🔍 Read: For the more than 242 million years that lizards and snakes appear in the fossil record, they show up mostly as pieces of lizard jaws and snake vertebrae. phys.org/news/2025-09...

🔍 Read: How human activities negatively affect urban red squirrels' problem-solving skills and potentially their chances of thriving is revealed in newly published research from the universities of Chester and Oulu. phys.org/news/2025-09...

🔍 Read: Streets, walls, concrete—cities may seem like a harsh environment. Yet some animals adapt remarkably well. phys.org/news/2025-09...

🔍 Read: Quantum computers will need large numbers of qubits to tackle challenging problems in physics, chemistry, and beyond. phys.org/news/2025-09...

🔍 Read: Spurilla neapolitana – known as the hair curler slug – is usually found in the Caribbean and Mediterranean, but is now moving northwards, perhaps due to warming oceans. www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...

🔍 Read: In this latest instalment of Future Chronicles, an imagined history of future inventions, Rowan Hooper explains how the creation of living solar panels transformed their impact on the world. www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...

🔍 Read: Scientists have discovered a new dinosaur from Argentina with powerful claws, feasting on an ancient crocodile bone. phys.org/news/2025-09...

🔍 Read: The new record could help conservationists strategize ways to consider feline movements during construction of hydroelectric dams. www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a...

🔍 Read: Tiny bioreactors, called nanocultures, are opening up new possibilities for microbiome research, especially in harsh and dynamic environments. phys.org/news/2025-09...

🔍 Read: As cells prepare to divide during mitosis, the chromatin is condensed into rod-shaped chromosomes, allowing the cell to neatly split its genetic material between two new cells. phys.org/news/2025-09...

🔍 Read: Comparing a map of the neurons in a nematode worm - the connectome - with a map of how signals travel across those neurons has revealed a surprising number of differences, suggesting that the structure of the brain alone doesn't explain how it works. www.newscientist.com/article/2497...

🔍 Read: The largest salt flat in the world is Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia, a popular tourist attraction due to its stunning mirror-like surface when covered with a thin layer of water. phys.org/news/2025-09...

🦴 🐇 Read: You might think that glass has no business acting as a replacement for bone, but it turns out the two materials have many similarities. Researchers have developed a 3D printable bio-active glass that served as an effective bone replacement material in rabbits. phys.org/news/2025-09...

🔍 Read: How does a plant manage to quickly adapt its growth to changing environmental conditions? phys.org/news/2025-09...

🔍 Read: It has been suggested that lava tubes - underground tunnels carved out by molten rock - might be on Venus, and now we have direct evidence that this is the case. www.newscientist.com/article/2497...

🔍 Read: In an article published in Communications Physics, researchers from the Université libre de Bruxelles and the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information in Vienna present a new framework for describing physics. phys.org/news/2025-09...

🔍 Read: Nature has many rhythms: the seasons result from Earth's movement around the sun, the ticking of a pendulum clock results from the oscillation of its pendulum. phys.org/news/2025-09...

🔍 Read: A decades-long scientific debate over the origins of the Silverpit Crater in the southern North Sea has been resolved. New evidence confirms that it was caused by an asteroid or comet impact about 43–46 million years ago. phys.org/news/2025-09...

🔍 Read: The discovery of "hidden orders," organization patterns in materials that cannot be detected using conventional measurement tools, can yield valuable insight. phys.org/news/2025-09...

🔍 Read: Satellite observations have documented a pronounced decline in Antarctic sea ice extent since 2014, with especially sharp losses in recent years. phys.org/news/2025-09...

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🔍 Read: New research has discovered how the plant hormone auxin guides roots to grow downwards in the direction of gravity, a process known as gravitropism. cosmosmagazine.com/nature/plant...

🔍 Read: Earth's mantle is a restless, enigmatic engine that powers volcanism, recycles crust, and regulates the long-term evolution of the planet. phys.org/news/2025-09...

🔍 Read: When people hear about hurricanes, they often focus on the category rating: Category 1 through 5, based on maximum wind speeds. phys.org/news/2025-09...

🔍 Read: A new trick for modeling molecules with quantum accuracy takes a step toward revealing the equation at the center of a popular simulation approach, which is used in fundamental chemistry and materials science studies. phys.org/news/2025-09...

🔍 Read: Researchers have developed a new metamaterial that can almost instantly change its shape and size via a remote control, potentially transforming implantable medical devices. cosmosmagazine.com/technology/m...

