Red hair gene favoured by natural selection over last 10,000 years, study finds Scientists who analysed nearly 16,000 ancient remains suggest red hair and fair skin is favoured for vitamin D production

🧬👩‍🦰 Harvard researchers analyzed nearly 16,000 ancient genomes to track how human #evolution has accelerated over the last 10,000 years. The study shows that traits like red hair and light skin likely provided survival advantages for early farmers. #science

👉 www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

Thousands of jellyfish moved into a lake on an Indonesian island – then a strange thing happened to their bodies | Discover Wildlife After ending up in the sheltered waters of the lake in Raja Ampat, the jellies evolved. Today, people can swim with them – if they’re incredibly careful not to harm these delicate stingless creatures.

🪼🏝️ Golden #jellyfish in the Misool marine lake lost their ability to sting due to a lack of predators. The #animals obtain energy from sunlight through a symbiotic relationship with algae.

👉 www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts...

A Lovely Compilation of North American Birdsongs In Spring The Cornell Lab of Ornithology put together a lovely compilation featuring the distinctive spring songs of North American birds.

🐦🌳 Migratory #birds return to neighborhoods and parks across North America every week during spring. This compilation from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology helps listeners identify the specific songs and calls of species like the Belted Kingfisher and the Northern House Wren. #science

👉 zurl.co/FIXrV

'Cruelly hot': Japan devises new term for heat wave days Blistering temperatures rising to 40°C and above will now be branded "cruelly hot" or "kokusho-bi" in Japan, the weather agency said Friday, as heat wave days become increasingly frequent in the region.

🌡️🇯🇵 #Japan officially classified days reaching 40ºC as "cruelly hot" to better inform the public about extreme #weather risks – a decision following record breaking heat in 2025.

👉 phys.org/news/2026-04...

Why don't we remember being babies? Yet we never forget how to ride a bike.

🧠👶 Infantile amnesia occurs because the #brain actively reorganizes itself during early development. Researchers show that specialized cells called microglia prune neural pathways to clear space for more stable adult memories. #science

👉 www.popsci.com/science/why-...

This Strange Sea Creature Can De-Age Itself If starvation and amputation can’t kill this lifeform ... what can?

🧬🌊 Scientists found that the comb #jellyfish is capable of reversing its developmental stages to survive extreme conditions.

The research suggests that some complex animals possess the ability to reprogram their cells in ways unknown to #biology.

👉 www.popularmechanics.com/science/anim...

This tentacled giant can grow as long as a cricket bat. Tens of thousands are about to gather in South Australia | Discover Wildlife The giant cuttlefish aggregation at Point Lowly in South Australia is one of the planet's greatest wildlife spectacles.

🦑🇦🇺 The giant Australian #cuttlefish is the largest species of its kind and gathers annually at Point Lowly to breed. The mass aggregation allows researchers to observe behaviors like color changing and mimicry within the population. #science

👉 www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts...

It ruptured the eardrums of sailors, was heard thousands of miles away and the pressure wave circled the Earth | Discover Wildlife What’s the loudest noise recorded in history? Well, it depends on how you measure it

🌋🔊 Scientists estimate that the 1883 #Krakatoa eruption reached 310 db at its source and produced a pressure wave that circled the globe several times. #volcano

👉 www.discoverwildlife.com/environment/...

Four benefits of going out in the rain Humans are more sensitive to the smell of rain than sharks are to blood. And rain has some surprising benefits for our bodies too – especially when it comes to our mood.

🌧️🧠 Scientific research demonstrates that the sensory experience of #rain reduces #stress and enhances mental focus. The smell of petrichor and the sound of falling water provide measurable benefits to brain chemistry and mood.

👉 www.bbc.com/future/artic...

Monkeys walk around a virtual world using only their thoughts Monkeys with around 300 electrodes implanted in their brain were able to steer avatars around different virtual environments

🧠🕹️ Scientists at the University of Rochester used brain-computer interfaces to help #monkeys navigate a VR environment. The primates learned to control their digital avatars using neural signals rather than physical movements. #science

👉 www.newscientist.com/article/2522...

Wild Animals Are Adapting to City Life in Surprising Ways, Scientists Reveal The urban monkeys in New Delhi are so bold they'll steal the lunch right off your plate.

🏙️🦊 Urban #wildlife like the cockatoos in Sydney and the monkeys in New Delhi are learning similar bold strategies to find food and communicate over traffic noise. #nature

👉 www.sciencealert.com/wild-animals...

A pigeon perched on a metal railing is shown next to a circular magnifying inset that features an illustration of a feathered dinosaur head with visible teeth.

🦖🪶 Archaeopteryx lithographica is a famous transitional fossil that shows the evolutionary connection between #dinosaurs and #birds. Dr. Jingmai O'Connor explains how this specific specimen from the Field Museum demonstrates the Jurassic origins of flight.

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Bird Feathers May Shed Heat Into Space, Engineers Explain Earth constantly loses heat through the atmosphere and into space, including countless plumes of energy that escape every day from an under-explored, possibly surprising source: birds.

🐦🌌 Engineers and biologists have found that #bird feathers act like specialized heat sinks that shed infrared radiation through the atmosphere. Species living in open grasslands are especially effective at using this method to stay cool under the sun. #nature

👉 www.sciencealert.com/bird-feather...

The Pokémon universe goes hard on ecology and climate science The Pokémon franchise, including its recent game Pokémon Pokopia, is inspired by real animals and their ecology. It’s no surprise that so many scientists love to try and “catch ’em all”

🦖🧬 Scientific American explains how #Pokémon designs and mechanics relate to real #biology and paleontology, and clarifying the difference between fictional evolution and actual metamorphosis while highlighting real fossils that inspired the characters.

