https://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. In 1987, biologists captured the last free-flying condor to transfer it to captivity, and the largest flying North American bird species was officially declared extinct in the wild. Today, after decades of coordinated efforts and millions of dollars spent on captive breeding and reintroduction efforts, more than 300 condors have been restored to their natural environment. https://phys.org/news/2026-10-species-california-condor-lessons-global.html Ecology Sat, 24 Oct 2026 20:00:01 EDT news711721349 Raw, grilled, roasted, stuffed—there are many ways to enjoy bell peppers, also called capsicums, sweet peppers or paprika. Bell peppers originated in Central and South America and belong to the nightshade family along with tomatoes and eggplants. https://phys.org/news/2026-10-bell-pepper-reveal-differences-sweetness.html Agriculture Sat, 24 Oct 2026 17:00:07 EDT news711972174 The fossilized skull of a new species of mysterious meat-eating dinosaur from the Isle of Wight has been rediscovered in the collections of the Natural History Museum after over 100 years in storage. https://phys.org/news/2026-10-longclawed-british-dinosaur-kind-europe.html Paleontology & Fossils Sat, 24 Oct 2026 08:00:01 EDT news711720733 Researchers at the University of Helsinki wanted to understand which is the dominant factor for species occurrence and abundance: the climate or habitat-related variables, such as their natural state and the share of land shaped by human activity. Solutions to mitigate biodiversity loss depend on the answer to this question. https://phys.org/news/2026-10-habitat-finnish-animal-climate.html Plants & Animals Fri, 23 Oct 2026 21:00:02 EDT news711945606 South Africa endured its worst year of load shedding (scheduled power cuts by the country's utility, Eskom) in 2023. The power went off on 335 of the year's 365 days, often several times a day. Since then, the country has gone more than a year and a half without these planned power cuts. https://phys.org/news/2026-10-power-students-link-anxiety-disrupted.html Social Sciences Fri, 23 Oct 2026 19:40:04 EDT news711972089 When heavy rain hits a city, knowing where water will accumulate is only part of the picture. Who lives in the affected buildings? How might flooding disrupt their lives? And where could additional support make the greatest difference? https://phys.org/news/2026-10-human-side.html Environment Fri, 23 Oct 2026 18:20:02 EDT news711968044 Masculinity content promises young men self-optimization and success, but often delivers health harms, risk-taking, unattainable standards, gender stereotypes and misogyny. The latter is the strongest predictor of violent extremism. https://phys.org/news/2026-10-pretty-toxic-young-men-manosphere.html Social Sciences Fri, 23 Oct 2026 17:00:17 EDT news711972189 Climate change is increasing flood risk across the U.K. As floods become more frequent and intense, communities are increasingly encouraged to become resilient and "live with water." Yet in some flood-prone areas, residents are rejecting these calls, concerned that resilience is less about helping communities and more about transferring responsibility from institutions to citizens. https://phys.org/news/2026-10-communities-idea-resilience.html Environment Fri, 23 Oct 2026 14:00:17 EDT news711972984 On a Monday night in September 1964, television viewers watched a little girl counting petals on a flower. Her voice gave way to a man counting down, and then a nuclear blast filled the screen. https://phys.org/news/2026-10-fearbased-campaign-ads-attention-votes.html Political science Fri, 23 Oct 2026 13:00:25 EDT news711970099 In the Northern Hemisphere, days are getting shorter and temperatures are dropping—autumn has arrived. A common sign that winter is coming is trees losing their leaves. But did you know that autumn also sparks changes in animals' sexual behavior—including ours? https://phys.org/news/2026-10-autumn-animal-sexual-behavior-humans.html Ecology Fri, 23 Oct 2026 12:00:27 EDT news711963428 The common myna is sometimes referred to as "Australia's most hated bird." Originally from South and Central Asia, the introduced species from the starling family is abundant, raucous and bold. https://phys.org/news/2026-10-gentle-graceful-cane-toad-sky.html Ecology Fri, 23 Oct 2026 10:10:02 EDT news711957045 Public health researchers have long examined how societal forces can shape health outcomes. Decades after redlining was outlawed, for example, researchers continue to document its lasting effects on life expectancy, chronic disease and access to health care resources in many communities. https://phys.org/news/2026-10-voter-suppression-health.html Social Sciences Fri, 23 Oct 2026 09:40:06 EDT news711956427 Young people are facing a future that feels increasingly uncertain. Although every generation experiences turbulence while navigating adolescence, the pressures experienced by Gen Z—those born between 1997 and 2012—are different and seem more pervasive. https://phys.org/news/2026-10-youth-protests-europe-overlapping-crises.html Social Sciences Fri, 23 Oct 2026 09:20:01 EDT news711956122 An online survey found a numerically lower rate of reported overweight among cats fed vegan diets than among those fed conventional meat-based diets. However, the difference was not statistically significant. https://phys.org/news/2026-10-overweight-vegan-fed-cats.html Plants & Animals Fri, 23 Oct 2026 08:30:02 EDT news711951765 A mother bat has one crucial challenge: find her own babies among hundreds of other bats in the colony. Making sure she cares for and nurses only her own offspring is important to ensuring their survival. Among Japanese house bats, mothers keep track of their pups using the babies' isolation calls. https://phys.org/news/2026-10-mother-hearts-faster-babies-cries.html Plants & Animals Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:00:01 EDT news711882721 Have you ever left a polling place feeling that your mark on the ballot didn't quite say what you wanted it to? Perhaps you liked two candidates but had to drop one, or backed the one who might actually win over the one you preferred. https://phys.org/news/2026-10-ballot-affect-voting.html Political science Thu, 22 Oct 2026 23:00:01 EDT news711886153 Previous accounts of the scientific relationship between communist China and the Soviet Union