People judge a potential partner’s sexual history by timing, not total number
Illustration shows a visual timeline shown to participants, representing a potential partner’s sexual history. Each timeline showed the…
Physicists discover particles that accelerate when crowded
Hundreds of 1mm metal beads are placed between two glass plates of 15 x 15 cm. Credit: Leiden…
Scientists capture real-time melting of 2D skyrmion lattices using magnetic fields
Snapshots of the skyrmion lattice during the melting: an ordered skyrmion lattice on the left while the lattice…
Quantum framework offers new approach to analyzing complex network data
QTSP, which is at the core of ranking algorithms, processes higher-order data. This data is represented as graphs…
Genetic study of Caribbean hamlets questions traditional definitions of species
Phylogeny and nucleotide diversity of the hamlet radiation. Credit: Science Advances (2025). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adt0973 Toddlers can name a…
Static electricity sense could be factor in evolution of extreme body shapes of treehoppers
An Alchisme treehopper: Credit: Sam J. England Could detecting static electricity be a factor in explaining why treehopper…
Webb takes a fresh look at a classic deep field
An area of deep space with thousands of galaxies in various shapes and sizes. Most are circles or…
Generation and control of collective vibrations in a liquid
(a) Localized electron in a polar liquid. The scheme shows the probability density of a localized electron (contour)…
Scientists shrink the genetic code of E. coli to contain only 57 of its usual 64 codons
Bacteria with a synthetic genome. Credit: Larissa Ulisko The DNA of nearly all life on Earth contains many…
Unlocking the secrets of our galaxy’s heart using magnetic fields
The dust in the Milky Way, shown in darker and redder colours, are regions where new star formation…