Thank you!

We have emailed you a PDF version of the article you requested.

Can't find the email?

Please check your spam or junk folder

IFLScience Home
IFLScience logo

Complete the form below to listen to the audio version of this article

You can unsubscribe at any time. View ourprivacy policy and terms below.

IFLScience needs the contact information you provide to us to contact you about our products and services. You may unsubscribe from these communications at any time.

For information on how to unsubscribe, as well as our privacy practices and commitment to protecting your privacy, check out ourPrivacy Policy

Ad

link to article

Does This 400-Year-Old Renaissance Painting Show An Animal Behavior Only "Discovered" In 2025?A picture of the renaissance painting Air. Does This 400-Year-Old Renaissance Painting Show An Animal Behavior Only "Discovered" In 2025?A picture of the renaissance painting Air.

Does This 400-Year-Old Renaissance Painting Show An Animal Behavior Only "Discovered" In 2025?

Studying old paintings can give us a surprising glimpse of historic natural history.

clock-icon32 minutes ago

link to article

“Explosive Diarrhea Parasite” Strikes Over 1,000 People Across The US With No Specific Source Yet Identified3D illustration of a spherical Cyclospora sporulated oocyst in pink on a purple background
health-iconhealth

“Explosive Diarrhea Parasite” Strikes Over 1,000 People Across The US With No Specific Source Yet Identified

clock-icon4 hours ago

link to article

New Observations Place Exoplanet Among "Most Potentially Earth-like" Within 30 Light-Years. But Its Chances Of Having An Atmosphere might Be At Riskthe impression show a world with large water ocean, aurorae, clouds, and continents.
space-iconAstronomy

New Observations Place Exoplanet Among "Most Potentially Earth-like" Within 30 Light-Years. But Its Chances Of Having An Atmosphere might Be At Risk

clock-icon1 hour ago

From Death-Ball Sponges To Bald Parrots, Take A Look At These Ridiculously Weird Creatures You've Probably Never Heard Of

clock-icon2 hours ago

"I'm Not Talking To You Right Now": Right Whale Moms Roll Upside Down To Save Energy And Keep Their Hungry Calves At Bay

clock-iconYesterday

Astonishing 450-Million-Year-Old Fossil Preserving Soft Tissue Is "One In A Million"

clock-iconYesterday
trending-icon

Trending

link to article

People Think CERN Is Altering Time. We Are Not Convinced They Know What CERN Isartist impression of particle collisions in the lhc
space-iconAstronomy

People Think CERN Is Altering Time. We Are Not Convinced They Know What CERN Is

They do seem to be excited about the long shutdown of the LHC.

clock-iconJuly 2, 2026
comments icon9

link to article

New Species Of Spider Is First Ever Arachnid Found To Mimic Zombie FungusA picture of the new species of spider Taczanowskia waska showing a mottled brown and yellow back and two long yellow spikes coming from the abdomen.
nature-iconanimals

New Species Of Spider Is First Ever Arachnid Found To Mimic Zombie Fungus

Always check the dead bugs, you never know it might turn out to be an entirely new species.

clock-icon4 days ago
book

Most Read

link to article

China's "Great Green Wall" Of 66 Billion New Trees Isn't Acting Like A Natural ForestThe Mingsha Desert peaks over an old-style house and fresh forests in Gansu Province, Northwestern China.
nature-iconplants

China's "Great Green Wall" Of 66 Billion New Trees Isn't Acting Like A Natural Forest

China is turning green, but not quite in the way models predicted.

clock-iconJuly 1, 2026
comments icon49

link to article

In 1975 The Soviet Union Mounted A Cannon Onto A Spacecraft And Fired It. What Were They Trying To Do?Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft, about to dock with the ISS.
space-iconSpace and Physics

In 1975 The Soviet Union Mounted A Cannon Onto A Spacecraft And Fired It. What Were They Trying To Do?