have depicted it as one of subordination, with the Russians exporting knowledge to the Chinese or scavenging from their bodies of knowledge. A new article in Isis, however, posits that the relationship between Chinese and Soviet scientists was instead one of mutual exchange. In "Brief Encounter: Acupuncture, Pavlov, and Scientific Exchange Between China and the Soviet Union, 1949-1961," authors Liang Wan, Simon Huxtable and Sarah Marks explore the role of acupuncture in uniting the Pavlovian science of the Soviets and traditional Chinese medicine, forming an arena for Sino-Soviet collaboration. https://phys.org/news/2026-10-acupuncture-mutual-exchange-chinese-soviet.html Social Sciences Thu, 22 Oct 2026 20:00:05 EDT news711894803 Rising temperatures and increasing drought are shortening crop-growing seasons in many parts of the world. Now scientists in Sweden report new advances toward engineering more efficient photosynthesis, work that could eventually contribute to efforts to adapt crops for climate change. https://phys.org/news/2026-10-climate-resilient-crops-mind-tackles.html Biotechnology Thu, 22 Oct 2026 19:20:01 EDT news711904861 When a major company's CEO goes through a messy divorce or is arrested for drunk driving, investors often get nervous, worried that the executive's personal struggles will dent their returns. But most people hardly notice when a chief marketing officer has similar personal problems. https://phys.org/news/2026-10-tackles-impact-cmo-life-events.html Economics & Business Thu, 22 Oct 2026 18:40:01 EDT news711891386 On Jan. 3, 1117, a strong earthquake shook northern Italy. A manuscript of the 12th century, kept today in the Vatican Library, recorded what came next: "The lakes also rose so much that very few of those living in the villages nearby escaped this danger." https://phys.org/news/2026-10-farming-medieval-tsunamis-italian-lake.html Earth Sciences Thu, 22 Oct 2026 18:00:13 EDT news711793905 The presence of non-native trees is often seen as an obstacle to the recovery of tropical forests regrowing in previously deforested areas. To better understand the behavior of these plants over time in both humid and dry forests, researchers from approximately 60 institutions analyzed data from over 1,500 areas of forest regeneration across the Americas. The results, published in the journal Nature Plants, indicate that the initial dominance of exotic species is temporary. They multiply easily during the first 10 to 20 years, taking advantage of abundant sunlight in open areas. However, they decline as native trees grow and shade the forest. https://phys.org/news/2026-10-natural-forest-regeneration-curb-invasive.html Plants & Animals Thu, 22 Oct 2026 17:20:10 EDT news711902821 In a review article recently published in the journal Earth-Science Reviews, researchers from the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde (IOW), in collaboration with colleagues from the University of Leicester (United Kingdom), report on how human activity has altered Earth's sediments over the decades. https://phys.org/news/2026-10-microplastics-sediment-decades-human-worldwide.html Earth Sciences Thu, 22 Oct 2026 16:20:19 EDT news711901381 With a stroke of a pen, President Donald Trump has officially created the United States' 64th national park. https://phys.org/news/2026-10-chiricahua-nation-national.html Environment Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:40:01 EDT news711880220 In Australia, the days are growing longer and summer is fast approaching. But a very strong El Niño—a natural weather phenomenon that drives variations in temperature and winds across the Pacific—could make this summer a sweltering one. https://phys.org/news/2026-10-entire-cities-extreme-reveals.html Environment Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:20:02 EDT news711880157 Say you buy shares in a company. The price climbs and months later you sell for a healthy profit. Ask why it worked, and the answer is often some version of "I made a good call." Now imagine the trade had lost money instead. Would you be as quick to blame your own judgment? Many of us wouldn't. We may point to bad timing, a jittery market, anything but ourselves. https://phys.org/news/2026-10-psychology-investors-bad-financial-decisions.html Economics & Business Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:00:25 EDT news711880096 There was a time when decorative wreaths appeared on front doors in December, stayed on front doors for a few weeks and then disappeared. https://phys.org/news/2026-10-autumn-wreaths-doorscaping-life-front.html Plants & Animals Thu, 22 Oct 2026 14:20:14 EDT news711878963 When a climate disaster happens, people thousands of miles away may encounter it through numbers: how many people died, how many were displaced, how many homes were destroyed and how much infrastructure was damaged. But for the people living through it, the disaster is not a data set. It is a home, a family, a livelihood and a place. https://phys.org/news/2026-10-climate-visuals-people-overlooked.html Environment Thu, 22 Oct 2026 13:20:01 EDT news711878130 From 2010 to 2024, the Amazon rainforest—the largest tropical rainforest on the planet—released an average of 1.17 billion metric tons more carbon dioxide (CO₂) into the atmosphere than it absorbed each year. Wildfires were the main source, emitting approximately 1.47 billion metric tons of CO₂ per year—far exceeding the forest's absorption capacity of 300 million metric tons per year. https://phys.org/news/2026-10-wildfires-amazon-emit-billion-metric.html Earth Sciences Thu, 22 Oct 2026 13:00:20 EDT news711890465 When people think about democracy, they tend to think about national elections, parliaments or the policies of national governments. Even the recent special election in Holborn and St Pancras showed that democratic events are often framed around what they mean for the fortunes of national leaders, rather than what they mean for daily life within a community. https://phys.org/news/2026-10-ways-cities-democratic-values.html Political science Thu, 22 Oct 2026 13:00:01 EDT news711877636 Real tans come from UV-triggered pigment production in living skin; that same UV exposure increases the risk of skin cancer. https://phys.org/news/2026-10-fake-tan-cookie.html Molecular & Computational biology Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:40:08 EDT news711877398