https://www.zmescience.com/ Enriching Science Journalism Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:07:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://cdn.zmescience.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/cropped-logo-zmescience-32x32.png https://www.zmescience.com/ 32 32 https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/animals-ecology/orangutans-prefer-things-associated-with-laughter-even-when-the-rewards-are-identical/ https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/animals-ecology/orangutans-prefer-things-associated-with-laughter-even-when-the-rewards-are-identical/#respond Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:07:29 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=313535 An unusual experiment suggests laughter can change how orangutans remember and value their experiences.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/animals-ecology/orangutans-prefer-things-associated-with-laughter-even-when-the-rewards-are-identical/feed/ 0 https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/positron-trapped-for-months/ https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/positron-trapped-for-months/#respond Sat, 24 Oct 2026 08:40:43 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=313570 For the first time, scientists can observe and control the quantum behavior of a single antimatter particle.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/positron-trapped-for-months/feed/ 0 https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/scientists-built-a-3d-cloak-that-makes-objects-almost-invisible-to-thermal-cameras/ https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/scientists-built-a-3d-cloak-that-makes-objects-almost-invisible-to-thermal-cameras/#respond Fri, 23 Oct 2026 19:44:28 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=313426 An intricate metal-and-rubber lattice steers heat around objects, concealing their presence from thermal detection.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/scientists-built-a-3d-cloak-that-makes-objects-almost-invisible-to-thermal-cameras/feed/ 0 https://www.zmescience.com/science/paleontology/a-tourist-spotted-strange-footprints-in-thailand-they-were-120-million-years-old-made-by-a-giant-dinosaur/ https://www.zmescience.com/science/paleontology/a-tourist-spotted-strange-footprints-in-thailand-they-were-120-million-years-old-made-by-a-giant-dinosaur/#respond Fri, 23 Oct 2026 18:46:20 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=313556 A Facebook photo led researchers to six ancient footprints left by a giant carnivorous dinosaur.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/science/paleontology/a-tourist-spotted-strange-footprints-in-thailand-they-were-120-million-years-old-made-by-a-giant-dinosaur/feed/ 0 https://www.zmescience.com/other/economics/could-gta-vi-sick-leave-really-cost-the-us-economy-over-1-billion/ https://www.zmescience.com/other/economics/could-gta-vi-sick-leave-really-cost-the-us-economy-over-1-billion/#respond Fri, 23 Oct 2026 18:34:24 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=313548 Millions are rearranging their work days for one video game. ]]> https://www.zmescience.com/other/economics/could-gta-vi-sick-leave-really-cost-the-us-economy-over-1-billion/feed/ 0 https://www.zmescience.com/medicine/circadian-depression-subtype/ https://www.zmescience.com/medicine/circadian-depression-subtype/#respond Fri, 23 Oct 2026 17:47:54 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=313514 A new study suggests nearly one in four depression patients may experience chronic body clock disruption.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/medicine/circadian-depression-subtype/feed/ 0 https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/what-did-denisovans-look-like-scientists-have-their-best-answer-yet/ https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/what-did-denisovans-look-like-scientists-have-their-best-answer-yet/#respond Fri, 23 Oct 2026 17:41:51 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=313513 Ancient proteins are helping scientists put a face to a long-lost branch of humanity.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/what-did-denisovans-look-like-scientists-have-their-best-answer-yet/feed/ 0 https://www.zmescience.com/future/computers-form-mushrooms-rep/ https://www.zmescience.com/future/computers-form-mushrooms-rep/#respond Fri, 23 Oct 2026 17:31:24 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=293253 Your next computer might grow in a compost heap.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/future/computers-form-mushrooms-rep/feed/ 0 https://www.zmescience.com/medicine/ai-can-spot-signs-of-impending-death-among-cancer-patients-in-a-single-face-photo/ https://www.zmescience.com/medicine/ai-can-spot-signs-of-impending-death-among-cancer-patients-in-a-single-face-photo/#respond Fri, 23 Oct 2026 13:51:33 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=313512 A new facial-analysis system predicts cancer mortality risk, but its clinical usefulness remains unproven.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/medicine/ai-can-spot-signs-of-impending-death-among-cancer-patients-in-a-single-face-photo/feed/ 0 https://www.zmescience.com/feature-post/history-and-humanities/history/rabbits-were-actually-once-a-luxury-reserved-for-kings-then-the-black-death-changed-everything/ https://www.zmescience.com/feature-post/history-and-humanities/history/rabbits-were-actually-once-a-luxury-reserved-for-kings-then-the-black-death-changed-everything/#respond Fri, 23 Oct 2026 12:18:04 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=313522 Once the preserve of the aristocracy, rabbits became commonplace by the end of the Middle Ages as the world was turned upside down after the arrival of plague.