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Current status: 🤩 Watching the ADORABLE Atlantic Puffin Loafing Ledge LIVE from the coast of Maine. www.youtube.com/watch?v=daFe...
LIVE Puffin Loafing Ledge: Maine Seabird Colony | explore.org
YouTube video by Explore Penguin & Puffin Cams
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🧬👩🦰 Harvard researchers analyzed nearly 16,000 ancient genomes to track how human #evolution has accelerated over the last 10,000 years. The study shows that traits like red hair and light skin likely provided survival advantages for early farmers. #science 👉 www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
Red hair gene favoured by natural selection over last 10,000 years, study finds
Scientists who analysed nearly 16,000 ancient remains suggest red hair and fair skin is favoured for vitamin D production
theguardian.com
🪼🏝️ Golden #jellyfish in the Misool marine lake lost their ability to sting due to a lack of predators. The #animals obtain energy from sunlight through a symbiotic relationship with algae. 👉 www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts...
Thousands of jellyfish moved into a lake on an Indonesian island – then a strange thing happened to their bodies | Discover Wildlife
After ending up in the sheltered waters of the lake in Raja Ampat, the jellies evolved. Today, people can swim with them – if they’re incredibly careful not to harm these delicate stingless creatures.
discoverwildlife.com
🐦🌳 Migratory #birds return to neighborhoods and parks across North America every week during spring. This compilation from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology helps listeners identify the specific songs and calls of species like the Belted Kingfisher and the Northern House Wren. #science 👉 zurl.co/FIXrV
A Lovely Compilation of North American Birdsongs In Spring
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology put together a lovely compilation featuring the distinctive spring songs of North American birds.
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🌡️🇯🇵 #Japan officially classified days reaching 40ºC as "cruelly hot" to better inform the public about extreme #weather risks – a decision following record breaking heat in 2025. 👉 phys.org/news/2026-04...
'Cruelly hot': Japan devises new term for heat wave days
Blistering temperatures rising to 40°C and above will now be branded "cruelly hot" or "kokusho-bi" in Japan, the weather agency said Friday, as heat wave days become increasingly frequent in the region.
phys.org
🧠👶 Infantile amnesia occurs because the #brain actively reorganizes itself during early development. Researchers show that specialized cells called microglia prune neural pathways to clear space for more stable adult memories. #science 👉 www.popsci.com/science/why-...
Why don't we remember being babies?
Yet we never forget how to ride a bike.
popsci.com
🧬🌊 Scientists found that the comb #jellyfish is capable of reversing its developmental stages to survive extreme conditions. The research suggests that some complex animals possess the ability to reprogram their cells in ways unknown to #biology. 👉 www.popularmechanics.com/science/anim...
This Strange Sea Creature Can De-Age Itself
If starvation and amputation can’t kill this lifeform ... what can?
popularmechanics.com
🦑🇦🇺 The giant Australian #cuttlefish is the largest species of its kind and gathers annually at Point Lowly to breed. The mass aggregation allows researchers to observe behaviors like color changing and mimicry within the population. #science 👉 www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts...
This tentacled giant can grow as long as a cricket bat. Tens of thousands are about to gather in South Australia | Discover Wildlife
The giant cuttlefish aggregation at Point Lowly in South Australia is one of the planet's greatest wildlife spectacles.
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🌋🔊 Scientists estimate that the 1883 #Krakatoa eruption reached 310 db at its source and produced a pressure wave that circled the globe several times. #volcano 👉 www.discoverwildlife.com/environment/...
It ruptured the eardrums of sailors, was heard thousands of miles away and the pressure wave circled the Earth | Discover Wildlife
What’s the loudest noise recorded in history? Well, it depends on how you measure it
discoverwildlife.com
🌧️🧠 Scientific research demonstrates that the sensory experience of #rain reduces #stress and enhances mental focus. The smell of petrichor and the sound of falling water provide measurable benefits to brain chemistry and mood. 👉 www.bbc.com/future/artic...
Four benefits of going out in the rain
Humans are more sensitive to the smell of rain than sharks are to blood. And rain has some surprising benefits for our bodies too – especially when it comes to our mood.
bbc.com
🧠🕹️ Scientists at the University of Rochester used brain-computer interfaces to help #monkeys navigate a VR environment. The primates learned to control their digital avatars using neural signals rather than physical movements. #science 👉 www.newscientist.com/article/2522...
Monkeys walk around a virtual world using only their thoughts
Monkeys with around 300 electrodes implanted in their brain were able to steer avatars around different virtual environments
newscientist.com
🏙️🦊 Urban #wildlife like the cockatoos in Sydney and the monkeys in New Delhi are learning similar bold strategies to find food and communicate over traffic noise. #nature 👉 www.sciencealert.com/wild-animals...
Wild Animals Are Adapting to City Life in Surprising Ways, Scientists Reveal
The urban monkeys in New Delhi are so bold they'll steal the lunch right off your plate.
sciencealert.com
🦖🪶 Archaeopteryx lithographica is a famous transitional fossil that shows the evolutionary connection between #dinosaurs and #birds. Dr. Jingmai O'Connor explains how this specific specimen from the Field Museum demonstrates the Jurassic origins of flight. 👉 Learn more: zurl.co/V0clD
🐦🌌 Engineers and biologists have found that #bird feathers act like specialized heat sinks that shed infrared radiation through the atmosphere. Species living in open grasslands are especially effective at using this method to stay cool under the sun. #nature 👉 www.sciencealert.com/bird-feather...
