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Wasp Mums Keep Remarkable Mental To-Do List For Multiple Nests Despite Tiny Brain

3 days ago | zmescience.com | Rupendra Brahambhatt |Tibi Puiu

A new study shows that a mother digger wasp (Ammophila pubescens) can remember the locations and feeding history of up to nine nests at once. These tiny insects have a brain smaller than a pinhead, yet they are somehow capable of managing a highly complex parenting routine that rivals human-level organization.
Elephant Trunk-Like Arm Turns Ordinary Drones Into Powerful, All-Purpose Flying Robots

3 days ago | zmescience.com | Rupendra Brahambhatt |Tibi Puiu

What if drones didn’t just fly and film but could also reach out, grasp things of different shapes and sizes, and perform useful work mid-air, like cleaning up disaster zones, repairing power lines, or even inspecting hard-to-reach bridge joints? That’s the kind of future envisioned by researchers at the University of Hong Kong (HKU). They have built a peculiar robotic drone arm inspired by the flexibility of an elephant’s trunk.
Front-Facing Brake Lights Are Surprisingly Effective At Preventing Crashes. Will Automakers Add Them Soon?

3 days ago | zmescience.com | Rupendra Brahambhatt |Tibi Puiu

Imagine you’re driving toward a busy intersection. A car approaching from the front is about to apply the brakes, but you have no way of knowing. By the time you realize it’s stopping, it’s too late, and a crash happens. Each year, numerous such collisions occur, but a simple change in our vehicles could dramatically reduce their number. This simple idea is putting brake lights on the front of vehicles. This could be a game-changer in road safety.
Scientists Discover a Way to Store Data in Ice Using Only Air Bubbles

1 week ago | zmescience.com | Mihai Andrei |Zoe Gordon

We could store information in ice for thousands of years — not with ink or electronics, but with air. By subtly changing the shape and placement of bubbles trapped as water freezes, scientists have discovered a way to encode messages that could endure as long as the ice itself. The study was Cell Reports Physical Science by Mengjie Song and colleagues at the Beijing Institute of Technology. It presents an entirely new way to store and retrieve information like Morse code or binary.
Elon Musk says he wants to "fix" Grok after the AI disagrees with him

1 week ago | zmescience.com | Mihai Andrei |Zoe Gordon

Mega billionare, former First Buddy, and bullshitter extraordinaire Elon Musk desperately wants AI to agree with him. After seemingly forcing Grok, the AI chatbot behind X, to spew conspiracy theories about white genocide, he now wants the AI to lie once again. It all started with a tweet by Gunther Eagleman, one of the anonymous, far-right accounts that are dominating X nowadays. “JUST ANNOUNCED: Support for the violent Democrat Party has collapsed,” Eagleman tweeted.
The Face of a Ghost: 146,000-Year-Old Skull Finally Reveals What Denisovans Looked Like

1 week ago | zmescience.com | Mihai Andrei |Zoe Gordon

More than a century ago, a skull was pulled from a riverbank in northeastern China. For decades, it sat hidden in a well—forgotten, unknown. The man who found it feared it would fall into the wrong hands during the Japanese occupation. He also hid it from the Chinese Communist authorities. It was only in 2018, on his deathbed, that he revealed its secret. That cranium, nicknamed “Dragon Man,” was hailed as a momentous discovery.
Outdoor physical activity is better than indoor for your brain

1 week ago | zmescience.com | Mihai Andrei

There’s lots of science showing that working out is good for your brain. But there’s far less science comparing outdoor and indoor activity. A new study from researchers at Nottingham Trent University has found that outdoor physical activity significantly enhances cognitive performance in children compared to the same activity done indoors. Even short sessions — just half an hour — led to sharper attention, faster memory recall, and stronger mental control when conducted outside.
The Rise of DIY Mental Health Tech: Can It Really Help with Anxiety?

1 week ago | zmescience.com | Barbara Sahakian |Mihai Andrei

Anxiety disorders are the . But it isn’t always easy to get professional help, with long waiting lists in many countries. Worldwide, only about with anxiety receive treatment.This is due to a number of factors such as lack of resources, including mental health staff, and stigma associated with mental health problems. But if you’re struggling to get help, there are things you could try at home in the meantime – including some novel technologies.
Scientists Detect Light Traversing the Entire Human Head-Opening a Window to the Brain’s Deepest Regions

1 week ago | zmescience.com | Tudor Tarita |Mihai Andrei

For decades, scientists have tried to peer deep inside the human brain using beams of harmless near-infrared light. The technique, called functional near-infrared spectroscopy, or fNIRS, has become a workhorse for neuroscientists. It’s affordable, noninvasive, and portable—qualities that bulky MRI machines lack. But fNIRS has always faced a stubborn wall: it simply can’t see more than a few centimeters below the surface of the skull.
This anti-aging drug extends life as effectively as restricting calories

1 week ago | zmescience.com | Zahida Sultanova |Mihai Andrei

For centuries, humans have searched for ways to extend life. Alchemists never found the philosopher’s stone, but scientists have consistently shown that a longer life can be attained by eating less – at least in certain lab animals. But can we find a way to live longer while still enjoying our food? Compounds that mimic the biological effects of dieting could be the answer, and the two most popular diet-mimicking drugs are rapamycin and metformin.