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Phys.org / Finding the honey bee dance floor: New method shows how it moves within the hive

When honey bees find a good source of food, they return to their hive and perform a waggle dance. It consists of a series of movements that communicate the direction and distance to nectar, pollen or water relative to the ...

Feb 23, 2026 in Biology
Phys.org / Citizens engage with information in different ways during a crisis, Finnish study finds

The COVID-19 pandemic was a major health crisis that challenged citizens' information management routines. Epistemic ideals guided how people scanned and filtered information, engaged with it and adapted their behavior accordingly.

15 hours ago in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Southern California air board rejected pollution rules after AI-generated flood of comments

The opposition appeared overwhelming: Tens of thousands of emails poured into Southern California's top air pollution authority as its board weighed a June proposal to phase out gas-powered appliances. But in reality, many ...

20 hours ago in Earth
Phys.org / Hubble identifies a near-invisible galaxy that may be 99% dark matter

In the vast tapestry of the universe, most galaxies shine brightly across cosmic time and space. Yet a rare class of galaxies remains nearly invisible—low-surface-brightness galaxies dominated by dark matter and containing ...

Feb 18, 2026 in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / 40,000-year-old Stone Age symbols may have paved the way for writing, long before Mesopotamia

Over 40,000 years ago, our early ancestors were already carving signs into tools and sculptures. According to a new analysis by linguist Christian Bentz at Saarland University and archaeologist Ewa Dutkiewicz at the Museum ...

Feb 23, 2026 in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Cosmic predators: How supermassive black holes slow star growth in nearby galaxies

Intense radiation emitted by active supermassive black holes—thought to reside at the center of most, if not all, galaxies—can slow star growth not just in their host galaxy, but also in galaxies millions of light-years ...

Feb 18, 2026 in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / Mysterious Greek inscription reignites debate on whether a Syrian mosque stands atop Roman Emperor Elagabalus' Temple

A recently discovered Greek inscription at the base of a column inside the Great Mosque of Homs in Syria has rekindled a longstanding scholarly debate about the exact location of the Temple of the sun, whose high priest ascended ...

Feb 23, 2026 in Other Sciences
Phys.org / A few weeks of X's algorithm can make you more right-wing—and it doesn't wear off quickly

A new study published in Nature has found that X's algorithm—the hidden system or "recipe" that governs which posts appear in your feed and in which order—shifts users' political opinions in a more conservative direction.

Feb 19, 2026 in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Water is bed bugs' kryptonite: The parasites avoid wet surfaces at all costs

Humans tend to fear bed bugs, and rightly so. The bloodsuckers are tough to get rid of once they've entered a home. But new research has, for the first time, identified one thing the bugs seem to fear—water and wet surfaces.

Feb 21, 2026 in Biology
Tech Xplore / YouTube exec says goal was viewer value not addiction

A landmark social media addiction trial resumed Monday with a YouTube executive insisting that the Google-owned company's aim was to give people value, not hook them on harmful binge-viewing.

Feb 24, 2026 in Business
Phys.org / How fast is the universe expanding? Supernova could provide the answer

That the universe is expanding has been known for almost a hundred years now, but how fast? The exact rate of that expansion remains hotly debated, even challenging the standard model of cosmology. A research team at the ...

Feb 19, 2026 in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / Language barriers slow down the international diffusion of knowledge, study finds

Rapid technological and scientific advances have fueled a huge wave of innovation over the past decades. The speed of global innovation is known to be dependent on the exchange of knowledge and skills between different nations ...

Feb 22, 2026 in Other Sciences