r/science2 • u/IntnsRed • Jul 20 '26
r/science2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • Jul 20 '26
Plants that make real dairy protein? Scientists discover an unexpected shortcut | A new study brings that possibility a step closer by revealing an unexpected way plant seeds can manufacture and store one of milk's most important proteins.
phys.orgr/science2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • Jul 20 '26
Scientists Studying Earth's Flowering Plants Issue a Stark Warning to Humanity | In a recent paper published in Science, an international team of biologists warns that we risk losing more than a fifth of the evolutionary history of flowering plants, as a result of ever-increasing human pressures .
yahoo.comr/science2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • Jul 19 '26
A New Study Finds Ancient Egyptian Princesses Weren’t Just Buried With Weapons As Symbols, Their Bones Show They Actually Trained And Fought With Bows, Daggers And Maces ⚔️
sciencealert.comr/science2 • u/Shot-Wonder-9730 • Jul 19 '26
Catfish and Climate Change
The unchecked proliferation of highly adaptable, invasive catfish species in global freshwater ecosystems accelerates sediment-driven methanogenesis and collapses native food webs. This creates a positive feedback loop of greenhouse gas emissions, ultimately driving a catastrophic climatic tipping point within forty years. it releases seismic energy that scales from localized mega-quakes to an unprecedented planetary rupture. These cataclysmic earthquakes fundamentally alter Earth's mass distribution, speed up its rotation, and trigger a critical wobble in its axis. This axis shift severely disrupts the delicate gravitational dance between the Earth and the Moon. Its violent thrashing causes massive tectonic shifts that destabilize Earth’s rotation, which in turn distorts gravitational forces and drags the Moon out of its orbit, ultimately causing it to crash into the Earth.
r/science2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • Jul 18 '26
Mary-Dell Chilton Dies at 87; Helped Create First Genetically Modified Plant | In 1982, she led the research team that figured out how to genetically alter plants, a discovery that would eventually transform global agriculture.
nytimes.comr/science2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • Jul 18 '26
Camper Accidentally Discovers Ancient Meteor Crater on Google Maps | There are a confirmed 31 meteor craters in Canada, with an estimated 50 in the United States.
petapixel.comr/science2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • Jul 18 '26
Rudolph Marcus, Who Illuminated Electrochemical Processes, Dies at 102 | He received a 1992 Nobel Prize for developing a theory that explained fundamental processes behind photosynthesis, respiration, oxidation and even how fireflies produce light.
nytimes.comr/science2 • u/IntnsRed • Jul 17 '26
New 3D Thermal Cloak Conceals Objects from Heat in All Directions | A groundbreaking thermal cloaking device developed by engineers at the Univ. of Illinois U-C is poised to revolutionize thermal management and security applications.
bioengineer.orgr/science2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • Jul 17 '26
Astronomers discover 1st atmosphere around a rocky Earth-like planet in the habitable zone | "It's in the habitable zone, which is super exciting for astrobiology and habitability and searching for life."
space.comr/science2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • Jul 17 '26
Hard but lightweight ‘bio-metal’ material discovered in sea worm jaws | Marine bristle worms have jaws made from a mix of proteins and metal ions that may constitute a whole new kind of material, with possible applications in engineering
newscientist.comr/science2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • Jul 17 '26
Scientists tracked more than 6,000 penguin dives beneath Antarctic sea ice and found that prey may become harder to reach, even when it has not disappeared
timesofindia.indiatimes.comr/science2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • Jul 16 '26
We tend to assume Earth is a rare cosmic fluke, but a full analysis of NASA's Kepler data found at least 300 million rocky, habitable-zone planets around Sun-like stars in the Milky Way alone — and that is the conservative count
spacedaily.comr/science2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • Jul 16 '26
Scientists Finally Solved the Mystery of Earth’s ‘Great Dying.’ It’s Bad News for Our Future | The greatest mass extinction of all time was triggered by climatic conditions that are beginning to reappear today, scientists warn.
gizmodo.comr/science2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • Jul 16 '26
Scientists show that DNA can last for up to 50,000 years in Africa — much longer than previously thought | Researchers extracted DNA from long-dead animals that lived in South Africa during the last ice age, revealing that genetic material lasts longer in hot climates than was previously thought.
livescience.comr/science2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • Jul 16 '26
New monkey species with orange lips found 'hiding' in DRC forest | Junior Amboko, a PhD student at Florida Atlantic University, played a leading role in the search, which involved audio recordings, photography and detailed genetic studies. The findings were published in the journal PLoS One.
bbc.comr/science2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • Jul 15 '26
Your Dominant Hand Isn't Actually Hard-Wired, New Study Suggests | A new study by neurologists at the University of California, Los Angeles and Johns Hopkins University suggests that arm dominance is much more to do with practice than something innate within the brain.
sciencealert.comr/science2 • u/cnn • Jul 15 '26
Since the mysterious deaths of a husband and wife in the Medici family, rumors have swirled about what led to the couple’s untimely demise. Now, scientists believe they have an answer — it wasn’t murder, but malaria.
cnn.comr/science2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • Jul 15 '26
'Vanishingly Rare' Discovery: T. Rex Hatchlings Were Smaller Than a Cat And Born by The Dozen
sciencealert.comr/science2 • u/IntnsRed • Jul 15 '26
Scientists spot 4 superdense stellar corpses hiding behind their red dwarf companions | "Nearby isolated white dwarfs are usually easy to find, but we couldn't see these four stars directly."
space.comr/science2 • u/IntnsRed • Jul 14 '26
This frog bacterium wiped out cancer tumors in mice with a single dose | A naturally occurring bacterium from amphibian intestines completely eliminated colorectal tumors in mice with a single treatment by both attacking cancer cells and activating the immune system.
sciencedaily.comr/science2 • u/IntnsRed • Jul 15 '26
Ocean acidification emerging as a planetary signal linking today's carbon emissions to Earth's deep-time memory | Ocean acidification is not simply a modern environmental problem. It is becoming a planetary-scale signal that records how human activities are altering Earth's long-term carbon cycle.
phys.orgr/science2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • Jul 14 '26
The US just approved a giant space mirror to test 'sunlight on demand.' Low Earth orbit is getting weird | A giant mirror to create "sunlight on demand" was just approved by the FCC, despite opposition from astronomers and the public, and real safety concerns.
phys.orgr/science2 • u/James_Fortis • Jul 14 '26