Thermometer: You have a fever, don't go to work. Body: You are staggering around bumping into walls and falling over, don't try to work. Brain: Augh I'm lying around being lazy! I should do 10,000 tasks! Guilt guilt guilt! #chronicillness

Once on the brink of extinction, green sea turtles are making a comeback in the Pacific: nest counts on Australia’s Heron Island have risen tenfold since the 1970s, and populations across the Pacific now meet IUCN recovery thresholds, thanks to decades of protection, turtle-safe fishing, and […]

Bali starlings are making a wild comeback under new Indigenous-led protections: the iconic songbird’s survival rate has more than doubled, with breeding pairs now re-established in several villages, reversing decades of poaching and habitat loss […]

Revamped Notre-Dame towers reopen to public. After years of restoration following the 2019 fire, the renovated towers of Notre-Dame Cathedral are now open again to visitors. The central part of the cathedral was reopened in December 2024, but it has taken longer for Notre-Dame’s twin towers to […]

Social media use begins global decline. For the first time, time spent on social media is falling worldwide. An analysis of 250,000 adults across 50 countries shows average daily use dropped nearly 10% since 2022, reversing a decade of growth. The steepest declines are among teens and […]

In Maine, four hydroelectric dams are being sold to conservationists, paving the way for the largest river-restoration effort in US history. The deal could reopen hundreds of kilometres of spawning habitat for endangered Atlantic salmon and other migratory fish, following decades of advocacy and […]

Unpopular Opinion: Henry VI is really good, actually.

Solar in California now out-generates fossil fuels. California’s vast solar farms, now backed by giant batteries, have flipped the state’s electricity balance, driving record emissions drops and lower power prices. The shift, built on three years of storage expansion, shows how clean energy can […]

Oyster-inspired ‘bone glue’ could replace metal in fracture surgery. Chinese scientists have created a medical adhesive called Bone-02 that can bond shattered bones in just three minutes, even in blood-soaked surgical sites. Inspired by the way oysters cling to rocks underwater, the glue forms a […]

@adapalmer For those interested in further details, this appears to be the published study. It is open access: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41392-025-02426-1 #research #alzheimers

Alzheimer’s reversed in mice as scientists restore the brain’s ‘gatekeeper.’ Spanish and Chinese researchers have reversed Alzheimer’s symptoms in mice using nanoparticles that repair the brain’s protective barrier. The treatment cleared up to 60% of amyloid plaques within an hour and restored […]

Scientists in China have developed a tough new bamboo-based plastic that biodegrades in 50 days. The new material matches the strength of engineering plastics used in cars and appliances while retaining 90% of its durability after recycling. Researchers say bamboo’s rapid growth makes it a […]

The entire Western Pacific has been verified free of measles and rubella. The WHO has verified the elimination of both diseases in all Pacific Island countries, alongside rubella elimination in Japan. The achievement follows two decades of coordinated immunisation campaigns, regional […]

A decade after the Paris Agreement, global greenhouse gas emissions are barely rising, up just 0.3% a year since 2015, compared with 1.7% before […]

The lake sturgeon (a 100-year-living, 90-kg relic from the age of dinosaurs) is returning to Missouri’s rivers after near-extinction from dams and pollution. The Missouri Department of Conservation has reintroduced thousands of hatchery-raised fish since the 1980s, rebuilding wild populations […]

Day 2 sharing teaser #historypix for "Inventing the Renaissance" (out in one month!). Often in Florence one sees buildings like this, where one section is rough stone standing out amid stucco neighbors. It's actually a remnant of the old Guelph-Ghibelline feuds that so long rocked Medieval Italy 1/?