In the same year that Soviet cosmonauts and US astronauts met in space, the Soviets tested a space cannon.

clock-icon6 days ago
comments icon1
latest-icon

Latest

link to article

Even Mild COVID-19 Infections Can Cause Long-Term Eye Problems. But Diagnosis May Finally Be PossibleA close up picture of an eye.
health-iconhealth

Even Mild COVID-19 Infections Can Cause Long-Term Eye Problems. But Diagnosis May Finally Be Possible

It’s yet another symptom where sufferers struggled to get doctors to take them seriously, but that could be about to change.

clock-icon17 minutes ago

link to article

A Previously Rare Ebola Strain Is Spreading Fast: Why Wasn’t The World Ready?Ebola outbreak
health-iconhealth

A Previously Rare Ebola Strain Is Spreading Fast: Why Wasn’t The World Ready?

clock-icon56 minutes ago

link to article

US National Parks Service Investigates Mysterious Cluster Of Illnesses In Visitors To The Grand CanyonA boat floating down the Colorado River through the grand canyon, with one person in view.
health-iconHealth and Medicine

US National Parks Service Investigates Mysterious Cluster Of Illnesses In Visitors To The Grand Canyon

clock-icon23 hours ago

link to article

Ocean Acidification Could Shrink Squids’ Brains By Almost 50 PercentSquid like this bigfin reef squid, are famously smart, but that might not still be true in a high-carbon dioxide future
nature-iconenvironment

Ocean Acidification Could Shrink Squids’ Brains By Almost 50 Percent

clock-icon23 hours ago
humans-icon

Humans

link to article

Your Face Appears To Change To Match Your Name As You Age, And Scientists Think They Know WhyA strange abstract of image of a face two
humans-iconHumans

Your Face Appears To Change To Match Your Name As You Age, And Scientists Think They Know Why

clock-iconYesterday
comments icon2

link to article

145,000-Year-Old Skull From The Site Of The World’s Earliest Human Burials Shows Signs Of Being Stabbed In The FaceThe injury on Qafzeh 25
humans-iconancient ancestors

145,000-Year-Old Skull From The Site Of The World’s Earliest Human Burials Shows Signs Of Being Stabbed In The Face

clock-iconYesterday

link to article

You Can Now Play An Ancient Roman Board Game Called Ludus Latrunculorum, Dating Back At Least 2,000 YearsLudus Latrunculorum ancient Roman gaming board
humans-iconhistory

You Can Now Play An Ancient Roman Board Game Called Ludus Latrunculorum, Dating Back At Least 2,000 Years

clock-iconYesterday

link to article

Neanderthals And Humans Living In A Cave in Türkiye Shared The Same Culture For 30,000 YearsNeanderthal skull
humans-iconancient ancestors

Neanderthals And Humans Living In A Cave in Türkiye Shared The Same Culture For 30,000 Years

clock-icon2 days ago
health-icon

Health and Medicine

link to article

AI Reveals Dozens Of New Antibiotic Candidates In A Very Unexpected Place: Encrypted Within Prionsa medical illustration of a Prions, 3d rendering
health-iconmedicine

AI Reveals Dozens Of New Antibiotic Candidates In A Very Unexpected Place: Encrypted Within Prions

clock-icon2 days ago

link to article

Clues To Why Alzheimer's Risk Is Lower In People Who Have Received The Tuberculosis VaccineA microscope image of a mouse brain model of alzheimers, showing amyloid plaques in red
health-iconhealth

Clues To Why Alzheimer's Risk Is Lower In People Who Have Received The Tuberculosis Vaccine

clock-icon2 days ago

link to article

At What Point Does A Developing Fetus Become Conscious? We May Be Close To An AnswerDeveloping human fetus
health-iconneuroscience

At What Point Does A Developing Fetus Become Conscious? We May Be Close To An Answer

clock-icon6 days ago

link to article

The FDA Just Cleared A New Species Of Flesh-Eating Maggot For Medical UseA surprisingly cute maggot emerges from a piece of fruit.
health-iconhealth

The FDA Just Cleared A New Species Of Flesh-Eating Maggot For Medical Use

clock-icon6 days ago
comments icon1
nature-icon

Nature

link to article

Clinging To The Side Of A Cliff, This Tree Is The Last Of Its Kind. Scientists Are Trying To Change Thatarticle image
nature-iconplants

