Viagraβs Cousin Could Have a Surprising Second Life as a Muscle Repair Drug ZME Science By: Tudor Tarita 21 October 2026 at 20:10 Tadalafil kept muscle precursor cells multiplying, but delayed their transformation into mature muscle fibers.
A 1,200-Year-Old Hairless Dog Mummy Was So Well Preserved That Archaeologists Thought It Was Recent ZME Science By: Tudor Tarita 21 October 2026 at 11:00 A startling date reveals the strange, complicated lives of dogs in an empire before the Incas.
Scientists Found a Spider That Pretends to Be Killed by a Zombie Fungus ZME Science By: Tudor Tarita 21 October 2026 at 09:27 Naturalists thought they'd found a spider killed by a parasitic fungus. Then it moved.
Scientists Used a Magic Mushroom Compound to Calm an Extremely Aggressive Fish ZME Science By: Tudor Tarita 20 October 2026 at 20:27 Scientists discovered that psilocybin can make one of nature's most aggressive fish surprisingly mellow.
Scientists Found Something in Mushrooms That Makes Salt Taste 70% Saltier ZME Science By: Tudor Tarita 20 October 2026 at 17:22 Tiny mushroom peptides could help food taste salty without adding more sodium.
Ancient Babylonian Students Sometimes Offered Their Homework to the Gods ZME Science By: Tudor Tarita 20 October 2026 at 17:09 Clay tablets reveal why schoolwork doubled as worship in ancient Babylonia.
Trees Can Tell When Theyβre Crooked and Grow Special Wood to Straighten Themselves ZME Science By: Tudor Tarita 16 September 2026 at 14:04 New experiments reveal a sophisticated posture-control system hidden inside living wood.
People Who Drink Their Tea or Coffee Very Hot May Face Triple the Risk of One Type of Cancer ZME Science By: Tudor Tarita 16 September 2026 at 13:53 A million-person study points to repeated heat injury in the oesophagus.
Scientists Tracked Childrenβs Pupils and Found a Subtle Flickr of ADHD ZME Science By: Tudor Tarita 15 September 2026 at 17:14 Children with ADHD showed more erratic pupil responses, a pattern that shifted with medication.
People Gained Lean Mass on Creatine Even Without Hitting the Gym. But Thereβs a Catch ZME Science By: Tudor Tarita 15 September 2026 at 12:30 The small trial suggests some of creatineβs muscle benefits may not require structured training.
Researchers Made White Bread With Spinach and It Was Surprisingly Easy to Eat ZME Science By: Tudor Tarita 15 September 2026 at 12:16 A small trial hints that redesigning staple foods could make better nutrition easier.
Asteroid Bennu Is Astonishingly 50 Times Weaker Than Ground Coffee and and the Reason Comes Down to Dust ZME Science By: Tudor Tarita 15 September 2026 at 11:59 The secret to Bennuβs astonishing fragility may be the dust it does not have.
Could Yeast Help Build 3D-Printed Habitats on Mars? Scientists Are Testing the Recipe ZME Science By: Tudor Tarita 10 September 2026 at 20:06 A yeast-based material turns Marsβs hostile environment into part of the construction process.
Lion King Lied. We Had the Lion-Hyena Rivalry Backwards. Itβs the Male Lions Who Are Looking for Trouble ZME Science By: Tudor Tarita 9 September 2026 at 20:23 GPS collars reveal hyenas retreating while male lions repeatedly close the distance.
Elephants Know When a Strategy Stops Working and Can Quickly Change Course ZME Science By: Tudor Tarita 9 September 2026 at 19:45 Elephants struggled when scientists changed the rules but then adapted surprisingly fast. πΎ πΎ
Denver Residents Were Told to Let Their Lawns Die. Then They Saw Sprinklers Running Outside a Data Center and All Hell Broke Loose ZME Science By: Tudor Tarita 9 September 2026 at 15:51 A viral video shows sprinklers soaking a green lawn outside a denver data center during severe water restrictions.
Scientists Keep Finding the Same Mysterious Beat Across the Animal Kingdom, From Fireflies to Sea Lions ZME Science By: Tudor Tarita 8 September 2026 at 19:22 From fireflies to mammals, evolution may have tuned communication to the rhythm of neurons.
A Solar Storm Knocked GPS Off by 33 Feet Across the US and Scientists Had Never Seen This Kind of Disruption ZME Science By: Tudor Tarita 7 September 2026 at 18:24 The event exposed a hidden weakness in systems that depend on precise positioning.
Chinaβs J-35 Fighter Jet Appeared With a Mirror-Like Finish and Nobody Knows What It Does ZME Science By: Tudor Tarita 6 September 2026 at 15:37 It's some striking military technology.
A Mysterious Room in a Roman Villa May Be Iberiaβs Oldest Known Library ZME Science By: Tudor Tarita 11 August 2026 at 11:47 Archaeologists reidentify a room once thought to be a shrine as a rare Roman library.