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Plants & Animals Oct 27, 2026

Map of Life: More progress needed to safeguard global biodiversity, new report finds

Global efforts to preserve habitat and the planet's most endangered species urgently need to be stepped up, according to a new report from Map of Life, the flagship initiative of the Yale Center for Biodiversity and Global ...

Social Sciences Oct 27, 2026

GenAI and travel planning: Should AI agents build our itineraries?

Whether you're a seasoned tourist or an emerging explorer, delegating travel planning to artificial intelligence (AI) agents is becoming the norm for many travelers.

Space Exploration Oct 27, 2026

Perseverance offers clues to protect crews from ultrafine Mars dust

Over 1,645 Martian days, NASA's Perseverance Mars rover measured the fine and ultrafine Martian dust particles found clinging to samples of spacesuit materials that are carried aboard the rover, including particles small ...

Political science Oct 27, 2026

Election forecasters lack historical data on how national mood drives each senate race, study shows

U.S. Senate races are increasingly decided by national forces rather than state-level politics or incumbency advantage. That makes election forecasts less certain than they appear, according to a new study in PS: Political ...

Astrobiology Oct 27, 2026

Earth may have formed much of its water as the planet grew

Earth may have produced much of its water during the planet's formation, as rocky pebbles reacted with the hydrogen-rich atmosphere surrounding the young planet, according to new research published in Nature Geoscience. The ...

Plants & Animals Oct 27, 2026

Scientists reveal the staggering number of bat deaths at wind turbines

Bat populations across the United States face numerous threats, and one of the biggest may be the number of collisions with wind turbines. According to the most comprehensive study of the problem to date, published in the ...

Political science Oct 27, 2026

Extreme weather drives support for green voting in Europe

In representative democracies, it is important that climate change policies are developed through transparent processes and with citizen representation, which in turn requires an understanding of how climate-related events ...

Paleontology & Fossils Oct 27, 2026

121-million-year-old fossils suggest Longipteryx had no tail feathers

Around 121 million years ago, somewhere in modern northeastern China, an early bird took to the skies. If you drew its silhouette, you'd notice something was missing. Unlike any bird alive today, it had no tail feathers.

Astronomy Oct 27, 2026

Radio images reveal disturbances from Betelgeuse's mysterious companion that lurks within its shadows

The well-known star Betelgeuse has a mysterious houseguest—and it's shaking the rafters, rattling the pipes and slamming the cupboards (metaphorically speaking). It's causing enough subtle atmospheric disturbance that it ...

Cell & Microbiology Oct 27, 2026

Marine molecule may help combat 'brain-eating' amoeba

Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), a parasitic disease that causes the rapid deterioration of brain tissue, is one of the most lethal infections known, with a fatality rate exceeding 97%. Caused by the free-living ...

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