Bots beware: Moltbook, a new social network only for AI agents, is a ‘security nightmare’ https://www.snexplores.org/article/bot-social-network-moltbook-ai

The answer to getting enough protein can’t just be eating more meat. https://www.snexplores.org/article/how-much-protein-eat-quality-mix

Sniff a stick of mint gum and a fresh loaf of rye bread. They smell completely different. But these two scents actually come from the same molecule. It has two mirror-image forms. https://www.snexplores.org/article/what-is-chirality

This middle-school engineer built a golf-ball-driving machine to find ways to improve his swing. https://www.snexplores.org/article/golf-tee-placement-longer-drive

Paleontology is continually refining our picture of what Tyrannosaurus rex looked like. https://www.snexplores.org/article/lets-learn-about-tyrannosaurus-rex

“The universe is under no obligation to make sense to you,” Neil DeGrasse Tyson once said. This week’s word — spacetime — is one example. https://www.snexplores.org/article/scientists-say-spacetime-definition-pronunciation

Butt breathing? This wild idea shows promise in animal experiments. But researchers still need to prove it’s possible — and practical — for humans. https://www.snexplores.org/article/butt-breathing-oxygen

"There is no option of ‘lion’ on Duolingo.” So scientists had to turn to machine learning. https://www.snexplores.org/article/lion-new-second-roar-ai

Ice arenas and artificial snow now dominate winter games. Are athletes training differently? https://www.snexplores.org/article/warmer-winter-athletes-snow-ice-olympics

Scientists used the tools of paleontology to answer a modern-day question: Who made Chicago’s “Rat Hole”? https://www.snexplores.org/article/chicago-rat-hole-likely-squirrel

A Japanese flower emits a grisly scent — that of injured ants — to trick flies into pollinating it. https://www.snexplores.org/article/flower-smells-like-wounded-ants

There’s a reason funny fail accounts are so popular. In a word: schadenfreude. https://www.snexplores.org/article/malicious-joy-schadenfreude-emotion

A study with more than 10,000 participants showed people learn more deeply when they Google rather than asking ChatGPT. https://www.snexplores.org/article/chatbots-shallow-learning

Is it possible to be invisible? Some animals have a clear answer. https://www.snexplores.org/article/how-person-animal-be-invisible

In the final moments of Yuka the woolly mammoth’s life, he may have been trying to outsprint a cave lion. That’s what RNA molecules recovered from his tissues suggest. https://www.snexplores.org/article/oldest-rna-woolly-mammoth

"Energy can never disappear nor appear. You can't make it and you can't destroy it!" Here's what really happens to energy. https://www.snexplores.org/article/conservation-energy-forms-law

Wild animals may look as though they’re thriving at nuclear sites, but their genes can tell a different story. https://www.snexplores.org/article/radioactive-animals-radiation-risks

Participants were buried face-down under 50 centimeters — about a foot and a half — of snow at a field site in northern Italy. https://www.snexplores.org/article/snow-avalanche-safety-device

A pottery class inspired a new way of decorating tiny particles of gold. https://www.snexplores.org/article/gold-nanoparticle-stencils

Ammolite gems are some pretty fabulous fossils. Their rainbow flair comes from nanoscale features in their crystal plates. https://www.snexplores.org/article/ammolite-gems-rainbow-shimmer

Katie Mack’s grandfather served as a meteorologist on the Apollo 11 mission. That inspired this cosmologist to pursue a career studying the cosmos. https://www.snexplores.org/article/cosmologist-dark-matter-universe

Who belongs in science? Anyone! Everyone. Meet three researchers who are reaching out and expanding the possibilities of what science can be. https://www.snexplores.org/article/science-culture-dance-sound-stem

Chopping onions can be tear-free? Try this technique. https://www.snexplores.org/article/slow-sharp-cuts-onion-crying

Fish build organized nest neighborhoods in Earth’s most frigid waters. https://www.snexplores.org/article/antarctic-fish-arrange-nests

Ice doesn’t need heat or pressure to melt and become slippery. After 200 years, scientists finally figured out why. https://www.snexplores.org/article/why-ice-is-slippery

