe Institute In 2023, researchers from many career stages and disciplines met at a field school in the Arctic to probe floating sea ice. It’s an example of…

Lead author Haruka Kondo singing opera. A new study led by researchers from Keio University in Japan offer important insights into the key factors determining the scores of aspiring opera singers in singing competitions, providing a scientific approach to their…

Every weekend, thousands of New Zealand children pull on team jerseys, play on well-kept fields, and benefit from the quiet dedication of volunteers. Few stop to think about where the money comes from for uniforms, buses or tournament fees. For…

Our taste in music tends to become more narrow as we get older. Even though new artists and songs are still being released, nostalgia plays a greater role in middle age. Credit: Olof Lönnehed Do you think that Spotify’s suggestions…

The lines on the map are cruise tracks, overlaying temperature. The water in yellow areas hovers around 86 degrees while the temperature at the poles is closer to 32. Researchers cataloged Prochlorococcus abundance using SeaFlow continuous flow cytometry along the…

Businesses, government and public service organizations have all been told to do more with less in recent years. That push, often in the name of efficiency, has led to decentralization and nonprofits increasingly using more flexible labor. New research from…

Egg clutch sampled for chronological studies. Credit Dr. Bi Zhao. In the Cretaceous period, Earth was plagued by widespread volcanic activity, oceanic oxygen depletion events, and mass extinctions. Fossils from that era remain and continue to give scientists clues as…

A specific subset of chaperones and co-chaperones are required for the fragmentation and subsequent lysosomal turnover of amorphous aggregates. Credit: Nature Cell Biology (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41556-025-01747-1 A new study from Aarhus University shows that our cells’ ability to clean out…

Matador bug (Bitta alipes, formerly Anisoscelis alipes), a leaf-footed bug (family Coreidae) with impressive, large, colorful flags on its hind tibia. Credit: Steven Paton If you happen to be walking in the forests of Panama, you might just come across…

Larry Ellison, chairman and chief technology officer of Oracle Corporation, sits in the Oval Office of the White House as President Donald Trump signs an executive order, Monday, Feb. 3, 2025, in Washington. Credit: AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File The battle…

Schematic illustration of the properties and functionalities of the hollow particles (HPs). a) The HPs are produced from a mixture of PDA and mucin macromolecules. b) The permeability of the HPs can be tuned by employing different crosslinkers for the…