Science

Do Animals Experience Schadenfreude?
Do animals experience schadenfreude? Researchers say such a complex emotion in animals is unlikely and warn against anthropomorphizing them.

Sea Monkeys Show Scientists How to Rewrite a Rule of Turbulence
Sea monkeys reveal how the flow of energy in turbulent systems can be reversed by geometry, upending a long-held rule of turbulence.

Male Contraceptive Pill Nears Market After Long Wait
WHO expects reversible male contraceptives within five to 10 years. Experts explain the science and why the male contraceptive pill took so long.

Fruit Flies Larval Diet Memory Extends Lifespan
A Nature study finds fruit flies carry a nutritional memory of their larval diet, with low protein early in life extending lifespan via the Lsp2 protein.

Fat Bear Week Semi-Finals: Backpack and Bear #910 Advance to Final
Fat Bear Week semi-finals send Backpack and Bear #910 to the final, where voting starts September 29 at noon EDT and the champion is crowned.

Wobbling Zombie Star's Cosmic 'Fart' Flares Explained
A wobbling neutron star repeatedly flashes X-rays at Earth as it passes through a giant plume of stellar wind plasma, new XRISM observations reveal.

Autumn Walks: Why Families Should Look Closer at Fungi
Experts urge families on autumn walks to look closer at Britain's unusual fungi, from fly agaric to rare red cage fungus, and to record not pick.

Sweden's Solution to Stop Spam Callers: Be Ruder
Swedish police urge citizens to hang up on spam callers and embrace rudeness, launching a campaign to combat rising phone scams.

Biology Might Not Be Quantum, but Its Math Is Quantumlike
Chemist Gregory Scholes proposes that life may imitate quantum effects rather than use them, through classical networks that mathematically mimic quantum objects.

Roman Suburban Life in Bath Revealed by Rare Finds
Roman suburban life in Bath revealed as restoration work at Bath Assembly Rooms unearths ditches with pottery, coins and a helmet fragment.

Vought Reportedly to Get Veto Power Over All NIH Grants
Reports say Russell Vought could gain veto power over all NIH grants, as the administration drafts an executive order targeting the agency's funding decisions.