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/feature-post/history-and-humanities/history/rabbits-were-actually-once-a-luxury-reserved-for-kings-then-the-black-death-changed-everything/feed/ 0 https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/how-crocodiles-survived-dinosaur-asteroid/ https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/how-crocodiles-survived-dinosaur-asteroid/#respond Fri, 23 Oct 2026 06:48:00 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=313424 It was their preference for warmer climates.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/how-crocodiles-survived-dinosaur-asteroid/feed/ 0 https://www.zmescience.com/science/history-articles/scientists-may-have-identified-the-worlds-first-corporate-psychopath/ https://www.zmescience.com/science/history-articles/scientists-may-have-identified-the-worlds-first-corporate-psychopath/#respond Fri, 23 Oct 2026 06:05:06 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=313480 One shipwreck, two leaders, and a horrifying lesson about the abuse of power.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/science/history-articles/scientists-may-have-identified-the-worlds-first-corporate-psychopath/feed/ 0 https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/why-does-anything-exist/ https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/why-does-anything-exist/#respond Thu, 22 Oct 2026 21:41:19 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=313436 An overlooked particle may have briefly ruled the early cosmos, changing how matter survived.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/why-does-anything-exist/feed/ 0 https://www.zmescience.com/science/astronomy/astronomers-found-something-they-thought-couldnt-exist-a-green-star/ https://www.zmescience.com/science/astronomy/astronomers-found-something-they-thought-couldnt-exist-a-green-star/#respond Thu, 22 Oct 2026 17:41:11 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=313431 Astronomers had never before convincingly identified a green star.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/science/astronomy/astronomers-found-something-they-thought-couldnt-exist-a-green-star/feed/ 0 https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/animals-ecology/flying-can-use-less-energy-than-swimming-and-these-birds-have-been-doing-it-all-along/ https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/animals-ecology/flying-can-use-less-energy-than-swimming-and-these-birds-have-been-doing-it-all-along/#respond Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:22:43 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=313301 Scientists thought swimming was the most energy-efficient way for animals to travel.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/animals-ecology/flying-can-use-less-energy-than-swimming-and-these-birds-have-been-doing-it-all-along/feed/ 0 https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/van-goghs-starry-night-astronomical-match/ https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/van-goghs-starry-night-astronomical-match/#respond Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=313393 Astronomers found a remarkable match between Van Gogh’s Starry Night and the actual night sky of July 22, 1889 from the artist's vantange point. ]]> https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/van-goghs-starry-night-astronomical-match/feed/ 0 https://www.zmescience.com/space/dead-star-devours-a-newborn-planet-that-formed-from-its-own-remains/ https://www.zmescience.com/space/dead-star-devours-a-newborn-planet-that-formed-from-its-own-remains/#respond Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:12:45 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=313420 Exotic chemical elements in the atmosphere of a dead star hint at the presence of a planet that formed after the star’s death—the first such second-generation planet ever seen. ]]> https://www.zmescience.com/space/dead-star-devours-a-newborn-planet-that-formed-from-its-own-remains/feed/ 0 https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/un-report-global-warming/ https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/un-report-global-warming/#respond Thu, 22 Oct 2026 09:22:43 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=313395 Under the most optimistic scenario, global warming would rise 1.7 to 1.8 degrees above pre-industrial levels, despite renewables expanding considerably over the last decade.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/un-report-global-warming/feed/ 0 https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/ancient-fingerprints-reveal-women-and-children-may-have-helped-build-chinas-terracotta-army/ https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/ancient-fingerprints-reveal-women-and-children-may-have-helped-build-chinas-terracotta-army/#respond Wed, 21 Oct 2026 21:54:35 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=313350 We're learning new things about this ancient, mythical army.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/ancient-fingerprints-reveal-women-and-children-may-have-helped-build-chinas-terracotta-army/feed/ 0 https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/these-snakes-escape-danger-by-spinning-like-wheels/ https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/these-snakes-escape-danger-by-spinning-like-wheels/#respond Wed, 21 Oct 2026 20:37:40 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=313336 Some snakes cartwheel away from danger at remarkable speeds.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/these-snakes-escape-danger-by-spinning-like-wheels/feed/ 0