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2 days ago | 
iflscience.com | Holly Large |Laura Simmons
Until now, aggression between bottlenose and common dolphins hadn’t been seen in this area. Holly LargeHolly is a graduate medical biochemist with an enthusiasm for making science interesting, fun and accessible. Jr Copy Editor & Staff WriterEditedbyLaura SimmonsLaura is an editor and staff writer at IFLScience. She obtained her Master's in Experimental Neuroscience from Imperial College London. Bottlenose dolphins, like those seen above, were spotted chasing down a young common dolphin.
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3 days ago | 
iflscience.com | Holly Large |Laura Simmons
If throwing stale bread and water balloons at the US Coast Guard counts as war, that is. Holly LargeHolly is a graduate medical biochemist with an enthusiasm for making science interesting, fun and accessible. Jr Copy Editor & Staff WriterEditedbyLaura SimmonsLaura is an editor and staff writer at IFLScience. She obtained her Master's in Experimental Neuroscience from Imperial College London. Key West? Uhhh, that's the Conch Republic to you, thank you very much.
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6 days ago | 
iflscience.com | Russell Moul |Laura Simmons
Evolution may be a one-way system, preventing certain reversals in its trajectory. Dr. Russell MoulRussell is a Science Writer with IFLScience and has a PhD in the History of Science, Medicine and Technology. Science WriterEditedbyLaura SimmonsLaura is an editor and staff writer at IFLScience. She obtained her Master's in Experimental Neuroscience from Imperial College London. Can complex adaptive traits be recovered if a species loses them?
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6 days ago | 
iflscience.com | Tom Hale |Laura Simmons
The Christian holiday has surprising etymological roots. Tom HaleTom is a writer in London with a Master's degree in Journalism whose editorial work covers anything from health and the environment to technology and archaeology. Senior JournalistEditedbyLaura SimmonsLaura is an editor and staff writer at IFLScience. She obtained her Master's in Experimental Neuroscience from Imperial College London.
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6 days ago | 
iflscience.com | Russell Moul |Laura Simmons
He's cute, he's wearing a tiny harness, and he's saving lives. He's a HeroRAT. Dr. Russell MoulRussell is a Science Writer with IFLScience and has a PhD in the History of Science, Medicine and Technology. Science WriterEditedbyLaura SimmonsLaura is an editor and staff writer at IFLScience. She obtained her Master's in Experimental Neuroscience from Imperial College London. Ronin with his trainer, Phanny.
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1 week ago | 
iflscience.com | Russell Moul |Laura Simmons
Reasoning skills are pretty important. They underpin many of humanity’s greatest intellectual achievements – from mathematics, philosophy, and science, to pub quizzes, internet memes, and overly competitive games of Scrabble. Given its significance in human affairs, reason itself has been the subject of centuries of academic interest, but our understanding of the relationship between reasoning abilities and other cognitive processes, as well as their neuroanatomical basis, is still quite limited.
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1 week ago | 
iflscience.com | Tom Hale |Laura Simmons
The high seas haven’t been this sketchy since the Golden Age of Piracy. To navigate these tricky waters, a US-based tech start-up called Blue Water Autonomy is promising to “usher in” a new era of autonomous ships. They’ve just received $14 million in seed funding and have already begun saltwater testing in the real world. Founded in 2024, the company is being led by a team that has previously worked for Amazon Robotics, iRobot, and the US Navy.
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1 week ago | 
iflscience.com | Russell Moul |Laura Simmons
The last time a grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) was reliably spotted in the Californian wildlands was in the spring of 1924, in Sequoia National Park. Prior to this, at the time of the Gold Rush in the late 1840s, there were estimated to be 10,000 grizzlies in the state. However, after years of persecution and habitat loss, they were eventually eradicated around two thirds of a century later.
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1 week ago | 
iflscience.com | Russell Moul |Laura Simmons
It appears conservative Americans have a deeper distrust in science than previously believed. Not only do they distrust scientific ideas that do not correspond to their worldview, but they also distrust fields that contribute to economic growth and productivity when compared to liberals. Unfortunately, short-term interventions aimed at improving trust seem to have little impact.
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1 week ago | 
iflscience.com | Russell Moul |Laura Simmons
Since the start of the century, there has been a significant decline in people attending religious institutions, but does this reflect a decline in belief? Something significant is happening to religious life across the US. In just a few decades, remarkably large numbers of people have been leaving organized religion. However, this exodus is not in favor of secular rationality, but rather the pursuit of spirituality that is more aligned with their personal values.
