https://www.zmescience.com/ Enriching Science Journalism Tue, 25 Aug 2026 17:49:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://cdn.zmescience.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/cropped-logo-zmescience-32x32.png https://www.zmescience.com/ 32 32 https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/stone-age-hunters-reach-malta/ https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/stone-age-hunters-reach-malta/#respond Tue, 25 Aug 2026 17:06:39 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=309995 People reached the Mediterranean island at least 8,500 years ago.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/stone-age-hunters-reach-malta/feed/ 0 https://www.zmescience.com/science/geology/thunderstorms-create-tiny-quakes-that-can-reveal-what-lies-underground/ https://www.zmescience.com/science/geology/thunderstorms-create-tiny-quakes-that-can-reveal-what-lies-underground/#respond Tue, 25 Aug 2026 15:11:52 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=309969 Buried fiber-optic cables turned 458 thunderquakes into a map of hidden weak rock.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/science/geology/thunderstorms-create-tiny-quakes-that-can-reveal-what-lies-underground/feed/ 0 https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/exercise-pill-passes-safety-test/ https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/exercise-pill-passes-safety-test/#respond Tue, 25 Aug 2026 14:57:31 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=309788 The experimental drug copies a chemical released during exercise and may help keep lost weight off.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/exercise-pill-passes-safety-test/feed/ 0 https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/portugal-3700-year-old-olive-tree/ https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/portugal-3700-year-old-olive-tree/#respond Tue, 25 Aug 2026 12:04:00 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=309849 Most trees retire after a few centuries. This ancient olive seems to have missed the memo, and it’s not the only one. ]]> https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/portugal-3700-year-old-olive-tree/feed/ 0 https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/bronze-age-greek-elites-wore-rings-made-from-meteorite-iron-then-they-stopped/ https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/bronze-age-greek-elites-wore-rings-made-from-meteorite-iron-then-they-stopped/#respond Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:34:58 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=309898 Bronze Age rulers may have turned fallen space metal into symbols of power.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/bronze-age-greek-elites-wore-rings-made-from-meteorite-iron-then-they-stopped/feed/ 0 https://www.zmescience.com/research/materials/turns-out-you-can-make-grapehen-using-a-blender-a-newspaper-and-a-phone-heres-how/ https://www.zmescience.com/research/materials/turns-out-you-can-make-grapehen-using-a-blender-a-newspaper-and-a-phone-heres-how/#respond Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:07:00 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=309938 It worked remarkably well.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/research/materials/turns-out-you-can-make-grapehen-using-a-blender-a-newspaper-and-a-phone-heres-how/feed/ 0 https://www.zmescience.com/science/mice-lost-half-of-their-brain-synapses-they-still-kept-their-memories/ https://www.zmescience.com/science/mice-lost-half-of-their-brain-synapses-they-still-kept-their-memories/#respond Tue, 25 Aug 2026 08:36:09 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=309929 A strange hibernation experiment is changing how researchers think about memory.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/science/mice-lost-half-of-their-brain-synapses-they-still-kept-their-memories/feed/ 0 https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/when-to-take-supplements/ https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/when-to-take-supplements/#respond Tue, 25 Aug 2026 06:51:21 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=309935 Some supplements are fussier than others.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/when-to-take-supplements/feed/ 0 https://www.zmescience.com/reviews/book-reviews/antonine-plague-pandemic-roman-empire-rep/ https://www.zmescience.com/reviews/book-reviews/antonine-plague-pandemic-roman-empire-rep/#respond Mon, 24 Aug 2026 20:15:57 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=263204 In his book 'Pox Romana,' Colin Elliott delves into the devastating effects of the Antonine Plague, a pandemic that might have hastened the decline of one of history's greatest empires.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/reviews/book-reviews/antonine-plague-pandemic-roman-empire-rep/feed/ 0 https://www.zmescience.com/medicine/a-malaria-drug-turns-mosquito-bites-into-vaccine-boosters-in-mice/ https://www.zmescience.com/medicine/a-malaria-drug-turns-mosquito-bites-into-vaccine-boosters-in-mice/#respond Mon, 24 Aug 2026 19:45:54 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=309857 They've used the very thing that causes malaria as a vaccine.