ZME Science https://www.zmescience.com/ Enriching Science Journalism Thu, 07 May 2026 12:48:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://cdn.zmescience.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/cropped-logo-zmescience-32x32.png ZME Science https://www.zmescience.com/ 32 32 Elephants Call Each Other by Name and Scientists Are Starting to Understand How https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/animals-ecology/elephants-have-name-rep/ https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/animals-ecology/elephants-have-name-rep/#respond Thu, 07 May 2026 12:48:21 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=252684 Elephants playing in water, wildlife conservation, nature photography, ZME Science.Elephants use unique, name-like calls, much like humans do. ]]> https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/animals-ecology/elephants-have-name-rep/feed/ 0 A Startup Is Teaching Robots To 3D Print Adobe Homes From Local Soil https://www.zmescience.com/research/technology/robot-builds-adobe-homes-texas/ https://www.zmescience.com/research/technology/robot-builds-adobe-homes-texas/#respond Thu, 07 May 2026 10:13:21 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=303806 Earthquake monitoring station with sensors and equipment outdoors.This could pave the way for innovative and affordable housing.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/research/technology/robot-builds-adobe-homes-texas/feed/ 0 Researchers Tracked the Journey of a 2,200-Year-Old Roman Shipwreck By Analyzing Pollen https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/researchers-tracked-the-journey-of-a-2200-year-old-roman-shipwreck-by-analyzing-pollen/ https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/researchers-tracked-the-journey-of-a-2200-year-old-roman-shipwreck-by-analyzing-pollen/#respond Thu, 07 May 2026 09:52:44 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=303732 Underwater view of marine debris and robots cleaning ocean floor.The ship kept a record of everywhere it had been, and it wrote that record in pollen.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/researchers-tracked-the-journey-of-a-2200-year-old-roman-shipwreck-by-analyzing-pollen/feed/ 0 Urban Birds Seem to Be More Afraid of Women Than Men. Scientists Can’t Explain Why https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/animals-ecology/birds-more-afrain-men-women-urban/ https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/animals-ecology/birds-more-afrain-men-women-urban/#respond Thu, 07 May 2026 09:38:00 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=303776 Birds fled about one meter sooner when women approached.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/animals-ecology/birds-more-afrain-men-women-urban/feed/ 0 Birds Have Local Accents and City Lights Are Changing How They Sing https://www.zmescience.com/feature-post/natural-sciences/animals/birds/birds-have-local-accents-and-city-lights-are-changing-how-they-sing/ https://www.zmescience.com/feature-post/natural-sciences/animals/birds/birds-have-local-accents-and-city-lights-are-changing-how-they-sing/#respond Thu, 07 May 2026 09:22:19 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=303751 Small bird perched on tree branch singing in a vibrant green forest setting.Bird songs carry local dialects, urban adaptations, and local culture.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/feature-post/natural-sciences/animals/birds/birds-have-local-accents-and-city-lights-are-changing-how-they-sing/feed/ 0 7 Adult-Life Problems Childhood Media Vastly Overprepared Us For https://www.zmescience.com/feature-post/culture/culture-society/7-adult-life-problems-childhood-media-vastly-overprepared-us-for/ https://www.zmescience.com/feature-post/culture/culture-society/7-adult-life-problems-childhood-media-vastly-overprepared-us-for/#respond Wed, 06 May 2026 20:42:54 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=303775 I really thought quicksand would be a bigger problem.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/feature-post/culture/culture-society/7-adult-life-problems-childhood-media-vastly-overprepared-us-for/feed/ 0 Human Activity Is Causing Major River Deltas to Sink up to 20 Times Faster Than Sea Level Rise— and With Them, a Global Food System https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/sinking-deltas-threat-food/ https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/sinking-deltas-threat-food/#respond Wed, 06 May 2026 20:32:53 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=303821 Flooded house and woman standing in water after heavy rain, rural scene with lush vegetation and yel.Jakarta is sinking so fast Indonesia is moving its capital but major cities are right behind it]]> https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/sinking-deltas-threat-food/feed/ 0 An Alaskan Mountain Collapsed and Created a 481-Meter Tsunami Taller Than Almost Every Building in the World https://www.zmescience.com/science/geology/alaska-tsunami-mountain-collapse/ https://www.zmescience.com/science/geology/alaska-tsunami-mountain-collapse/#respond Wed, 06 May 2026 20:18:17 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=303813 Majestic glacier-fed mountain with rugged cliffs and snow-capped peaks.A landslide in Tracy Arm Fjord in Alaska created the second-largest tsunami on record. A new analysis links this abrupt event to the retreat of a glacier and, ultimately, to climate change. ]]> https://www.zmescience.com/science/geology/alaska-tsunami-mountain-collapse/feed/ 0 For Centuries, People Gathered at This Cave High in the Spanish Mountains. Green Rocks Could Show Us Why https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/prehistoric-copper-cave-pyrenees/ https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/prehistoric-copper-cave-pyrenees/#respond Wed, 06 May 2026 19:52:18 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=303761 Hand holding a tool examining green copper mineral samples on a tray.Cave 338 is far up in the mountains and out of the way, so why was it such a popular destination?]]> https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/prehistoric-copper-cave-pyrenees/feed/ 0 America Eliminated Measles 25 Years Ago. Now, the U.S. is About to Lose One Of Its Biggest Public Health Wins https://www.zmescience.com/medicine/measles-back-america/ https://www.zmescience.com/medicine/measles-back-america/#respond Wed, 06 May 2026 16:56:42 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=303762 The U.S. may be close to losing its measles-free status.