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Phys.org / Wild squirrels consistently climb higher for better snacks, researchers find

Squirrels are usually willing to climb higher to reach their favorite foods, shows new research appearing in Animal Behaviour. Extensive lab studies have found that animals "devalue" rewards that cost extra time and effort—for ...

Mar 26, 2026
Phys.org / Scientists uncover the secret behind perfectly 3D preserved 'sea reptile' fossils

Scientists at Curtin University have solved a long-standing mystery about how some of the world's best-preserved fossils formed in ancient oxygen-free ocean floor settings. The research, published in Communications Earth ...

Mar 26, 2026
Medical Xpress / Your voice, your typing, your sleep: What workplace well-being apps are really analyzing

A workplace well-being app might seem like a simple and helpful tool—a mood check-in, some stress management advice, or a chatbot asking how your week has gone. But behind that supportive language, some systems are also quietly ...

Mar 28, 2026
Phys.org / Tiny rotating hairs inside a microscopic cavity decide where your organs will grow

Heart to the left. Liver to the right. That's where you'll find these organs in a healthy human body, but surprisingly, in some people, the heart is on the right and the liver on the left. This normal or abnormal asymmetry ...

Mar 26, 2026
Phys.org / AI learns to read ancient Japanese pottery with 93% accuracy

Classifying ancient pottery has always depended on the trained judgment of an archaeologist. Identifying the subtle differences between piece types takes years of experience, and two experts will not always agree. Now, a ...

Mar 26, 2026
Tech Xplore / ChatGPT's taste for literary nonsense sparks alarm

OpenAI's GPT models can often be fooled into declaring that "pseudo-literary" nonsense is great, a German researcher has found.

Mar 26, 2026
Medical Xpress / Small RNAs offer new clues to schizophrenia and bipolar disorder

For decades, scientists studying brain disorders have focused almost exclusively on proteins and the genes encoding them. Now, research from Thomas Jefferson University's Computational Medicine Center suggests that several ...

Mar 26, 2026
Medical Xpress / Implantable islet cells could control diabetes without insulin injections

Most diabetes patients must carefully monitor their blood sugar levels and inject insulin multiple times per day, to help keep their blood sugar from getting too high. As a possible alternative to those injections, MIT researchers ...

Mar 26, 2026
Phys.org / Agricultural soils exposed to controversial weedkiller may be unexpected breeding ground for hospital 'superbugs'

Each year, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is responsible for an estimated 1.1 to 1.4 million deaths worldwide. Now, scientists have found evidence that the spread of AMR isn't always driven by bacteria evolving to resist ...

Mar 24, 2026
Tech Xplore / Fragmented phone use—not total screen time—is the main driver of information overload, study finds

Amid hot discussion on screen time, social media use and the impact of digital devices on our well-being, a seven-month study from Aalto University in Finland sheds new light on what overwhelms users the most—and the results ...

Mar 24, 2026
Phys.org / A Hall 'rectenna' can detect signals over a 100 GHz frequency range

Many current wireless communication, imaging and sensing technologies rely on components that convert oscillating electric and magnetic fields (i.e., electromagnetic waves) into electrical signals. Some of the most used components ...

Mar 22, 2026
Phys.org / A captive chimp's instrumental performances hint at the evolution of vocal externalization

In February 2023, a resident at Kyoto University's Center for the Evolutionary Origins of Human Behavior—EHUB—treated researchers to a spontaneous musical performance. Ayumu, a 26-year-old male chimpanzee, removed floorboards ...

Mar 25, 2026