Bird Feathers May Shed Heat Into Space, Engineers Explain
Earth constantly loses heat through the atmosphere and into space, including countless plumes of energy that escape every day from an under-explored, possibly surprising source: birds.
sciencealert.com
🦖🧬 Scientific American explains how #Pokémon designs and mechanics relate to real #biology and paleontology, and clarifying the difference between fictional evolution and actual metamorphosis while highlighting real fossils that inspired the characters. 👉 www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
The Pokémon universe goes hard on ecology and climate science
The Pokémon franchise, including its recent game Pokémon Pokopia, is inspired by real animals and their ecology. It’s no surprise that so many scientists love to try and “catch ’em all”
scientificamerican.com
🎩🚩 Historians explain that 17th-century English society used hat etiquette to maintain social hierarchy and express political defiance. #history #england 👉 www.zmescience.com/science/news...
Why Taking Off Your Hat Was a Matter of Life and Death in Early Modern England
Going outside without a hat in 1600s England meant you were either completely insane or totally broke.
zmescience.com
🍫🧪 Popular #Science describes the economic and chemical reasons behind shifting candy flavors as manufacturers replace traditional ingredients with cheaper alternatives. #health 👉 www.popsci.com/science/why-...
Candy now tastes different. It's not just you.
From recipe changes to aging taste buds, here's why those peanut butter cups don't hit like they used to.
popsci.com
💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: 🐆🏔️ Four snow #leopard cubs at #Melbourne Zoo recently left their den for the first time to undergo their initial veterinary health check. Watch as the veterinary team examines Maya, Kira, Lumi, and Sabu while they venture into their outside habitat. 👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/snow-le...
🪵☀️ Researchers modified the internal structure of balsa #wood to create a porous material that captures and stores sunlight as heat. This engineered sponge uses nanomaterials and phase-change chemicals to release energy for power generation once the sun sets. #science 👉 gizmodo.com/scientists-u...
Scientists Generated Solar Power After Dark, Thanks to a Trick Using Wood
In a new experiment, reengineered balsa wood stored sunlight as heat.
gizmodo.com
♟️⚡ Victorian innovators used #chess to demonstrate the reliability of the electric telegraph. Starting with a match between Washington and Baltimore, these games helped prove that people could compete and connect across vast distances almost instantly. #history 👉 www.zmescience.com/feature-post...
People Played Chess Over the Telegraph in 1844 and It Accidentally Created the First E-sport
Before the internet, Victorian innovators used the electric telegraph to play chess across the world.
zmescience.com
💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: 🦆❄️ Adult male King Eiders stand out with their powder-blue heads and orange shields. These #ducks travel over 14,000 km (9,000 mi) annually and dive deep into freezing #Arctic waters for food. 👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/king-ei...
🐆🏔️ Four snow #leopard cubs at Melbourne Zoo recently left their den for the first time to undergo their initial veterinary health check. Watch as the veterinary team examines Maya, Kira, Lumi, and Sabu while they venture into their outside habitat. #wildlife 👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/snow-le...
🕰️🛡️ Immunization practices began as early as 1000 CE through a process known as variolation. This comprehensive history explains how early folk remedies changed into the modern #vaccines used to eradicate diseases like smallpox and manage global #health. 👉 www.worldhistory.org/article/2913...
From smallpox to COVID: Vaccines that changed history.
The field of public health was transformed by the introduction of vaccination, from the Latin word “vacca” meaning cow, to guard people against infectious diseases...
worldhistory.org
🚲🧠 Procedural memory allows humans to retain complex skills like cycling or swimming for decades without practice. These motor activities rely on the basal ganglia and cerebellum, which are more resistant to change than parts of the #brain that store facts. #health 👉 www.popsci.com/science/why-...
Why you never forget how to ride a bike
The brain stores skills differently than facts, making them harder to forget.
popsci.com
🦆❄️ Adult male King Eiders stand out with their powder-blue heads and orange shields. These #ducks travel over 14,000 km (9,000 mi) annually and dive deep into freezing #Arctic waters for food. 👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/king-ei...
🌊📸 A joint #research team from Australia and Japan used deep-sea cameras to observe life in some of the deepest parts of the ocean. Their findings include the deepest known snailfish and a white creature that experts can't yet identify. #ocean 👉 www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts...
Scientists drop cameras 9,100m deep off coast of Japan. What they find baffles them | Discover Wildlife
While exploring deep-sea trenches off Japan, researchers found a creature so weird they couldn’t identify it.
discoverwildlife.com
🦧📉 Researchers at Uganda’s Kibale National Park tracked a decade-long conflict after a massive community of #chimpanzees divided. The study in the journal Science documents how former social partners became rivals when their connecting social ties decayed. #science 👉 www.npr.org/2026/04/13/n...
What a chimpanzee 'civil war' can teach us about how societies fall apart
A long-term study of the world's largest known community of chimpanzees has documented a rare event: what the researchers describe as the primate equivalent of a "civil war."
npr.org
🌍📏 The coastline paradox explains why it is mathematically impossible to determine a single fixed length for a jagged coast. Because natural borders are fractals, using a smaller ruler results in a longer total distance. #science #earth 👉 www.bbc.com/travel/artic...
Why it's impossible to measure England's coastline
A new hiking trail will soon allow travellers to walk around England's entire coast – but a strange paradox means no one knows exactly how long it is.
bbc.com
🧠🔎 Searching for lost items relies on the #brain's attentional spotlight to filter visual data. When eyes jump between two points, gaps in focus can leave objects undetected even when they are directly in front of the viewer. #science 👉 theconversation.com/its-right-un...
It’s right under your nose – why some people can’t find things in plain sight
Your brain isn’t just looking – it’s predicting. Here’s why that means you can stare straight at something and still not see it.
theconversation.com
💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: 🎨✨ Director Spike Jonze uses forced perspective and oversized props to demonstrate the creative process in this surrealist #film. Zendaya works through design ideas in a Dream Lab that uses early-cinema aesthetics and practical effects. #art 👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/shape-o...
