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Flies Can Taste Odors—Here’s the Proof

If you’ve ever walked past a bakery and suddenly needed a pastry, you know how powerful smell can be in jump-starting hunger. But what if I told you that in fruit flies, smell doesn’t just tickle the nose—it actually activates their taste buds? That’s the wild takeaway from a new study on Drosophila melanogaster (our […]

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Biology

Chesapeake Bay Dead Zones: Causes, Impacts, and Solutions

A few years ago, I got into ultra-low-budget found footage movies. You know the convention. Someone is recording while a disaster or horror is unfolding.  Think Blair Witch.  This article, coincidentally, also takes place in Maryland. So, imagine that a small town on the Chesapeake Bay’s eastern shore is plagued by mutant parasites, turning the […]

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News

Next Week in Science, August 22, 2025

Not a great week for science policy, with news of NASA’s refocusing away from climate research. There’s also some chatter about comet 3I/Atlas, though Avi Loeb’s recent track record is a little fuzzy. Here’s what’s been showing up in the research. Trends in the News And what’s showing up in the news. The future of […]

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Biology

How New Brain Stimulation Research Could Help Restore Consciousness

Picture this: A person you love is in a hospital bed. Their eyes might open, but they don’t respond. Weeks turn into months. Doctors say they’re in a “disorder of consciousness”—a condition where the brain can’t fully switch back on after severe injury. There are no proven treatments. Families are left hoping for a miracle. […]

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Meteorology

5 of the 6 Riskiest Dams Are in Just Two States

In 2017, California’s Oroville Dam nearly failed, forcing 180,000 people to evacuate. In 2020, two Michigan dams collapsed, flooding entire towns. And just last year, a dam in North Carolina overtopped during Hurricane Helene. These aren’t rare “once-in-a-lifetime” events anymore—they’re becoming warning flares for a growing national problem: America’s dams are aging, and extreme weather […]

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Chemistry

Chemtrails: Contrails, Conspiracies, and the Evidence

On a clear afternoon over rural America, a grid of white vapor lines crisscrosses the blue sky. To most observers, these wispy trails are simply jet contrails – long clouds of ice crystals formed by aircraft at high altitudes. But to a vocal minority, those lines carry a far more ominous significance. In online forums […]

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News

Next Week in Science, August 15, 2025

Some of our blog recently have been on fire. Here’s something on what happens when research stalls out. As someone who has literally let FIVE publication die in revise and resubmit, I can relate And some of the major news themes this week. A systematic review: unveiling the complexity of definitions in extremism and religious […]

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Biology

How Big Fish Groups Outsmart Predators—Fast

A single fish is fast, but a crowd of 300,000 fish might just be brilliant. In the bubbling, sulfur-rich rivers of southern Mexico, sulfur mollies—tiny, silvery fish—face a daily game of survival. Above them? Hungry birds. Below? Low oxygen waters. But what scientists just discovered about these fish will make you rethink what it means […]

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Psychology

What Your Face Reveals in 1/25 of a Second Behind the Wheel

You’re cruising down the highway, playlist pumping, when someone cuts you off. Your jaw tightens. Your brow furrows—barely. A fraction-of-a-second twitch. You probably didn’t even notice. But science did. A new study has found that these tiny facial flinches—called micro-expressions—can reveal powerful clues about how we’re feeling behind the wheel. And those feelings? They could […]

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