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Phys.org / Honey bees navigate more precisely than previously thought

A team from the University of Freiburg led by neurobiologist and behavioral biologist Prof. Dr. Andrew Straw studied the flight behavior of honey bees. Using a drone, the researchers tracked honey bees as they flew between ...

Feb 17, 2026 in Biology
Phys.org / Widely used method underestimates forests' ability to prevent major floods, researchers argue

Researchers from the University of British Columbia argue that a widely used method to understand and predict flood risk has led scientists to miscalculate how forests can prevent major flooding. The paper, published in Ambio, ...

Feb 19, 2026 in Earth
Tech Xplore / Most AI bots lack basic safety disclosures, study finds

Many people use AI chatbots to plan meals and write emails, AI-enhanced web browsers to book travel and buy tickets, and workplace AI to generate invoices and performance reports. However, a new study of the "AI agent ecosystem" ...

Feb 19, 2026 in Consumer & Gadgets
Tech Xplore / Why AI may overcomplicate answers: Humans and LLMs show 'addition bias,' often choosing extra steps over subtraction

When making decisions and judgments, humans can fall into common "traps," known as cognitive biases. A cognitive bias is essentially the tendency to process information in a specific way or follow a systematic pattern. One ...

Feb 15, 2026 in Computer Sciences
Phys.org / Webb maps the mysterious upper atmosphere of Uranus

For the first time, an international team of astronomers have mapped the vertical structure of Uranus's upper atmosphere, uncovering how temperature and charged particles vary with height across the planet. Using Webb's NIRSpec ...

Feb 19, 2026 in Astronomy & Space
Medical Xpress / Ultraprocessed foods show addictionlike patterns comparable to tobacco, researchers say

That bag of chips you swore you'd only eat a handful of. The energy drink that somehow turns into three. The late-night fast-food run—whether it involves pizza, burgers or tacos—that feels impossible to resist. A new ...

Feb 19, 2026 in Health
Medical Xpress / Not just sport and car crashes: Debunking five myths about traumatic brain injury in NZ

Touching the lives of an average 110 people each day in Aotearoa, traumatic brain injury (TBI) is much more common than any of us would like it to be.

Feb 21, 2026 in Neuroscience
Phys.org / Rare fossil at Montana museum records Tyrannosaurus attack

A fossil on display at Montana State University's Museum of the Rockies reveals how dinosaurs in the Tyrannosaurus genus may have subdued prey, and the specimen is the focus of a new collaborative research publication between ...

Feb 18, 2026 in Biology
Phys.org / Study links 'dark pool' trading to higher risk of sudden stock price crashes

More stock trading is moving away from traditional public stock exchanges and into places called "dark pools." These are private, electronic markets where investors buy and sell stocks without showing their orders to the ...

Feb 19, 2026 in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / Abortion restrictions increase deaths among expecting and new moms, researchers report

Anti-abortion laws are associated with more deaths among expecting and new mothers, a new study says.

Feb 21, 2026 in Obstetrics & gynaecology
Phys.org / Lab-in-the-loop framework enables rapid evolution of complex multi-mutant proteins

The search space for protein engineering grows exponentially with complexity. A protein of just 100 amino acids has 20100 possible variants—more combinations than atoms in the observable universe. Traditional engineering ...

Feb 19, 2026 in Biology
Phys.org / Largest ever radio sky survey maps the universe in unprecedented detail

An international collaboration using the Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) has published an exceptionally detailed radio sky map, revealing 13.7 million cosmic sources and delivering the most complete census yet of actively growing ...

Feb 19, 2026 in Astronomy & Space