From Science Magazine. Most people can tell whether meat has turned rotten—the smell gives it away. But octopuses don’t have noses. However, a 2025 study published in Cell revealed the animals can use a set of “taste” sensors on their sucker cups to avoid eating dangerous meals, just as humans reject an off-smelling dish. Specific…

From Science Magazine. More than half of canines trained to help people with disabilities fail to graduate. Can science help? Online News Editor David Grimm and Multimedia Managing Producer Kevin McLean discuss how scientists at Canine Companions in Santa Rosa, California, are using behavioral research to improve service dog success. Learn more: https://scim.ag/4vdbqTX CREDITS: (FOOTAGE…

From Science Magazine. Using an innovative “digital fossil-mining” approach, researchers in Science uncovered hundreds of previously hidden fossil squid beaks, revealing a record that squids originated and became ecologically dominant roughly 100 million years ago—well before the end-Cretaceous extinction. Learn more: https://scim.ag/4m24t3Z FOOTAGE CREDIT: IKEGAMI ET AL./SCIENCE #Fossils #Science #ScienceShorts

From Science Magazine. Deer running toward an oncoming golf cart with experimental headlights show widely variable responses depending on individual personalities and experiences. Even so, they’re less likely to notice and react to LED headlights compared with halogens—leading drivers to slam on the brakes to prevent head-on collisions with deer who ignore the danger. Learn…

From Science Magazine. Even when we can see the Sun’s corona through a telescope, air turbulence in Earth’s atmosphere blurs our view of it, making it hard to discern fine details. In 2025, researchers removed this blur, producing the clearest images and videos to date of the Sun’s atmosphere. Learn more: https://scim.ag/4bVwoxM FOOTAGE CREDIT: SCHMIDT…

From Science Magazine. An unlikely new contributor has entered the ranks of theoretical physics: ChatGPT. Michael Greshko, Science’s associate online news editor, explains. Learn more: https://scim.ag/4s3UI6M CREDITS: (IMAGE) BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY; (VIDEO PRODUCTION) K. MCLEAN/SCIENCE #Physics #Science #ScienceShorts

From Science Magazine. One flock of cockatoos has learned how to operate human drinking fountains, performing a complex series of twists and holds to release the water into their mouths. The behavior—not seen in any other bird—has been so successful, it appears to be spreading among western Sydney’s cockatoo population, researchers report. Learn more: https://scim.ag/4uTkU6u…

From Science Magazine. Thousands buried in a 17th century Italian crypt reveal the lives of the working poor. Learn more: https://scim.ag/3PycotF CREDITS: (VIDEO PRODUCTION) M. CANTWELL/SCIENCE; (ILLUSTRATIONS) N. BURGESS/SCIENCE; (IMAGES) ARCHEOSFERA; IRCCS FOUNDATION CA’ GRANDA HOSPITAL MAGGIORE POLYCLINICLABANOF; L. BIEHLER-GOMEZ ET AL/ARCHAEOMETRY, 64:2 (2022) #Archaeology #Science #ScienceShorts

From Science Magazine. This seal may look like it’s watching the latest sci-fi epic, but it’s actually playing a high-tech simulation—one that’s shining new light on how the marine mammals navigate their murky underwater world. Learn more: https://scim.ag/4rZWJAY FOOTAGE CREDIT: SANDOW ET AL./JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY #Seals #Science #ScienceShorts

From Science Magazine. Two new treatments for gonorrhea showed their mettle in large clinical trials in 2025, and both have been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. CREDITS: (IMAGES) NIAID; RICHARD J. GREEN/SCIENCE SOURCE; SCIENCE; PHOTO LIBRARY/SCIENCE SOURCE; (VIDEO PRODUCTION) M. CANTWELL/SCIENCE #Health #Science #ScienceShorts *This video has been re-uploaded to correct a…

From Science Magazine. A tower made of worms might seem like something out of a horror movie, but it’s the real deal. Last year, scientists for the first time filmed microscopic worms called nematodes in the wild as they glommed together and formed large wriggling masses, they reported in Current Biology. FOOTAGE CREDIT: PEREZ ET…

From Science Magazine. Mussels have strong filaments called byssal threads to help them stick to rocky surfaces with surprising strength, to withstand the crashing waves. When needed, the bivalves can also release these threads with seemingly little effort. Deeper investigation and imaging revealed that friction between cilia in the living tissue and the nonliving byssal…

From Science Magazine. Despite decades of solar astronomy, neither robotic nor human eyes had ever seen the Sun’s polar regions. That is, until March 2025, when the Solar Orbiter took the first clear pictures of the Sun’s south pole from an angle of 15° below the solar equator. From that angle, the orbiter’s three instruments…

From Science Magazine. For decades, particle physicists have longed for something—anything—their prevailing theory, the standard model, cannot explain. Last June, perhaps the most tantalizing sign of a new mystery vanished when a long-running experiment reported that, contrary to its earlier claims, a particle called the muon was not more magnetic than the standard model predicts.…

From Science Magazine. When an octopus injures an arm, the appendage can split in two, giving the cephalopod an extra limb. But it’s long been unclear just how functional this ninth arm is, or how octopuses gradually accustom themselves to reusing the arm. In 2025, the first long-term observation of one of the animals in…

From Science Magazine. The honey bee waggle dance communicates information about resource location from a foraging worker to nestmates. Research in Science shows that this complex dance is, in part, learned by young bees as they observe more experienced bees. Learn more: https://scim.ag/40qMQkk CREDITS: (FOOTAGE) ERIC NERI; (MUSIC) PODINGTON BEAR; (VIDEO PRODUCTION) K. MCLEAN/SCIENCE #Bees…

From Science Magazine. Bumble bees may look clumsy and goofy hovering above a flower, but don’t be deceived: They’re among the hot rods of the insect world and able to fly 22 kilometers per hour. Even while hovering, their powerful wing muscles generate a lot of heat. Like any high-performance vehicle, the bees have ways…

From Science Magazine. When Google DeepMind unveiled its protein-structure predictor AlphaFold2 in 2020, it upended expectations for what AI could accomplish in science. Few imagined that general-purpose large language models (LLMs), trained on trillions of words and optimized simply to regurgitate humanlike text, might follow suit. That view is now shifting—tectonically—as LLMs scale up. Last…

From Science Magazine. “Drumming” allows chimpanzees to communicate across long distances. Last year, two studies showed the animals also drum to a distinct beat, which varies across chimp societies. The research suggests chimpanzees can learn and develop different rhythms, suggesting this musical ability may have evolved in our shared common ancestor. Read more: https://scim.ag/47q5EE1 FOOTAGE…

From Science Magazine. Personal care products such as lotion and perfume can repress the human oxidation field—a beneficial chemical microenvironment formed around the body’s surface that helps protect it from volatile organic compounds (VOCs)—Science Advances research finds. The oxidation field consists of hydroxyl radicals, which effectively neutralize VOCs. The work involving four participants identified ingredients…

From Science Magazine. Despite their reputation as nature’s buzziest pollinators, the vast majority of bee species spend most of their lives underground. Thanks to a hospital CT scanner, researchers have revealed insights into how these insects build their subterranean lairs. The method could help scientists learn more about how bees contribute to healthy soil and…