A tiny tyrannosaur had been thought to be a young T. rex. It now turns out to be its own new species. https://www.snexplores.org/article/fossil-new-tyrannosaur-not-t-rex

Villains in fiction may be able to use hypnosis to brainwash people into doing their bidding. In real life, hypnosis may help people conquer pain and anxiety. https://www.snexplores.org/article/hypnosis-brain-science

Looking at the data from almost 30,000 school-age children, researchers linked lower air pollution to a less nearsightedness. https://www.snexplores.org/article/air-pollution-harm-vision

Thanks to elaborate coordination between muscle and breath, woodpeckers can hammer at a perfectly consistent rate for an extended period of time. https://www.snexplores.org/article/woodpeckers-grunt-when-peck

A fake-it-till-you-make-it approach can boost performance as you work toward your goals. https://www.snexplores.org/article/how-to-set-achieve-goals

This year, instead of setting goals for the new year, try the opposite: Quit something. https://www.snexplores.org/article/quit-to-reach-goal

A new side view of the Milky Way will help astronomers better understand what is happening inside our fairly flat, spiral galaxy. https://www.snexplores.org/article/milky-way-radio-image

Flavor isn’t just on your tongue—it’s in your brain. Scans show that a part deep in the brain fuses taste and smell into flavor. https://www.snexplores.org/article/brain-combine-taste-smell-flavor

Books and movies often portray asteroid run-ins as unstoppable events. But “this is the one natural disaster we can totally prevent.” https://www.snexplores.org/article/what-chances-asteroid-hits-earth

In Life (Re)Sounding, game designer Susannah Emery draws from her own experiences as a neurodivergent person. https://www.snexplores.org/article/game-designer-neurodivergent-gaming

Polar bears provide 7.6 million kilograms of food to Arctic’s wildlife. https://www.snexplores.org/article/polar-bears-food-scraps-arctic

Last year, four-fifths of all warm-water corals bleached severely due to relentless heat waves in Earth’s seas. These corals have reached a point of no return, scientists now report. https://www.snexplores.org/article/coral-deaths-first-climate-tipping-point

Flamingoes create underwater whirlpools to fill their almost bottomless stomachs. https://www.snexplores.org/article/flamingos-make-whirlpools-suck-in-prey

Real animals glow red to see in dark and murky places, just like Rudolph. https://www.snexplores.org/article/rudolph-red-nose-glow-bioluminescence

A new type of parachute is full of holes — by design. It could allow precise, inexpensive cargo delivery or aid drops. https://www.snexplores.org/article/kirigami-parachute-design-physics

Such technology may one day treat infertility for women who no longer have eggs because of age, early menopause or previous cancer treatments. https://www.snexplores.org/article/human-eggs-from-skin-cells

A first-time contestant of the Nikon Small World photomicrography contest won this year’s competition with a close-up shot of a rice weevil. https://www.snexplores.org/article/award-winning-nikon-science-photos-2025

From furious firestorms to gently burning swirls, this recently discovered flame may clean oil spills and more. This week’s word is blue whirl. https://www.snexplores.org/article/scientists-say-blue-whirl-definition-pronunciation

Don't try this at home. Researchers turned milk into traditional yogurts with help from ants. For science. https://www.snexplores.org/article/ants-bacteria-yogurt-ingredient

A tiny elephant establishes a new stomping ground for 3-D printing: inside living cells. https://www.snexplores.org/article/3-d-printing-inside-living-cells

Cosmic forecast: Cloudy with a chance of galactic fountains! https://www.snexplores.org/article/high-velocity-clouds-milky-way-galaxy

To “hear,” this microphone uses light. That means it works even through soundproof glass. https://www.snexplores.org/article/visual-microphone-sees-sounds

Strong memories capture weak memories that we’d otherwise forget. https://www.snexplores.org/article/emotion-memory-help-remember-moments

Kleptotrichy: When plucky little birds raid a mammal’s backside for fur to line their nests. https://www.snexplores.org/article/scientists-say-kleptotrichy-definition-pronunciation