https://www.zmescience.com/ Enriching Science Journalism Wed, 28 Oct 2026 23:12:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://cdn.zmescience.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/cropped-logo-zmescience-32x32.png https://www.zmescience.com/ 32 32 https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/animals-ecology/this-bird-is-so-good-at-cheating-other-birds-that-its-own-dna-is-starting-to-change/ https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/animals-ecology/this-bird-is-so-good-at-cheating-other-birds-that-its-own-dna-is-starting-to-change/#respond Wed, 28 Oct 2026 23:12:31 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=313885 An extraordinary evolutionary trick has a hidden genetic cost.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/animals-ecology/this-bird-is-so-good-at-cheating-other-birds-that-its-own-dna-is-starting-to-change/feed/ 0 https://www.zmescience.com/space/chinese-secret-space-plane/ https://www.zmescience.com/space/chinese-secret-space-plane/#respond Wed, 28 Oct 2026 22:59:40 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=313927 A commercial satellite snaps the clearest orbital portrait yet of China’s reusable top secret robotic spacecraft.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/space/chinese-secret-space-plane/feed/ 0 https://www.zmescience.com/science/chemistry/victorian-ghosts-phosphorus-seances/ https://www.zmescience.com/science/chemistry/victorian-ghosts-phosphorus-seances/#respond Wed, 28 Oct 2026 21:01:29 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=313958 Chemistry and the supernatural go hand in hand.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/science/chemistry/victorian-ghosts-phosphorus-seances/feed/ 0 https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/do-spiders-dream/ https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/do-spiders-dream/#respond Wed, 28 Oct 2026 19:32:10 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=313879 New experiments reveal REM-like sleep in spiders and a surprising need to repay lost sleep.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/do-spiders-dream/feed/ 0 https://www.zmescience.com/science/new-british-dinosaur-museum-discovery/ https://www.zmescience.com/science/new-british-dinosaur-museum-discovery/#respond Wed, 28 Oct 2026 19:07:31 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=313758 A two-ton dinosaur has finally been identified as a new species.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/science/new-british-dinosaur-museum-discovery/feed/ 0 https://www.zmescience.com/feature-post/health/food-and-nutrition/why-every-pumpkin-on-earth-should-have-gone-extinct-12000-years-ago/ https://www.zmescience.com/feature-post/health/food-and-nutrition/why-every-pumpkin-on-earth-should-have-gone-extinct-12000-years-ago/#respond Wed, 28 Oct 2026 18:28:41 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=313907 Evolved for Ice Age giants and toxic to almost everything else, the pumpkin should have vanished 12,000 years ago — until an unlikely ape stepped in.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/feature-post/health/food-and-nutrition/why-every-pumpkin-on-earth-should-have-gone-extinct-12000-years-ago/feed/ 0 https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/westminster-abbey-roman-coffin-mystery/ https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/westminster-abbey-roman-coffin-mystery/#respond Wed, 28 Oct 2026 18:00:53 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=313732 At least now researchers have solved the mystery.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/westminster-abbey-roman-coffin-mystery/feed/ 0 https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/meta-glasses-the-hype/ https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/meta-glasses-the-hype/#respond Wed, 28 Oct 2026 17:10:13 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=313920 Is Meta’s long game on virtual reality about to pay off?]]> https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/meta-glasses-the-hype/feed/ 0 https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/lava-world-sunscreen/ https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/lava-world-sunscreen/#respond Wed, 28 Oct 2026 15:20:47 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=313870 Webb observations suggest TOI-561 b reflects most of the starlight reaching it. Clouds formed from vaporized minerals could explain its surprising brightness.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/lava-world-sunscreen/feed/ 0 https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/comets-life-seeding-chemistry/ https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/comets-life-seeding-chemistry/#respond Wed, 28 Oct 2026 15:15:50 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=313752 New simulations suggest comets couldn’t have kick-started life on their own, though they may still have played a smaller role.