ZME Science https://www.zmescience.com/ Enriching Science Journalism Fri, 02 Oct 2026 18:39:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 https://cdn.zmescience.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/cropped-logo-zmescience-32x32.png ZME Science https://www.zmescience.com/ 32 32 A Tiny Chemical Difference Between RNA and DNA May Help Explain How Life Began https://www.zmescience.com/science/chemistry/a-tiny-chemical-difference-between-rna-and-dna-may-help-explain-how-life-began/ https://www.zmescience.com/science/chemistry/a-tiny-chemical-difference-between-rna-and-dna-may-help-explain-how-life-began/#respond Fri, 02 Oct 2026 18:39:15 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=312349 A single oxygen-containing group makes RNA surprisingly promising.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/science/chemistry/a-tiny-chemical-difference-between-rna-and-dna-may-help-explain-how-life-began/feed/ 0 Divers Found a Stone Age Construction Under a German Lake. But What Was It Used For? https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/divers-found-a-stone-age-construction-under-a-german-lake-but-what-was-it-used-for/ https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/divers-found-a-stone-age-construction-under-a-german-lake-but-what-was-it-used-for/#respond Fri, 02 Oct 2026 17:58:42 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=312322 Rare timbers may preserve a Stone Age structure built before farming reached the region.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/divers-found-a-stone-age-construction-under-a-german-lake-but-what-was-it-used-for/feed/ 0 This AI Finally Beat the Best Humans at One of the Last Board Games We Still Ruled https://www.zmescience.com/science/ai-beats-humans-stratego/ https://www.zmescience.com/science/ai-beats-humans-stratego/#respond Fri, 02 Oct 2026 17:06:53 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=312339 Ataraxos beat an elite human player at Stratego while using a fraction of DeepMind’s computing power.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/science/ai-beats-humans-stratego/feed/ 0 Scientists 3D-Print Concrete That Can Store Electricity and Still Hold Up a Building https://www.zmescience.com/future/concrete-electricity-foundation/ https://www.zmescience.com/future/concrete-electricity-foundation/#respond Fri, 02 Oct 2026 16:02:12 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=312318 The same concrete supporting a building could someday help store the energy that powers it.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/future/concrete-electricity-foundation/feed/ 0 Powered Exoskeletons Are Moving From Sci Fi Into Warehouses, Rescue Missions, and the Battlefield https://www.zmescience.com/future/exoskeletons-are-here/ https://www.zmescience.com/future/exoskeletons-are-here/#respond Fri, 02 Oct 2026 15:53:28 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=312334 Powered robotic devices designed to enhance the wearer’s physical capabilities are being developed for an increasing range of uses.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/future/exoskeletons-are-here/feed/ 0 Can a Web Browser Help Clean the Ocean? Inside Wave Browser’s Eco Mission  https://www.zmescience.com/sponsored/wave-browswer-eco-mission/ https://www.zmescience.com/sponsored/wave-browswer-eco-mission/#respond Fri, 02 Oct 2026 15:37:19 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=312324 Wave Browser connects everyday web browsing with funding for verified ocean and shoreline cleanup efforts.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/sponsored/wave-browswer-eco-mission/feed/ 0 A Strange Cosmic Explosion Glowed in X-Rays for 10 Minutes. A Magnetar May Have Been Born https://www.zmescience.com/science/magnetar-formation-two-neutron-stars/ https://www.zmescience.com/science/magnetar-formation-two-neutron-stars/#respond Fri, 02 Oct 2026 13:24:34 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=312293 magnetarAstronomers may have caught a magnetic monster forming after two neutron stars collided]]> https://www.zmescience.com/science/magnetar-formation-two-neutron-stars/feed/ 0 Astronomers Detect an Atmosphere on the Coolest ‘Lava World’ Yet https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/astronomers-detect-an-atmosphere-on-the-coolest-lava-world-yet/ https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/astronomers-detect-an-atmosphere-on-the-coolest-lava-world-yet/#respond Fri, 02 Oct 2026 12:55:21 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=312287 HD 3167 b is hot enough to melt rock, yet strangely cool for a planet hugging its star. Scientists think an atmosphere may explain why.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/astronomers-detect-an-atmosphere-on-the-coolest-lava-world-yet/feed/ 0 Strange Walking Experiment Found That Almost Everyone, Alone or in Crowds, Keeps Turning Left https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/everyone-keeps-turning-left/ https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/everyone-keeps-turning-left/#respond Fri, 02 Oct 2026 12:43:00 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=306030 Outdoor basketball court with cones and markings for sports practice and agility exercises.New experiments suggest humans have a hidden counterclockwise bias.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/everyone-keeps-turning-left/feed/ 0 This AI Scientist Can Design Experiments, Run Them in the Lab and Learn From the Results https://www.zmescience.com/science/ai-scientist-biology/ https://www.zmescience.com/science/ai-scientist-biology/#respond Thu, 01 Oct 2026 17:26:53 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=312247 The system can propose biological questions, design experiments and send robots to test them.