Colors spark similar brain responses across people. https://www.snexplores.org/article/brain-activity-see-color-red

Like bells, black holes should ring with a fundamental pitch and other “overtone” frequencies. Scientists have for the first time clearly detected both pitch types coming from a black hole. https://www.snexplores.org/article/black-hole-ringing-gravitational-waves

Experiments conducted over multiple generations of scientists unveil secrets no single researcher could discover alone. https://www.snexplores.org/article/long-term-experiments-outlive-scientists

These materials could filter PFAS out of drinking water, get scrubbed clean and then reused. https://www.snexplores.org/article/mof-filter-pfas-forever-chemicals-water

By simply getting rid of our poop and pee, we may be flushing money away — literally. https://www.snexplores.org/article/lets-learn-about-surprising-uses-for-human-waste

From goat bleats to fungal chemical signals, this linguist draws from many sources of inspiration to make new languages. https://www.snexplores.org/article/linguist-invented-contructed-languages

Southeast Asians mummified their ancestors long before the Egyptians. https://www.snexplores.org/article/oldest-mummies-smoke-dried-asia

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Migrating en masse in the dark of night protects songbirds from most predators — but not bats. https://www.snexplores.org/article/bats-midflight-bird-feast

Yeast and bacteria give fine chocolate notes of fruit, flowers, citrus, berry and caramel. https://www.snexplores.org/article/chocolate-flavor-bacteria-yeast #NationalChocolateDay

What started as a fun side project turned into a surprising discovery. https://www.snexplores.org/article/grooved-surface-ice-sliding

Most of the vitamins we need come from the foods we eat. But our bodies also play a role in making these essential nutrients. https://www.snexplores.org/article/what-are-vitamins

Are parrotfish a superhero for struggling reefs? Sometimes, but not always. It depends on other reef stressors. And there are a lot of stressors. https://www.snexplores.org/article/parrotfish-algae-coral-reef-ecosystems

Some tattoos age well. More than two millennia ago, a woman in Siberia rocked some sick sleeves. https://www.snexplores.org/article/ancient-tattoos-siberian-ice-mummy

Two pterosaur hatchlings point to how hundreds of their kind may have met an untimely end — a cold-case more than 100 million years old. https://www.snexplores.org/article/baby-pterosaurs-died-jurassic-storms

If you want to walk on water, it helps to have fancy feet. https://www.snexplores.org/article/ripple-bug-robot-feet-walk-on-water

Rideable horses would have been a game changer for human societies. It changed the face of both transportation and war. https://www.snexplores.org/article/horses-ride-tame-genes-breeding

Pulling too much water out of the ground can worsen surface flooding. Some cities are fighting back. https://www.snexplores.org/article/cities-sinking-floods-groundwater

Bullying hurts kids when it happens — and afterward as well. New research suggests how stronger connections at school can help. https://www.snexplores.org/article/school-bullying-teen-mental-health

Big plant-eating dinos would seem to have their choice of dinner options. But a new study suggests some preferred eating rough stuff. https://www.snexplores.org/article/fossil-teeth-calcium-dinos-fussy-eaters

Feeling anxious? A short bout of high-intensity interval exercise can calm your brain. https://www.snexplores.org/article/classroom-exercise-workouts-boost-brain

Imagine something with the mass of a sugar cube but the surface area of a soccer field. That’s the family of structures behind the 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry. https://www.snexplores.org/article/mof-metal-organic-chemistry-nobel

Flossing a mouse? It’s a two-person job. https://www.snexplores.org/article/floss-flu-vaccine-mice-needle-free

To answer some big cosmic questions, “you need something like [Vera] Rubin. There is no competition.” https://www.snexplores.org/article/vera-rubin-observatory-telescope

Turns out, tiny gaps can be powerful. New research explains why bristled wings work so well for the tiniest of flying beetles. https://www.snexplores.org/article/tiny-insects-fly-comb-wings

Three physicists showed data confounding scientific wisdom: that quantum effects only show up in tiny objects. Think single atoms. For their contradictory findings, this trio earned the 2025 physics Nobel. https://www.snexplores.org/article/quantum-computers-circuits-physics-nobel

To protect their precious seeds, pinecones can close their “scales” tightly, keeping out cold temperatures, winds, ice and even animals that might eat the seeds. https://www.snexplores.org/article/pinecone-temperature-seeds-activity

For learning how our bodies put the brake on an overactive immune system, three people will share the 2025 Nobel prize in physiology or medicine. https://www.snexplores.org/article/regulatory-immune-cells-medicine-nobel

Our high-velocity garbage threatens space missions. And the problem is getting worse. This week’s word is space junk. https://www.snexplores.org/article/scientists-say-space-junk

Ozone rises to dangerous levels as car exhaust interacts with heat-stressed trees. https://www.snexplores.org/article/heat-waves-trees-worsen-air-pollution

Human hair attached to an ancient Inca khipu challenges long-held ideas about who made them. https://www.snexplores.org/article/knotted-inca-hair-keep-records

Rather than worrying about sharks hurting us, we should instead fear for them. https://www.snexplores.org/article/save-sharks-ocean-conservation

A shark is just a fish. A really interesting fish. https://www.snexplores.org/article/explainer-what-is-a-shark

We may be flushing a golden opportunity down the drain — literally. Scientists just came up with a novel way to turn our pee into a medical product. https://www.snexplores.org/article/yeast-transform-pee-valuable-mineral

Freelance shark researcher Heidy Martinez studied anthropology and psychology in college. Today, she uses those skills to help protect sharks around the world. https://www.snexplores.org/article/shark-marine-biology

Science is coming up with ways to do biomedical research without lab animals. My latest for @snexplores.bsky.social.

If you’re yelling upwind, a listener standing in front of you should have no problem hearing you — contrary to popular belief. https://www.snexplores.org/article/science-explains-shout-upwind-acoustics

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