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/comets-life-seeding-chemistry/feed/ 0 https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/the-sunniest-place-on-earth-is-a-frozen-desert-where-sunlight-can-rival-venus/ https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/the-sunniest-place-on-earth-is-a-frozen-desert-where-sunlight-can-rival-venus/#respond Wed, 28 Oct 2026 12:32:38 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=313733 Despite its freezing temperatures, Chile's high-altitude Altiplano receives roughly twice the solar energy of the US East Coast. ]]> https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/the-sunniest-place-on-earth-is-a-frozen-desert-where-sunlight-can-rival-venus/feed/ 0 https://www.zmescience.com/space/new-dwarf-planet-solar-system/ https://www.zmescience.com/space/new-dwarf-planet-solar-system/#respond Wed, 28 Oct 2026 12:01:14 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=313844 Astronomers overlooked this distant icy world for years. Now, a powerful new telescope has revealed it.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/space/new-dwarf-planet-solar-system/feed/ 0 https://www.zmescience.com/science/paleontology/ancient-armored-amphibian-lived-ocean-copy/ https://www.zmescience.com/science/paleontology/ancient-armored-amphibian-lived-ocean-copy/#respond Wed, 28 Oct 2026 10:11:35 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=313814 A bizarre prehistoric predator may have solved an evolutionary problem that still defeats amphibians.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/science/paleontology/ancient-armored-amphibian-lived-ocean-copy/feed/ 0 https://www.zmescience.com/medicine/this-simple-wall-exercise-can-lower-blood-pressure-but-how-often-do-you-need-to-do-it/ https://www.zmescience.com/medicine/this-simple-wall-exercise-can-lower-blood-pressure-but-how-often-do-you-need-to-do-it/#respond Tue, 27 Oct 2026 21:59:45 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=313794 Wall squats can significantly lower blood pressure, but the benefits fade.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/medicine/this-simple-wall-exercise-can-lower-blood-pressure-but-how-often-do-you-need-to-do-it/feed/ 0 https://www.zmescience.com/medicine/mind-and-brain/retrovirus-infection-chimpanzee-human-brain-diff/ https://www.zmescience.com/medicine/mind-and-brain/retrovirus-infection-chimpanzee-human-brain-diff/#respond Tue, 27 Oct 2026 21:31:04 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=313782 Millions of years after an infection, viral DNA still influences how developing chimpanzee brain cells behave.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/medicine/mind-and-brain/retrovirus-infection-chimpanzee-human-brain-diff/feed/ 0 https://www.zmescience.com/science/astronomy/a-2700-year-old-chinese-eclipse-record-is-helping-scientists-reconstruct-the-earths-rotation/ https://www.zmescience.com/science/astronomy/a-2700-year-old-chinese-eclipse-record-is-helping-scientists-reconstruct-the-earths-rotation/#respond Tue, 27 Oct 2026 19:33:22 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=313753 An ancient eclipse, an eight-kilometre error, and a surprising discovery about Earth's past.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/science/astronomy/a-2700-year-old-chinese-eclipse-record-is-helping-scientists-reconstruct-the-earths-rotation/feed/ 0 https://www.zmescience.com/future/elon-musk-grok-version-the-odyssey/ https://www.zmescience.com/future/elon-musk-grok-version-the-odyssey/#respond Tue, 27 Oct 2026 18:07:17 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=313764 Elon Musk said Christopher Nolan desecrated The Odyssey. Then his AI made this abomination]]> https://www.zmescience.com/future/elon-musk-grok-version-the-odyssey/feed/ 0 https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/animals-ecology/leggiest-creature-millipede-rep/ https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/animals-ecology/leggiest-creature-millipede-rep/#respond Tue, 27 Oct 2026 13:37:11 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=208701 The world's most overqualified walker lives deep beneath Australia.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/animals-ecology/leggiest-creature-millipede-rep/feed/ 0 https://www.zmescience.com/other/great-pics/funniest-one-star-national-park-reviews-rep/ https://www.zmescience.com/other/great-pics/funniest-one-star-national-park-reviews-rep/#comments Tue, 27 Oct 2026 11:28:34 +0000 http://www.zmescience.com/?p=32291 "It's just a hole."]]> https://www.zmescience.com/other/great-pics/funniest-one-star-national-park-reviews-rep/feed/ 3 https://www.zmescience.com/feature-post/health/food-and-nutrition/9-things-parents-should-know-about-toddler-milk-before-buying-another-tin/ https://www.zmescience.com/feature-post/health/food-and-nutrition/9-things-parents-should-know-about-toddler-milk-before-buying-another-tin/#respond Tue, 27 Oct 2026 10:14:21 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=313399 From added sugars to eye-catching health claims, what's inside a toddler milk packet may surprise parents ]]> https://www.zmescience.com/feature-post/health/food-and-nutrition/9-things-parents-should-know-about-toddler-milk-before-buying-another-tin/feed/ 0