🔍 Read: Fossil remains of a large, now-extinct bird species have been discovered in Australia's Boodjamulla National Park. phys.org/news/2025-09...

🔍 Read: Hydride ions, which consist of 2 electrons and 1 proton, are promising negative charge carriers for next-generation electrochemical devices because of their low mass and high reduction/oxidation potential. cosmosmagazine.com/technology/e...

🔍 Read: In 5 universities across Australia, scientists are beginning some of the most exciting research of their careers. They will be using techniques underpinned by quantum mechanics to drive fundamental biological understanding and applications. cosmosmagazine.com/science/biol...

🔍 Read: Satellite observations have documented a pronounced decline in Antarctic sea ice extent since 2014, with especially sharp losses in recent years. phys.org/news/2025-09...

🔍 Read: A perspective paper published this week argued that brain organoids could soon gain consciousness, and we should consider stricter regulations around them. www.livescience.com/health/neuro...

🔍 Read: Astronomers are using radio pulses from space to find missing baryonic matter and learn about supermassive black holes, stellar formation and galaxy evolution. www.livescience.com/space/astron...

🔍 Read: On Sept. 19, 1991, hikers were crossing a pass over the Ötztal valley in the Alps when they stumbled upon a human body that was partly exposed in the ice. www.livescience.com/archaeology/...

🔍 Read: An international research team led by the GEOMAR Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research Kiel has discovered a globally unique system on the seabed off the coast of Papua New Guinea. phys.org/news/2025-09...

🔍 Read: A team led by University of Georgia ecologists documented two new species of black bass, Bartram's bass and Altamaha bass, in a new paper. phys.org/news/2025-09...

🔍 Read: Buried deep in Greenland's ice sheet lies a puzzling chemical signature that has sparked intense scientific debate. phys.org/news/2025-09...

🔍 Read: When it comes to eliminating toxic and expensive heavy metals in the chemical industry, a new study from the University of Würzburg points the way forward. phys.org/news/2025-09...

🔍 Read: Scientists have shown that two previously separate modes of plant branching regulation can be connected, revealing the most complete picture yet of how plants control their architecture. phys.org/news/2025-09...

🔍 Read: Astronomers are using radio pulses from space to find missing baryonic matter and learn about supermassive black holes, stellar formation and galaxy evolution. www.livescience.com/space/astron...

All about that bass 🎣 : A team led by University of Georgia ecologists have documented two new species of black bass, Bartram's bass and Altamaha bass. phys.org/news/2025-09...

🐟 Read: Rising ocean temperatures in the Red Sea and around the world have been devastating for many sea creatures, including an iconic ocean duo: clownfish and anemones. phys.org/news/2025-09...

🧲 Read: A research team has created and described a new type of photoswitch. The molecule, a thienyl-based acylhydrazone, undergoes an unprecedented "closed-to-open-shell" transformation, where light converts it into a stable diradical. phys.org/news/2025-09...

Say hello to central region of spiral galaxy Messier 82 🌌 science.nasa.gov/missions/hub...

💩 Read: An international research team led by Curtin University has used prehistoric feces to better understand how molecular fossilization works, offering a new window into what ancient animals ate, the world they lived in and what happened after they died. phys.org/news/2025-09...

🔍 Read: A fossil from about 108 million years ago reveals an early member of the pachycephalosaurs, a group of dinosaurs with bizarre protrusions on their skulls that may have been used in combat. www.newscientist.com/article/2496...

🔍 Read: Throughout the planet, there are only a handful of known tektite strewn fields, which are large swaths of land where natural glass (tektite) was strewn about after forming from terrestrial material and being ejected from a meteorite impact. phys.org/news/2025-09...

🔍 Read: A research team led by geophysicists at UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography provides an explanation for features that characterize the surface of the solar system's hottest planet. phys.org/news/2025-09...

🔍 Read: One of the biggest obstacles on the road to a low-carbon energy future is caused by the rare-earth element lithium, a critical component for the batteries that can store the abundant and sustainable energy from renewable sources. phys.org/news/2025-09...

🔍 Read: A research team from the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources (NIEER) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has identified important non-temperature environmental factors contributing to permafrost degradation. phys.org/news/2025-09...

🔍 Read: Researchers have revealed a previously unknown way plants shape their growth in response to light—a breakthrough that could better equip crops to handle environmental stress. phys.org/news/2025-09...