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Tiny fiddler crabs suck up and break down microplastics

They are about the size of a Post-it, live in the mud of mangroves, and while we discuss technological solutions and political promises, they are already doing the dirty work. In silence.

  • Sep 09, 2026 12:00

This app translates speech and text into sign language

More than 70 million people worldwide use a sign language as their mother tongue, but the number of qualified interpreters is very limited, especially in certain geographical and social contexts.

  • Sep 04, 2026 11:30

What if Leonardo da Vinci's genius was inscribed in his DNA?

There's something deeply fascinating about the idea that a sheet of paper, untouched for over five hundred years, could still contain a physical trace of one of mankind's greatest geniuses. Not a pencil trace or a blood line, but something infinitely more intimate: Leonardo da Vinci's DNA.

  • Aug 30, 2026 12:30

How to live to 100: common habits (and life lessons) of centenarians

There are almost 100,000 centenarians living in the United States, and this number is set to increase in the coming decades.

  • Aug 28, 2026 09:30

Scientists discover 190 new species: spider-killing fungus in the lead

Scientists warn that human activities are "eroding nature to the brink of extinction", following the publication of a list of new species first described in 2025.

  • Aug 24, 2026 09:00

Scientists discover that castrated animals live up to 20% longer

There's a widespread belief that reproduction is always and in every case a sign of vitality. However, when we look at what happens in nature, the picture becomes more complex.

  • Aug 20, 2026 10:00

Science confirms: Getting more sleep improves college grades

An experiment showed that getting more sleep leads to better academic performance.

  • Aug 13, 2026 14:00

A sad Record: Mediterranean Sea temperature reaches 33.2 degrees

A buoy located near the island of Sa Dragonera, west of Mallorca (Spain), recorded a sea surface temperature of 33.2°C. This may be the highest temperature ever measured in the Mediterranean Sea. This was announced by Aemet, the Spanish meteorological service, which recorded the temperature on Wednesday at 4:00 p.m.

  • Aug 08, 2026 20:00

Hope renewed: Belgian Researcher may have discovered effective way to destroy certain PFAS

Once released into the environment, PFAS (forever chemicals) degrade very slowly and can cause long-term contamination of the air, soil, water, and living organisms. But a researcher may have found a solution...

  • Aug 08, 2026 13:30

In the Arctic, a 300-year-old cemetery is threatened by global warming

It was the 17th century in Svalbard, in the midst of the Little Ice Age. Young European men braved the cold and storms to hunt the bowhead whale.

  • Aug 06, 2026 14:43