https://www.zmescience.com/ Enriching Science Journalism Tue, 25 Aug 2026 22:46:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://cdn.zmescience.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/cropped-logo-zmescience-32x32.png https://www.zmescience.com/ 32 32 https://www.zmescience.com/science/a-polynesian-lunar-calendar-may-also-be-a-map-of-an-epic-human-migration/ https://www.zmescience.com/science/a-polynesian-lunar-calendar-may-also-be-a-map-of-an-epic-human-migration/#respond Tue, 25 Aug 2026 22:46:45 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=309875 Moon-night reveal traces of one of the greatest migrations in human history.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/science/a-polynesian-lunar-calendar-may-also-be-a-map-of-an-epic-human-migration/feed/ 0 https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/a-comet-photobombed-a-powerful-telescope-and-revealed-something-astronomers-rarely-see/ https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/a-comet-photobombed-a-powerful-telescope-and-revealed-something-astronomers-rarely-see/#respond Tue, 25 Aug 2026 20:13:06 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=310001 The accidental image exposed a comet surface unlike the asteroids it resembles.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/a-comet-photobombed-a-powerful-telescope-and-revealed-something-astronomers-rarely-see/feed/ 0 https://www.zmescience.com/science/connor-hill-missing-math/ https://www.zmescience.com/science/connor-hill-missing-math/#respond Tue, 25 Aug 2026 19:16:06 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=309991 His computer-assisted proof completed a geometry catalogue left unfinished for more than a century.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/science/connor-hill-missing-math/feed/ 0 https://www.zmescience.com/science/psychology-science/invisible-white-light-cooling/ https://www.zmescience.com/science/psychology-science/invisible-white-light-cooling/#respond Tue, 25 Aug 2026 18:52:38 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=309987 A novel experiment suggests light spectra could subtly widen thermostat comfort zones.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/science/psychology-science/invisible-white-light-cooling/feed/ 0 https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/a-japanese-engineer-connected-1500-boxes-of-soil-to-power-800-leds/ https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/a-japanese-engineer-connected-1500-boxes-of-soil-to-power-800-leds/#respond Tue, 25 Aug 2026 18:40:37 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=309965 Can we use soil to generate electricity? Yes we can, but it will have a different use case. ]]> https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/a-japanese-engineer-connected-1500-boxes-of-soil-to-power-800-leds/feed/ 0 https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/stone-age-hunters-reach-malta/ https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/stone-age-hunters-reach-malta/#respond Tue, 25 Aug 2026 17:06:39 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=309995 People reached the Mediterranean island at least 8,500 years ago.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/stone-age-hunters-reach-malta/feed/ 0 https://www.zmescience.com/science/geology/thunderstorms-create-tiny-quakes-that-can-reveal-what-lies-underground/ https://www.zmescience.com/science/geology/thunderstorms-create-tiny-quakes-that-can-reveal-what-lies-underground/#respond Tue, 25 Aug 2026 15:11:52 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=309969 Buried fiber-optic cables turned 458 thunderquakes into a map of hidden weak rock.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/science/geology/thunderstorms-create-tiny-quakes-that-can-reveal-what-lies-underground/feed/ 0 https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/exercise-pill-passes-safety-test/ https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/exercise-pill-passes-safety-test/#respond Tue, 25 Aug 2026 14:57:31 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=309788 The experimental drug copies a chemical released during exercise and may help keep lost weight off.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/exercise-pill-passes-safety-test/feed/ 0 https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/portugal-3700-year-old-olive-tree/ https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/portugal-3700-year-old-olive-tree/#respond Tue, 25 Aug 2026 12:04:00 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=309849 Most trees retire after a few centuries. This ancient olive seems to have missed the memo, and it’s not the only one. ]]> https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/portugal-3700-year-old-olive-tree/feed/ 0 https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/bronze-age-greek-elites-wore-rings-made-from-meteorite-iron-then-they-stopped/ https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/bronze-age-greek-elites-wore-rings-made-from-meteorite-iron-then-they-stopped/#respond Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:34:58 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=309898 Bronze Age rulers may have turned fallen space metal into symbols of power.