Imagine, the very thing helping to protect you from deadly bacteria might already be living on your skin quietly, invisibly, and without asking for anything in return. Malassezia. Credit: Wikipedia That’s exactly what researchers at the University of Oregon discovered in a surprising twist of biology. Their study, recently published […]

In the forests of Thailand and China, a tiny predator is rewriting what we know about insect intelligence. Meet Pahabengkakia piliceps, a little-known species of assassin bug that has now joined the elite ranks of tool-using animals—and it does so with deadly precision. Scientists have discovered that these clever bugs

Till now, to see infrared light, humans had to rely on clunky night-vision goggles. Now, a new type of contact lens has been invented by a team led by scientists at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) in Hefei that can convey infrared vision. Interestingly, the device

What if your next skyscraper or highway bridge was built using super-strong wood instead of steel or concrete? Scientists are taking us a step closer to that future by giving ordinary wood a high-tech upgrade. Firewood. Credit: Wikimedia/ powerbiker1 (Thomas Kees) A research team led by Florida Atlantic University, in

When it comes to family, the long-tailed tit, Aegithalos caudatus, just may be one of nature’s most loyal creatures. In a new study, scientists at the University of Sheffield have discovered that these tiny birds, commonly spotted in UK gardens, maintain strong family bonds—not just during nesting season, but even

New research guides us towards the fact that the Earth’s core might be leaking. Previous schools of thought deemed that every action occurring in the dense core stayed there. An analysis of rocks from Hawaii’s volcanic islands gives the strongest evidence yet regarding the leakage of material from the core

White-faced capuchins on Jicarón Island in Coiba National Park have been recorded using stone tools, and scientists have been tracking this unique tradition with an array of motion-triggered cameras on the island since 2017. However, when a doctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Zoë Goldsborough, was