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Sea-friendly plastic is the newest project for material scientists: plastic that can dissolve in water to reduce microplastic pollution. #science #pollution By Reshmi Thampy magazine.scienceconnected.org/2025/08/sea-fr…

Children learn language for the first time in a cool way, and the good news is that adults can, too. Find out how. By Angie Lo magazine.scienceconnected.org/2023/03/how-ch…

A gene mutation in the brain 200,000 years ago may be responsible for human language, as seen in a controlled experiment on the NOVA1 gene. By Antarjot Kaur magazine.scienceconnected.org/2025/04/how-a-…

RoboBee engineers continue to innovate and have now developed technology for better legs for the microrobot to land. By Reshmi Thampy magazine.scienceconnected.org/2025/07/robobe…

Giant ground sloths are extinct now, but scientists uncover what environmental factors helped them evolve in the first place. By Brianna Cieszynski magazine.scienceconnected.org/2025/07/what-r…

Tackling Toxicity: What Do We Know About Cholera? magazine.scienceconnected.org/2023/10/tackli… #health

Bipedal Movement in Our Human Ancestors Reconfirmed with 3D Models magazine.scienceconnected.org/2023/10/bipeda…

New article about picky eating and brain evolution in #butterflies! magazine.scienceconnected.org/2023/09/picky-…

#Climate change and #pesticides spell double trouble for bee behavior. Researchers in a recent study find that pesticide risk to #bees varies depending on the temperature. magazine.scienceconnected.org/2023/09/bee-be…

Play behavior and laughter in rats has a lot to do with their environment and with the part of the brain that controls fight or flight responses. magazine.scienceconnected.org/2023/09/brains…

Are you wondering if the well-known mosquito eaters actually eat mosquitos? Find out the answer to this question and more. magazine.scienceconnected.org/2023/08/do-mos…

Researchers identified over five thousand previously undiscovered species in a sample area of the CCZ region of the ocean, and they predict more are there to be found. By Amelia Hersant magazine.scienceconnected.org/2023/07/undisc…

Climate change means temperatures are slowly rising in the air—and also underground. Different materials in the earth expand or contract in response to underground climate change, affecting the buildings constructed above them. By Paige Castle magazine.scienceconnected.org/2023/07/underg…

Odor profiles are an emerging form of evidence as scientists work to identify and classify individuals based on the chemical compounds naturally released from hands. magazine.scienceconnected.org/2023/08/odor-p…

Rising temperatures in recent decades have been linked to observed shifts in bee phenology. These shifts could impact bees’ vital role in pollinating food crops. magazine.scienceconnected.org/2023/08/bee-ph…

Happy Saturday, nature lovers! 🦋 Witness the beauty of this monarch butterfly resting at Los Angeles State Historic Park, Share your own monarch moments with us by tagging @calparks! 📸 by @ProjMonarchLA at Los Angeles State Historic Park.

New data shows that the healthy BMI range isn’t as narrow as we thought, nor is it where we thought it was. magazine.scienceconnected.org/2023/08/health…

Emperor #penguins officially a threatened species because of projections of population decline from climate change and ineffective conservation. magazine.scienceconnected.org/2023/01/empero…