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August 05, 2026

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Today

YouTube star Simone Giertz has some life and science lessons to share with you

The Swedish engineer influencer has spent over a decade on YouTube growing a loyal audience of over 2.5 million followers, but for her, the journey was all about living a less typical life in science.

Psilocybin could kick-start anorexia recovery, early results suggest

An active ingredient in magic mushrooms, psilocybin has shown early promise for treating eating disorders

Yesterday

La Brea Tar Pits disgorge rare ice age toad

This marks only the second ice age amphibian found in North America—and it gives researchers vital information abot the ancient climate

Wormholes could be the key to time travel

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Wormholes are one way that physicists have imagined traveling into the past. But if something gets there, is it physically possible to change anything?

Newly discovered carnivorous plant is as deceptive as it is deadly

Alpine Saxifraga confirmed carnivorous

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19h

Charles Darwin predicted in 1875 that some members of the Saxifraga genus could be carnivorous—now scientists have finally proven him right

Project backed by Leonardo DiCaprio and Jeff Bezos aims to save 100 critically endangered species

Bezos Earth Fund species project

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This billionaire-backed fund is dedicating $200 million to preserve animals and even plants that are facing extinction around the world

A SpaceX rocket is about to hit the moon—these videos show what could happen

SpaceX rocket to hit Moon

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22h

Astronomers’ simulations predict what this lunar impact—and its aftermath—will look like

Washington’s wildfires are a warning for the entire U.S.

Wildfires force Spokane evacuations

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Dry conditions and climate change are putting forests across the country at risk for disaster

An Ichthyosaur’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day 160 million years ago

A rare fossil find shows a tooth embedded an ichthyosaur’s vertebra, where it was likely left when a giant pliosaurid chomped down on this dolphin-resembling reptile

Aug 3, 2026

The U.S. military needs tungsten, but pristine NASA site may stand in the way

A unique landform is vital for calibrating NASA’s satellites, but it’s likely sitting atop a vast deposit of this heavy metal, which is crucial for making munitions

It’s 90 degrees in the Arctic right now

The Arctic is heating faster than the rest of the planet. New data illustrate how dire that is

Cyclospora outbreak tied to two deaths as parasite-borne illness continues to rage

Michigan cyclosporiasis outbreak 10773

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These deaths were reported by Michigan, which has seen more than 11,000 cases of cyclosporiasis emerge since late June

Senate funding resolution seeks to put OMB rule changes to research grants on hold

These proposed changes have seen significant bipartisan pushback and have been criticized by scientists across disciplines

How Antarctica’s Blood Falls came to be

Blood Falls harbors marine life

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The bright, red-orange stain on Antarctica’s ice-covered landscape may trace back to ancient oceans

Daddy long legs perform fellatio—and other wild facts about how these arachnids mate

Some female daddy longlegs will perform fellatio, perhaps to avoid potential violence from males, while males of another species entice females with a secretion on their penises

Cyclosporiasis cases surge while new research questions ‘protein maxxing’

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