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/bronze-age-greek-elites-wore-rings-made-from-meteorite-iron-then-they-stopped/feed/ 0 https://www.zmescience.com/research/materials/turns-out-you-can-make-grapehen-using-a-blender-a-newspaper-and-a-phone-heres-how/ https://www.zmescience.com/research/materials/turns-out-you-can-make-grapehen-using-a-blender-a-newspaper-and-a-phone-heres-how/#respond Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:07:00 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=309938 It worked remarkably well.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/research/materials/turns-out-you-can-make-grapehen-using-a-blender-a-newspaper-and-a-phone-heres-how/feed/ 0 https://www.zmescience.com/science/mice-lost-half-of-their-brain-synapses-they-still-kept-their-memories/ https://www.zmescience.com/science/mice-lost-half-of-their-brain-synapses-they-still-kept-their-memories/#respond Tue, 25 Aug 2026 08:36:09 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=309929 A strange hibernation experiment is changing how researchers think about memory.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/science/mice-lost-half-of-their-brain-synapses-they-still-kept-their-memories/feed/ 0 https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/when-to-take-supplements/ https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/when-to-take-supplements/#respond Tue, 25 Aug 2026 06:51:21 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=309935 Some supplements are fussier than others.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/when-to-take-supplements/feed/ 0 https://www.zmescience.com/reviews/book-reviews/antonine-plague-pandemic-roman-empire-rep/ https://www.zmescience.com/reviews/book-reviews/antonine-plague-pandemic-roman-empire-rep/#respond Mon, 24 Aug 2026 20:15:57 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=263204 In his book 'Pox Romana,' Colin Elliott delves into the devastating effects of the Antonine Plague, a pandemic that might have hastened the decline of one of history's greatest empires.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/reviews/book-reviews/antonine-plague-pandemic-roman-empire-rep/feed/ 0 https://www.zmescience.com/medicine/a-malaria-drug-turns-mosquito-bites-into-vaccine-boosters-in-mice/ https://www.zmescience.com/medicine/a-malaria-drug-turns-mosquito-bites-into-vaccine-boosters-in-mice/#respond Mon, 24 Aug 2026 19:45:54 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=309857 They've used the very thing that causes malaria as a vaccine.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/medicine/a-malaria-drug-turns-mosquito-bites-into-vaccine-boosters-in-mice/feed/ 0 https://www.zmescience.com/science/a-study-of-7704-workers-challenges-a-major-argument-for-return-to-office-mandates/ https://www.zmescience.com/science/a-study-of-7704-workers-challenges-a-major-argument-for-return-to-office-mandates/#respond Mon, 24 Aug 2026 19:25:16 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=309871 Remote work boosts well-being without severing workplace connection.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/science/a-study-of-7704-workers-challenges-a-major-argument-for-return-to-office-mandates/feed/ 0 https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/scientists-built-tiny-drones-that-fly-using-sound-instead-of-motors/ https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/scientists-built-tiny-drones-that-fly-using-sound-instead-of-motors/#respond Mon, 24 Aug 2026 19:18:54 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=309854 Tiny robots turn bottle-like resonance into motion, steering and flight.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/scientists-built-tiny-drones-that-fly-using-sound-instead-of-motors/feed/ 0 https://www.zmescience.com/space/lighthouse-laser-beacons-moon-navigation/ https://www.zmescience.com/space/lighthouse-laser-beacons-moon-navigation/#respond Mon, 24 Aug 2026 18:50:07 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=309885 A proposed satellite network could help spacecraft navigate where GPS cannot reach.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/space/lighthouse-laser-beacons-moon-navigation/feed/ 0 https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/male-mouse-genome-female-clones/ https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/male-mouse-genome-female-clones/#respond Mon, 24 Aug 2026 17:32:44 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=309879 They created fertile female mice from cells carrying the male genome.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/male-mouse-genome-female-clones/feed/ 0 https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/animals-ecology/how-do-birds-find-bird-feeders-mostly-by-watching-each-other/ https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/animals-ecology/how-do-birds-find-bird-feeders-mostly-by-watching-each-other/#respond Mon, 24 Aug 2026 03:22:00 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=309978 An empty feeder is not the birds ignoring you. There's more to it. ]]> https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/animals-ecology/how-do-birds-find-bird-feeders-mostly-by-watching-each-other/feed/ 0