Clinging To The Side Of A Cliff, This Tree Is The Last Of Its Kind. Scientists Are Trying To Change That

clock-iconYesterday

link to article

Air-Conditioning Isn't The Solution To A Warmer World, A Global Review WarnsPhoto view of a facade of a typical old ancient hk hong kong tower housing industrial buildings in Kowloon
nature-iconclimate

Air-Conditioning Isn't The Solution To A Warmer World, A Global Review Warns

clock-iconYesterday

link to article

Humans Have Influenced The Evolution Of Wolves And The Shape Of Their Skullsarticle image
nature-iconanimals

Humans Have Influenced The Evolution Of Wolves And The Shape Of Their Skulls

clock-iconYesterday

link to article

How Fast Are Spiders? Scientists Got 258 To Race. The Fastest Could Outrun A Humana wolf spider walking across a stone floor
nature-iconanimals

How Fast Are Spiders? Scientists Got 258 To Race. The Fastest Could Outrun A Human

clock-iconYesterday
space-icon

Space and Physics

link to article

YouTuber's Mini Golf Course Uses A Quirk Of Geometry To Make Hole-In-Ones Almost GuaranteedMini golf putters, balls, and a hole on a mini golf green.
space-iconmath

YouTuber's Mini Golf Course Uses A Quirk Of Geometry To Make Hole-In-Ones Almost Guaranteed

clock-iconYesterday

link to article

A 10-Kilometer Comet Discovered In 1873 Is About To Make Its Best Return In DecadesA white splodge on a black background; comet 10P/Tempel, imaged in 1925.
space-iconAstronomy

A 10-Kilometer Comet Discovered In 1873 Is About To Make Its Best Return In Decades

clock-iconYesterday

link to article

"Move Away And Contact Emergency Services" Australian Space Agency Warns, After Mystery Orbs Show Up On Forrest BeachA large metal sphere on an Australian beach.
space-iconSpace and Physics

"Move Away And Contact Emergency Services" Australian Space Agency Warns, After Mystery Orbs Show Up On Forrest Beach

clock-icon2 days ago
comments icon5

link to article

China’s Tianwen-2 Probe Takes First Close-Up Image And Prepares To Collect Sample From Earth’s Quasi-Moon KamoʻoalewaA gray trapezoidal rock is visible in this image, although quite low resolution.
space-iconAstronomy

China’s Tianwen-2 Probe Takes First Close-Up Image And Prepares To Collect Sample From Earth’s Quasi-Moon Kamoʻoalewa

clock-icon2 days ago
technology-icon

Technology

link to article

AI Is Easily Tricked Into Claiming It Has Found Alien Life – This Could Cause Havoc In The FutureArtist impression of a virtual hand holding a virtual DNA molecule
technology-iconartificial intelligence

AI Is Easily Tricked Into Claiming It Has Found Alien Life – This Could Cause Havoc In The Future

clock-iconYesterday

link to article

With "SpudCell", Scientists Have Made The Most Sophisticated Attempt At Creating An Artificial Lifeform Yetlife cycle of SpudCell in grid of 6 numbered images showing a green cell at various stages of division
technology-iconbiotechnology

With "SpudCell", Scientists Have Made The Most Sophisticated Attempt At Creating An Artificial Lifeform Yet

clock-icon6 days ago

link to article

Nuclear Fusion Startup Transforms Plasma Energy Directly Into Electricity In First For Private SectorA conceptual image showing a ball of yellow/orange energy in the center with lines of crackling energy shooting out of it.
technology-iconenergy

Nuclear Fusion Startup Transforms Plasma Energy Directly Into Electricity In First For Private Sector

clock-icon6 days ago

link to article

Smartphone Location Data Deserves Full Fourth Amendment Protection, US Supreme Court RulesAerial view of rice fields and forest with red location pin icons. Concept of GPS navigation, map positioning, digital tracking, land management, agriculture, and geographic location services
technology-iconTechnology

