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Ancient DNA, Modern Bats: The Spotted Bat’s 2,000-Year Story
Oct 8
A bat with polka dots, pink ears and a voice humans can hear. Ancient DNA from a desert cave reveals how the spotted bat…
Mirror Molecules, Explained: The 2026 Chemistry Nobel
Oct 8
Your hands are mirror images. So are many molecules of life. The 2026 chemistry Nobel went to the two chemists who taught reactions to…
Herculaneum Scrolls: How Lead Ink Could Unlock Buried Texts
Oct 7
Scientists burned replica scrolls to learn how to read the real ones. The trick: lead in ancient ink, revealed by X-ray.
Life on Mars, Explained: Ancient Molecules, New Clues
Oct 7
Curiosity found chain-like carbon molecules in a 3.7-billion-year-old lakebed. A 2026 study says non-biological sources cannot explain them all.
Moon Rocks on Earth: Madagascar’s Anorthosite, Seen From Space
Oct 6
An astronaut photographed a patch of southern Madagascar that looks like the Moon. It is made of the same rock as the lunar highlands.
Neutrinos, Explained: Hunting the Universe’s Ghost Particles
Oct 6
Neutrinos stream through your body by the trillions every second. The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics honours the telescope that finally caught them.
This Singing Lemur Uses an Opera Singer’s Trick
Oct 5
Madagascar's indri is the only lemur that sings, and a new study shows it widens its mouth for high notes exactly like a trained…
Optogenetics, Explained: Controlling Brain Cells with Light
Oct 5
Optogenetics lets scientists switch brain cells on and off with light. It just won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Medicine. How it works.
The Forested Floodplains of Congaree National Park
Oct 4
From space, the meandering Congaree River and its old channels paint the forest in contrasting shades of green. NASA explains how floods sustain giant…
An Apple a Day Keeps the Stress Away: How Food Can Lower Stress Levels
Oct 4
What happens in your body when you feel stressed, and can what you eat help? A short science article for young readers explains stress…
Hooked on Sonics: Experimenting with Sound in 19th-Century Popular Science
Oct 4
In the nineteenth century, acoustics primers invited whole families to make sound visible with sand, flames and homemade instruments. A look at the playful…
Preserving Indigenous Stories and Voices: WikiKathā Documented Nine Endangered Indigenous Languages in Indonesia
Oct 4
Local youth and native speakers recorded words, stories and sounds from threatened languages across Indonesia and shared them openly on Wiktionary and Wikimedia Commons.
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