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Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. You’re listening to our weekly science news roundup.First up, the European Union’s…

November 7, 20252 min readThis Cave Holds a Spider Web ‘Megacity’ the Size of Half a Tennis CourtThis finding is the first documented case of colonial…

A colony of Streptomyces coelicolor bacteria secretes an antibiotic compound (red) into the surrounding medium.Credit: Dr Jeremy Burgess/Science Photo LibraryBy studying the process through which a…

A carnivorous “death ball” sponge discovered almost 12,000 feet deep in the Southern Ocean. The Nippon Foundation-Nekton Ocean Census / Schmidt Ocean Institute Scientists have discovered…

In 2006 immunologist and 2025 Nobel prize winner Shimon Sakaguchi co-wrote an article in Scientific American that now feels prophetic. In the story, entitled “Peacekeepers of…

When a total solar eclipse plunged North America into darkness on the afternoon of April 8, 2024, the songbirds in Bloomington, Ind., suddenly fell silent. In…

Name: Rawdogging marathons.Age: In its therapeutic sense, brand new.Appearance: It doesn’t look like much, to be fair.I don’t even know what it is. Originally, rawdogging was…

September 30, 20253 min readMildly Menacing Mating Calls Lead to Discovery of New Gecko SpeciesScientists found new gecko species hidden in plain sight in pristine deserts…

It’s a stark demonstration of nature at its most devious: researchers have discovered a plant that attracts pollinating flies by mimicking the odour of half-eaten ants.The…

September 17, 20253 min readMeet the Oldest Dome-Headed Dinosaur Ever FoundA newly discovered dinosaur species has been identified from a fossil unearthed in Mongolia that represents…