👉 www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...

Why Taking Off Your Hat Was a Matter of Life and Death in Early Modern England Going outside without a hat in 1600s England meant you were either completely insane or totally broke.

🎩🚩 Historians explain that 17th-century English society used hat etiquette to maintain social hierarchy and express political defiance. #history #england

👉 www.zmescience.com/science/news...

Candy now tastes different. It's not just you. From recipe changes to aging taste buds, here's why those peanut butter cups don't hit like they used to.

🍫🧪 Popular #Science describes the economic and chemical reasons behind shifting candy flavors as manufacturers replace traditional ingredients with cheaper alternatives. #health

👉 www.popsci.com/science/why-...

A close-up photograph shows the face of a young snow leopard cub with spotted fur and grey-blue eyes.

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🐆🏔️ Four snow #leopard cubs at #Melbourne Zoo recently left their den for the first time to undergo their initial veterinary health check. Watch as the veterinary team examines Maya, Kira, Lumi, and Sabu while they venture into their outside habitat.

👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/snow-le...

Scientists Generated Solar Power After Dark, Thanks to a Trick Using Wood In a new experiment, reengineered balsa wood stored sunlight as heat.

🪵☀️ Researchers modified the internal structure of balsa #wood to create a porous material that captures and stores sunlight as heat. This engineered sponge uses nanomaterials and phase-change chemicals to release energy for power generation once the sun sets. #science

👉 gizmodo.com/scientists-u...

♟️⚡ Victorian innovators used #chess to demonstrate the reliability of the electric telegraph. Starting with a match between Washington and Baltimore, these games helped prove that people could compete and connect across vast distances almost instantly. #history

👉 www.zmescience.com/feature-post...

A male King Eider duck with a powder-blue head and a large orange shield above its bill swims on the surface of calm water.

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🦆❄️ Adult male King Eiders stand out with their powder-blue heads and orange shields.

These #ducks travel over 14,000 km (9,000 mi) annually and dive deep into freezing #Arctic waters for food.

👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/king-ei...

A close-up photograph shows the face of a young snow leopard cub with spotted fur and grey-blue eyes.

🐆🏔️ Four snow #leopard cubs at Melbourne Zoo recently left their den for the first time to undergo their initial veterinary health check. Watch as the veterinary team examines Maya, Kira, Lumi, and Sabu while they venture into their outside habitat. #wildlife

👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/snow-le...

🕰️🛡️ Immunization practices began as early as 1000 CE through a process known as variolation. This comprehensive history explains how early folk remedies changed into the modern #vaccines used to eradicate diseases like smallpox and manage global #health.

👉 www.worldhistory.org/article/2913...

Why you never forget how to ride a bike The brain stores skills differently than facts, making them harder to forget.

🚲🧠 Procedural memory allows humans to retain complex skills like cycling or swimming for decades without practice. These motor activities rely on the basal ganglia and cerebellum, which are more resistant to change than parts of the #brain that store facts. #health

👉 www.popsci.com/science/why-...

A male King Eider duck with a powder-blue head and a large orange shield above its bill swims on the surface of calm water

🦆❄️ Adult male King Eiders stand out with their powder-blue heads and orange shields.

These #ducks travel over 14,000 km (9,000 mi) annually and dive deep into freezing #Arctic waters for food.

👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/king-ei...

Scientists drop cameras 9,100m deep off coast of Japan. What they find baffles them | Discover Wildlife While exploring deep-sea trenches off Japan, researchers found a creature so weird they couldn’t identify it.

🌊📸 A joint #research team from Australia and Japan used deep-sea cameras to observe life in some of the deepest parts of the ocean. Their findings include the deepest known snailfish and a white creature that experts can't yet identify. #ocean

👉 www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts...

What a chimpanzee 'civil war' can teach us about how societies fall apart A long-term study of the world's largest known community of chimpanzees has documented a rare event: what the researchers describe as the primate equivalent of a "civil war."

🦧📉 Researchers at Uganda’s Kibale National Park tracked a decade-long conflict after a massive community of #chimpanzees divided. The study in the journal Science documents how former social partners became rivals when their connecting social ties decayed. #science

👉 www.npr.org/2026/04/13/n...

Why it's impossible to measure England's coastline A new hiking trail will soon allow travellers to walk around England's entire coast – but a strange paradox means no one knows exactly how long it is.

🌍📏 The coastline paradox explains why it is mathematically impossible to determine a single fixed length for a jagged coast. Because natural borders are fractals, using a smaller ruler results in a longer total distance. #science #earth

👉 www.bbc.com/travel/artic...

It’s right under your nose – why some people can’t find things in plain sight Your brain isn’t just looking – it’s predicting. Here’s why that means you can stare straight at something and still not see it.

🧠🔎 Searching for lost items relies on the #brain's attentional spotlight to filter visual data. When eyes jump between two points, gaps in focus can leave objects undetected even when they are directly in front of the viewer. #science

👉 theconversation.com/its-right-un...

Zendaya stands in a white minimalist room and gestures toward a large triangular prop that features a pair of legs standing on the floor.

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🎨✨ Director Spike Jonze uses forced perspective and oversized props to demonstrate the creative process in this surrealist #film. Zendaya works through design ideas in a Dream Lab that uses early-cinema aesthetics and practical effects. #art

👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/shape-o...

A strip of silver duct tape supports a heavy cast iron weight against a black background and displays its internal woven mesh structure.

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🛠️📏 Duct tape stays secure on spacecraft and peels away without leaving residue thanks to a property called viscoelasticity.

EngineerGuy Bill Hammack explains how this material acts like a liquid and a solid to solve complex #engineering problems. #physics

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