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Paternal care varies widely across the animal kingdom, but in spiders, it’s vanishingly rare. Good thing this eight-legged familiar face isn’t a spider. A new study investigated the parental (and specifically, paternal) care habits of the harvestmen, an arachnid that looks a lot like a spider…but isn’t. The researchers were able to study the potential evolutionary relationships of these behaviors thanks to tens of thousands of photos gathered by everyday people who upload their flora and fauna f

The Ig Nobels are an annual ritual in recognizing the world’s weirdest, funniest, and most improbable science. The research recognized is not required to have taken place in the prize-giving year. Instead, it represents the sheer breadth of how science can not only make us laugh…but can also make us think. Other than the three we cover in this video, the Ig Nobel Prizes this year included: - Medicine: For the 1977 study ‘How to Blow the Nose - An Aerodynamic Study of the Nose Blowing’ - Physics:

A new paper, published on the 27th of August, reconstructed 1000 years of sea surface temperatures using information stored in coral skeletons from the Galápagos islands. The resulting data indicates that strong El Niño events are happening more often as the planet heats up because of human-caused climate change. Climate correspondent Simon Clark breaks down what an El Niño is, and what effects we might experience now that this year’s cycle is set to be the most extreme on record. - Presented

Ever wondered what’s going on inside the head of a female frog when she’s trying to find a mate? Turns out, it might be a bit like standing in the middle of an overwhelming grocery store aisle and forgetting what you came in for… - Produced & Presented by @Maren Hunsberger - Photos and Research Footage from Jessie Tanner - Additional frog trilling footage from University of Mississippi Field Station (2016) - Stock Footage from Getty Images / American Wildlife / Carlos Gonzalez - Stock Music fro

Can you imagine only getting 15-20 minutes of sleep at a time? That’s what sperm whales do, and now—after 14 years of study—researchers may finally understand why these elusive cetaceans blow bubbles while they sleep. - Written & Presented by Dhruv Shenai - Produced & Edited by @Maren Hunsberger - Research footage courtesy of Patrick Dystra - Animation courtesy of Patrick Miller - Stock Footage from Getty Images / VIDEODIVE / stilllifephotographer / Herve Berthou / Periscope Films LLC Archive /

A total solar eclipse will be experienced by those in parts of Iceland, Spain and Portugal on Wednesday August, 12th, 2026. Here’s how to witness the historic event without damaging your retinas. - Written & Presented by Lizzie Gibney - Produced by @Maren Hunsberger - Data visualization by Lucky Tran - Motion graphic by Dan Fox - Stock footage from Getty Images / AFP / Spectee / Boston Globe - Visualization of eclipse from NASA - Stock music from Triple Scoop / Rob McAllister - Supervising Prod

Many advances in bioengineering over the past several decades have been accompanied by an inherent dual-use dilemma: the same technology capable of tremendous benefit can also be repurposed for harm. A recent example that has drawn considerable attention is the first successful creation of a functional, AI-designed viral genome. Intended for potential therapeutic uses in the face of antimicrobial resistant bacterial infections, this advancement has prompted both enthusiasm and concern, especiall

Everything you need to know about the cyclosporiasis outbreak currently affecting several US states. While cases have been reported in 47 states so far, the majority of cases are centered in Michigan. Other heavily affected states include Ohio, Missouri, Indiana, Kentucky, Kansas, and Oklahoma. Taylor Farms has been identified as the most likely source of the initial outbreak, and has recalled all of its iceberg lettuce products sourced from central Mexico. However the FDA is also investigating

Colossal Biosciences says its artificial egg has de-extinction potential, but many scientists challenge this claim. Instead, their synthetic incubation technology may be able to fulfill a far more useful purpose. - Written & Hosted by Tosin Thompson - Edited by Stephanie Castillo - Produced by Maren Hunsberger - Research footage from Colossal Bioscience - Research Images from Japan Poultry Science Association - Public Domain assets courtesy of ABC News / The Wildlife Society / CBS News / Time

First observed by these researchers in 2024 and again in 2025, this ramming behavior is something that has never been documented before. While researchers are still unsure what exactly is driving this behavior, they say “Our observations expand the known repertoire of orca predatory strategies on molids [sunfish] and suggest a complex, potentially socially learned behavior that may serve both foraging and parental functions”. - Written, Hosted, & Produced by @Maren Hunsberger - Research footag

A surprising archive of ancient DNA could come in the form of…preserved poop. A new discovery of ancient ground squirrel burrows has given scientists a brand new way to explore the genetic landscape of epochs past. - Produced & Hosted by Shamini Bundell - Edited & Co-produced by @Maren Hunsberger - Research and fieldwork footage and stills by The Hakai Institute, Duane Froese and Scott Crocker - Artwork by Julius Csotonyi - Stock images from Getty Images / mikroman6 / Timacoch / NSA Digital Ar

What happens when one of medicine's greatest tools stops working? A scraped knee, childbirth, routine surgery, chemo—surviving any of these depends on being able to stop an infection before it spreads, and that ability is slipping away at an alarming rate as our antibiotics stop working. Drug-resistant infections are already linked to over 5 million deaths a year, and by 2050 that number could climb past 8 million. Because bacteria are evolving. Every dose of antibiotics we use—in hospitals, on