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/medicine/measles-back-america/feed/ 0 A Psychology Professor Explains Why Photographic Memory is a Myth and a Hollywood Trope https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/a-psychology-professor-explains-why-photographic-memory-is-a-myth-and-a-hollywood-trope/ https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/a-psychology-professor-explains-why-photographic-memory-is-a-myth-and-a-hollywood-trope/#respond Wed, 06 May 2026 12:27:29 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=303740 Hollywood loves a character who has the perfect total recall of a photographic memory. But it’s not how memory works.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/a-psychology-professor-explains-why-photographic-memory-is-a-myth-and-a-hollywood-trope/feed/ 0 They’re 80,000 Years Old and No One Knows Who Made Them. Are These the World’s Oldest Arrowheads? https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/worlds-oldest-arrowheads-central-asia/ https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/worlds-oldest-arrowheads-central-asia/#respond Wed, 06 May 2026 12:25:00 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=289605 Different types of ancient arrows.Stone tips found in Uzbekistan could rewrite the history of bows and arrows.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/worlds-oldest-arrowheads-central-asia/feed/ 0 Massive Study Finds Common Knee Surgery Is No Better Than a Placebo https://www.zmescience.com/medicine/massive-study-finds-common-knee-surgery-is-no-better-than-a-placebo/ https://www.zmescience.com/medicine/massive-study-finds-common-knee-surgery-is-no-better-than-a-placebo/#respond Wed, 06 May 2026 12:15:49 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=303684 Elderly person experiencing knee pain, holding their knee while sitting on a sofa.Knee cartilage trimming doesn't work the way you'd think it does. ]]> https://www.zmescience.com/medicine/massive-study-finds-common-knee-surgery-is-no-better-than-a-placebo/feed/ 0 This 25 Million Year Old Platypus Had Teeth Built to Crack Open Armored Prey https://www.zmescience.com/science/paleontology/this-25-million-year-old-platypus-had-teeth-built-to-crack-open-armored-prey/ https://www.zmescience.com/science/paleontology/this-25-million-year-old-platypus-had-teeth-built-to-crack-open-armored-prey/#respond Wed, 06 May 2026 11:54:44 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=303625 New fossils reveal an ancient platypus with teeth, power and a vanished world.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/science/paleontology/this-25-million-year-old-platypus-had-teeth-built-to-crack-open-armored-prey/feed/ 0 This Tool Shows Where Your Home Was 320 million Years Ago https://www.zmescience.com/science/geology/earth-latitude-history-tool/ https://www.zmescience.com/science/geology/earth-latitude-history-tool/#respond Wed, 06 May 2026 11:05:04 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=303611 Earth tectonic plates map showing boundaries and geological activity.Your backyard has been drifting for hundreds of millions of years.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/science/geology/earth-latitude-history-tool/feed/ 0 Astronomers Determine the Surface of a Rocky Planet Beyond Our Solar System for the First Time https://www.zmescience.com/space/first-surface-exoplanet/ https://www.zmescience.com/space/first-surface-exoplanet/#respond Wed, 06 May 2026 00:08:11 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=303712 The planet looks less like Earth and more like a scorched Mercury.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/space/first-surface-exoplanet/feed/ 0 A Possible Shortcut To Mars Could Cut The Round Trip By More Than Half https://www.zmescience.com/science/shortcut-to-mars/ https://www.zmescience.com/science/shortcut-to-mars/#respond Tue, 05 May 2026 20:28:29 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=303547 One possible option could see humans reach Mars in just 33 days. ]]> https://www.zmescience.com/science/shortcut-to-mars/feed/ 0 Honeybees May Understand Numbers Better Than Critics Thought https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/animals-ecology/honeybees-may-understand-numbers-better-than-critics-thought/ https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/animals-ecology/honeybees-may-understand-numbers-better-than-critics-thought/#respond Tue, 05 May 2026 19:09:15 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=303627 A detailed digital illustration of a bee with scientific formulas and diagrams in the background.We're still trying to understand how exactly to study bees.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/animals-ecology/honeybees-may-understand-numbers-better-than-critics-thought/feed/ 0 Why Largest Meteorite Found on Earth Has No Crater Around It https://www.zmescience.com/feature-post/space-astronomy/solar-system/asteroids-meteors-comets/why-largest-meteorite-found-on-earth-has-no-crater-around-it/ https://www.zmescience.com/feature-post/space-astronomy/solar-system/asteroids-meteors-comets/why-largest-meteorite-found-on-earth-has-no-crater-around-it/#respond Tue, 05 May 2026 18:43:54 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=303677 Tree trunk with damaged bark and exposed wood, close-up view.The Hoba meteorite smashed into the Earth, but look around it, and you won't see any crater.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/feature-post/space-astronomy/solar-system/asteroids-meteors-comets/why-largest-meteorite-found-on-earth-has-no-crater-around-it/feed/ 0 Volcano Science Reveals Secret to the Perfect Espresso https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/volcano-science-reveals-secret-to-the-perfect-espresso/ https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/volcano-science-reveals-secret-to-the-perfect-espresso/#respond Tue, 05 May 2026 17:10:26 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=303669 A new espresso equation shows why grinding too fine or too coarse can ruin your coffee.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/volcano-science-reveals-secret-to-the-perfect-espresso/feed/ 0