Smartphone Location Data Deserves Full Fourth Amendment Protection, US Supreme Court Rules

clock-iconJuly 2, 2026
technology

Culture and Society

link to article

A "Mismatch" Between Our Evolved Instincts And Modern Environment May Contribute To Humanity's Global StrugglesA conceptual image showing a two roads running between some high rise buildings in a city. The exposure has been set so that the lights of the traffic moving along the roads look like streaking lights, giving the image a fast paced, frantic, feeling.
technologyCulture and Society

A "Mismatch" Between Our Evolved Instincts And Modern Environment May Contribute To Humanity's Global Struggles

clock-icon2 days ago

link to article

Social Media's Golden Age May Have Ended, But What Comes Next?A photo showing a close up of a woman's hands holding a phone. The perspective is set at the end of the phone screen looking down towards their hands. The screen is illuminating the otherwise dark picture, casting light that highlights her thumbs. There are 6 speech-bubble like icons floating above her thumbs showing the icons for "friend adds", the "heat" icon, a speech bubble icon and three more miscellaneous ones.
technologyculture

Social Media's Golden Age May Have Ended, But What Comes Next?

clock-iconJune 30, 2026

link to article

Pop Music Lyrics Have Become Morally Darker Since The 1960s, Reflecting The Cultural LandscapeA blurred black and white photo showing three people standing on a stage. They appear as silhouettes. One has their hand in the air while the other appears to be holding a microphone to their mouth. On the far right is another person standing at a keyboard. The image shows six spotlights cutting up the dark of the image, allowing the three figures to stand out from the blackness.
technologyculture

Pop Music Lyrics Have Become Morally Darker Since The 1960s, Reflecting The Cultural Landscape

clock-iconJune 26, 2026
comments icon1

link to article

China "On Track To Surpass" The US In Human Development Goals, Which Measure Action On Poverty, Education, Wellbeing, And MoreBright lights and skyscrapers dominate the cityscape of Chengdu, China.
technologysociety

China "On Track To Surpass" The US In Human Development Goals, Which Measure Action On Poverty, Education, Wellbeing, And More

clock-iconJune 26, 2026
bubble-astronaut

Company and Product Insights

link to article

How To Get More IFLScience: Add Us As A “Preferred Source" On GoogleA logo of IFLScience with a hand pointing towards it
bubble-astronautcompany news

How To Get More IFLScience: Add Us As A “Preferred Source" On Google

clock-iconSeptember 3, 2025

link to article

Unlocking The Future Together: Why IFLScience Is Launching A Membership Modelcollage of images related to science with "iflscience is evolving" written in the centre
bubble-astronautCompany and Product Insights

Unlocking The Future Together: Why IFLScience Is Launching A Membership Model

clock-iconJanuary 20, 2025
comments icon14
share1

link to article

Opening The Vault: Uncovering A World Of Strange And Intriguing ScienceAn image of the vault doors opening with a screenshot of the IFLScience Vault article.
bubble-astronautCompany and Product Insights

Opening The Vault: Uncovering A World Of Strange And Intriguing Science

clock-iconJanuary 20, 2025
feature-icon

Features

link to article

The Strange Science Of Whether We Could Clone A NeanderthalNeanderthal cloning
humans-iconancient ancestors

The Strange Science Of Whether We Could Clone A Neanderthal

Dolly the sheep was easy. This would be a little different.

clock-icon1 hour ago

link to article

Hector The Convector Is One Of The World's Strangest Natural PhenomenonHector, as seen from Gunn Point in Northern Territory, Australia
nature-iconenvironment

Hector The Convector Is One Of The World's Strangest Natural Phenomenon

A storm cloud you can set your clock to.

clock-icon23 hours ago
video-icon

Multimedia

link to article

How We Remember: The Neuroscience of Memory Explainedblue brain image on a black background to the right of yellow text that reads How Does Memory Work?
technology-iconartificial intelligence

How We Remember: The Neuroscience of Memory Explained

clock-iconMay 1, 2026

link to article

AI Consciousness Explained: Science vs Philosophya robot
technology-iconartificial intelligence

AI Consciousness Explained: Science vs Philosophy

clock-iconApril 24, 2026

link to article

Unethical Experiments That Shook The WorldThe Tuskegee syphilis study
humans-iconhistory

Unethical Experiments That Shook The World

clock-iconApril 17, 2026