Naming animals reduces meat preference in preschoolers according to new research
Researchers from SWPS University published a paper in the journal Appetite stating that giving chickens names makes preschoolers choose poultry less often.
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WWT transfers remaining captive birds from Castle Espie site in November
The Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust plans to move its remaining captive birds away from the Castle Espie reserve in County Down starting this November.
Honeybees push wild pollinators away from flowers in UK study
A new study from Anglia Ruskin University shows managed honeybees are outcompeting wild pollinators for food in Cambridgeshire.
Cornell researchers switch graphene magnetic states with electric voltage
Researchers at Cornell University published a study in Nature Nanotechnology on October 14 describing how electric voltage slides graphene layers to change their magnetic properties.
New research links El Niño weather patterns to Great Barrier Reef risks
Researchers at Monash University and the University of Reading published new findings on how El Niño conditions threaten Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
Astronomers find starless hydrogen cloud that may be dark galaxy
Chinese scientists using the FAST radio telescope identified a compact hydrogen cloud without visible stars on October 17, 2026.
NASA Roman Space Telescope image quality exceeds predictions by 30 percent
NASA engineers adjusted the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope to achieve image quality nearly 30 percent better than predicted on October 17, 2026.
European nightjar wings sacrifice speed for hunting agility
Scientists at Lund University discovered that European nightjars trade flight efficiency for agility during their migration between Europe and southern Africa.
Researchers find red-sensitive pigments act as reversible light switches in mantis shrimp eyes
Scientists from ULiège and Humboldt University in Berlin analyzed visual pigments in mantis shrimp and discovered some detect red light.
NASA Webb Telescope finds orderly weather patterns in distant brown dwarf
Researchers at Trinity College Dublin used NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to analyze the atmospheric states of SIMP 0136, a brown dwarf located 20 light-years from Earth, on October 17, 2026.