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/science/ai-scientist-biology/feed/ 0 Out-of-Body Experiment: Researchers Asked People to See Remotely Into Another Room. Things Got Weird https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/out-of-body-experiment-remote-viewing/ https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/out-of-body-experiment-remote-viewing/#respond Thu, 01 Oct 2026 17:09:59 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=312201 The controlled test failed, but two participants made strange, unplanned observations.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/out-of-body-experiment-remote-viewing/feed/ 0 The World’s Noisiest Birds Can Blast Calls at Nearly 130 Decibels Like a Jackhammer https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/animals-ecology/noisiest-birds-brazil-jackhammer/ https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/animals-ecology/noisiest-birds-brazil-jackhammer/#respond Thu, 01 Oct 2026 16:55:25 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=312168 Bigger bodies and wider beaks explain extreme volume. Evolution’s reason for it remains elusive.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/animals-ecology/noisiest-birds-brazil-jackhammer/feed/ 0 A Drug Extended Lifespan in 3 Very Different Species by More Than 25% Longer in a New Longevity Study https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/drug-enhances-lifespan-three-species/ https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/drug-enhances-lifespan-three-species/#respond Thu, 01 Oct 2026 16:27:55 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=312246 Directly activating a cellular energy sensor extended lifespan across three very different organisms.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/drug-enhances-lifespan-three-species/feed/ 0 Physicists Just Measured a Quasiparticle With One-Quarter of an Electron’s Charge https://www.zmescience.com/science/physics/physicists-just-measured-a-quasiparticle-with-one-quarter-of-an-electrons-charge/ https://www.zmescience.com/science/physics/physicists-just-measured-a-quasiparticle-with-one-quarter-of-an-electrons-charge/#respond Thu, 01 Oct 2026 15:24:55 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=312215 Don't you just love quantum physics?]]> https://www.zmescience.com/science/physics/physicists-just-measured-a-quasiparticle-with-one-quarter-of-an-electrons-charge/feed/ 0 Butterflies May Use Optical Illusions on Their Wings to Make Birds Miss Them in Midair https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/butterflies-may-use-optical-illusions-on-their-wings-to-make-birds-miss-them-in-midair/ https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/butterflies-may-use-optical-illusions-on-their-wings-to-make-birds-miss-them-in-midair/#respond Thu, 01 Oct 2026 14:08:21 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=312239 Wing patterns and flapping combine to send a predator’s aim off course.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/butterflies-may-use-optical-illusions-on-their-wings-to-make-birds-miss-them-in-midair/feed/ 0 A Gas Pipeline Survey Uncovered a 400-Year-Old Shipwreck in Germany https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/400-year-old-shipwreck-germany-pipeline/ https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/400-year-old-shipwreck-germany-pipeline/#respond Thu, 01 Oct 2026 13:59:09 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=312182 Archaeologists had just 12 days to investigate what was left before dredging began.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/400-year-old-shipwreck-germany-pipeline/feed/ 0 The More We Study Forests, the More It Seems Like Plants Might Be Cooperating and “Talking” to Each Other https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/forests-plants-communicate-rep/ https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/forests-plants-communicate-rep/#respond Thu, 01 Oct 2026 10:39:49 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=295213 Vivid autumn forest featuring tree roots, fallen leaves, moss-covered rocks, and small waterfall, showcasing nature's seasonal beauty.Trees may look still and silent, but they’re engaged in a constant, complex dialogue—through air, soil, and even electricity.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/forests-plants-communicate-rep/feed/ 0 Shocking picture of incredibly well-preserved 15-year-old girl from the Inca Empire https://www.zmescience.com/science/biology/llullaillaco-children-revisited-repubz/ https://www.zmescience.com/science/biology/llullaillaco-children-revisited-repubz/#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2026 10:20:08 +0000 http://www.zmescience.com/?p=12473 It's shocking what people did in the name of kingdom and religion.]]> https://www.zmescience.com/science/biology/llullaillaco-children-revisited-repubz/feed/ 40 12 Unhinged Facts About Great Tits That Will Absolutely Shock You https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/animals-ecology/12-unhinged-facts-about-great-tits-that-will-absolutely-shock-you/ https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/animals-ecology/12-unhinged-facts-about-great-tits-that-will-absolutely-shock-you/#respond Wed, 30 Sep 2026 20:00:38 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=311994 Did we mention cities are changing great tits?]]> https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/animals-ecology/12-unhinged-facts-about-great-tits-that-will-absolutely-shock-you/feed/ 0 Ukraine Wants Humanoid-Like Robots to Take Over the Most Dangerous Front-Line Jobs. And It Wants Them for as Little as $10,000 Each https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/ukraine-humanoid-robot-initiative/ https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/ukraine-humanoid-robot-initiative/#respond Wed, 30 Sep 2026 19:42:31 +0000 https://www.zmescience.com/?p=312162 The ambitious project wants robots reloading weapons, carrying supplies and eventually assaulting positions]]> https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/ukraine-humanoid-robot-initiative/feed/ 0