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The fruit-sucking moth bears an uncanny resemblance to a leaf Bridgette Gower A moth found in northern Australia and South-East Asia has an astonishing camouflage trick: it creates an optical illusion to look like a three-dimensional leaf, complete with a raised…

February 14, 2025 3 min read How Do You Cook a Perfect Egg? Scientists Have Figured It Out Materials scientists have found a way to perfectly cook an egg white and egg yolk simultaneously By Arminda Downey-Mavromatis edited by Andrea…

One thousand years ago, people along Israel’s Mediterranean coast dug deeply enclosed plots in the sand, filled them with 80,000 tonnes of trash and used the fertile soil that formed for farming, allowing them to produce crops that would otherwise…

Men are struggling—at least, that’s what many headlines suggest. Compared with women, they report having fewer and less supportive friendships. Men lag behind dramatically in achievements such as higher education attainment. Suicide rates, too, reveal a grim gender disparity: women…

Jonathan McDowell with some of his extensive space archive MAX ALEXANDER Jonathan McDowell has been a load-bearing part of the world’s spaceflight knowledge for more than four decades. His monthly newsletter on the industry – Jonathan’s Space Report – details…

Our brains are full of plastic. This was the fun news I read earlier this week while picking up dinner take-out, packed in plastic containers, crammed in a plastic bag and accompanied by Styrofoam cups. Great, I thought, convenience culture…

A close-up photograph of an astronaut’s shoe and shoeprint in the lunar soil, photographed by Buzz Aldrin in July 1969 NASA/Johnson Space Center We will never stop thinking and talking about the moon, says Matthew Shindell, a curator at the…

Illustration of two sparring megalodons Clarence “Shoe” Schumaker, Courtesy of the Calvert Marine Museum Several fossil teeth from the giant predatory shark Otodus megalodon show scratch marks that could only have been made by members of their own species, suggesting…

Pre-implant couple Scott Cohen and Susanna Cappellaro getting married Strike Media My Husband, the CyborgSusanna CappellaroAvailable to buy digitally from 14 February Around a decade ago, music industry executive Scott Cohen made a decision that rocked his marriage. His wife,…

Quantum batteries could charge much faster than standard devices pinkeyes/Shutterstock An experimental but fully functioning quantum battery system may have helped nudge the technology a small step closer to real-world applications. The quantum devices can charge and discharge a little…