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/medicine/a-malaria-drug-turns-mosquito-bites-into-vaccine-boosters-in-mice/feed/ 0 https://www.zmescience.com/science/a-study-of-7704-workers-challenges-a-major-argument-for-return-to-office-mandates/ https://www.zmescience.com/science/a-study-of-7704-workers-challenges-a-major-argument-for-return-to-office-mandates/#respond Mon, 24 Aug 2026 19:25:16 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=309871 Remote work boosts well-being without severing workplace connection.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/science/a-study-of-7704-workers-challenges-a-major-argument-for-return-to-office-mandates/feed/ 0 https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/scientists-built-tiny-drones-that-fly-using-sound-instead-of-motors/ https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/scientists-built-tiny-drones-that-fly-using-sound-instead-of-motors/#respond Mon, 24 Aug 2026 19:18:54 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=309854 Tiny robots turn bottle-like resonance into motion, steering and flight.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/scientists-built-tiny-drones-that-fly-using-sound-instead-of-motors/feed/ 0 https://www.zmescience.com/space/lighthouse-laser-beacons-moon-navigation/ https://www.zmescience.com/space/lighthouse-laser-beacons-moon-navigation/#respond Mon, 24 Aug 2026 18:50:07 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=309885 A proposed satellite network could help spacecraft navigate where GPS cannot reach.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/space/lighthouse-laser-beacons-moon-navigation/feed/ 0 https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/male-mouse-genome-female-clones/ https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/male-mouse-genome-female-clones/#respond Mon, 24 Aug 2026 17:32:44 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=309879 They created fertile female mice from cells carrying the male genome.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/male-mouse-genome-female-clones/feed/ 0 https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/animals-ecology/how-do-birds-find-bird-feeders-mostly-by-watching-each-other/ https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/animals-ecology/how-do-birds-find-bird-feeders-mostly-by-watching-each-other/#respond Mon, 24 Aug 2026 03:22:00 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=309978 An empty feeder is not the birds ignoring you. There's more to it. ]]> https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/animals-ecology/how-do-birds-find-bird-feeders-mostly-by-watching-each-other/feed/ 0 https://www.zmescience.com/science/biology/mother-age-offspring-effects/ https://www.zmescience.com/science/biology/mother-age-offspring-effects/#respond Fri, 21 Aug 2026 14:15:06 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=309812 The effects of maternal age may travel through generations without being written into DNA.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/science/biology/mother-age-offspring-effects/feed/ 0 https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/fastest-star-milky-way/ https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/fastest-star-milky-way/#respond Thu, 20 Aug 2026 20:43:04 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=309789 The faint star S301 may turn the Milky Way’s black hole into a relativity laboratory.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/fastest-star-milky-way/feed/ 0 https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/cat-pee-chemical-id/ https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/cat-pee-chemical-id/#respond Thu, 20 Aug 2026 20:15:32 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=309825 Rare fatty acids in kidney fat droplets may help cats recognize who left a scent.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/cat-pee-chemical-id/feed/ 0 https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/spacex-rocket-new-moon-crater/ https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/spacex-rocket-new-moon-crater/#respond Thu, 20 Aug 2026 15:59:27 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=309813 Six days after a Falcon 9 upper stage slammed into the lunar surface, NASA’s orbiting camera caught the aftermath.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/spacex-rocket-new-moon-crater/feed/ 0 https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/animals-ecology/cougars-may-cut-deer-vehicle-collisions-in-the-u-s-by-as-much-as-76/ https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/animals-ecology/cougars-may-cut-deer-vehicle-collisions-in-the-u-s-by-as-much-as-76/#respond Thu, 20 Aug 2026 14:04:04 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=309804 Bringing cougars back could have a surprising benefit for drivers.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/animals-ecology/cougars-may-cut-deer-vehicle-collisions-in-the-u-s-by-as-much-as-76/feed/ 0