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Month: February 2026

Ecology

The wonders of daisies: The buffet we walk on

February 28, 2026 Phys Org

A yellow disk with rays of white—an icon of childhood drawings and a flower with healing properties. We have picnics on it, play football on it and make daisy chains out of it.This article was […]

Ecology

Svalbard polar bears gained fat despite rapid Barents Sea ice loss

February 28, 2026 Phys Org

Their icy hunting grounds are rapidly shrinking, but polar bears in Norway’s remote Svalbard archipelago have defied the odds by bulking up instead of wasting away, a study said Thursday.This article was originally published on […]

Computers

Don’t panic: ‘Humanity’s last exam’ has begun

February 28, 2026 Tech Xplore

When artificial intelligence systems began acing long-standing academic assessments, researchers realized they had a problem: the tests were too easy. Popular evaluations, such as the Massive Multitask Language Understanding (MMLU) exam, once considered formidable, are […]

Education

Q&A: Online degrees viewed more positively post-pandemic, research finds

February 28, 2026 Phys Org

COVID-19 made remote work and remote learning a new norm for employees and students. But even as many have returned to offices and schools, one of the pandemic’s quieter legacies is influencing both the workplace […]

Ecology

Global review finds human noise disrupts birds and cuts breeding success

February 28, 2026 Phys Org

Noise pollution is affecting bird behavior across the globe, disrupting everything from courtship songs to the ability to find food and avoid predators, a large-scale new analysis showed on Wednesday.This article was originally published on […]

Ecology

Roadkill research offers ethical alternative to live capture in some wildlife studies

February 28, 2026 Phys Org

Hundreds of millions of animals are killed on our roads each year. Now, scientists have revealed how these deaths could play an unexpected role advancing wildlife science and conservation.This article was originally published on this […]

Education

Q&A: Researchers discuss potential solutions for the feedback loop affecting scientific publishing

February 28, 2026 Phys Org

Scientists share their work by publishing articles in journals, such as Nature, Science or PLOS Biology. One major part of the publishing process involves having these manuscripts reviewed by unpaid peers. These scientists specialize in […]

Ecology

Female Daubenton’s bats share scarce feeding grounds at the edge of their range, study finds

February 27, 2026 Phys Org

At newly colonized high-elevation sites in the central Italian Apennines, female Daubenton’s bats take turns using the same hunting spots instead of feeding side by side. A study published by a research team from the […]

Math

Putting sports stats to the test: Unpredictable play helps pick a winner in soccer

February 27, 2026 Phys Org

A comprehensive game plan and strategic tactics are critical to winning soccer, but how much does a team’s unpredictability in moving the soccer ball around the pitch matter? In a new article published in PLOS […]

Education

Assessment tool LLMentor supports lecturers in providing feedback on academic texts

February 27, 2026 Phys Org

Academic writing is one of the skills that students find most difficult to learn on the side. Particularly in bachelor’s programs, precise and specific feedback is needed to turn initial drafts into robust exposés for […]

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