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Science Connected Magazine is an editorially independent, non-profit newsroom producing open-access science journalism and ...

Flying insects seem magnetized by light, but why? New research uncovers the dorsal-light-response mechanism behind this phenomenon.

Cattle were first domesticated around 10,500 years ago, but today there are no wild cows. Why not, and what was the last wild ancestor of cattle? By Kate Stone Cattle are the most common type of large ...

Grief hurts. Losing a friend, partner, or family member is hard and can cause emotional distress. New research suggests that this loss may make cancerous tumors worse. By Pernille Bülow Can close, ...

What is the environmental paw print of pet food? Larger than you may think! It takes an area twice the size of the UK to produce dry food for cats and dogs. By Neha Jain Much has been debated about ...

A single plastic bottle can take up to 450 years to degrade. Today, we know the impact littering has on our environment and human health. With access to the Internet and social media platforms, we ...

Old fishing photos led to a citizen science project called FISHstory. Researchers hope it can teach about the health of fish populations.

Do mummies decompose? Why or why not? Find out how mummification works, and what happens to a human body when it doesn’t work so well. By Shayna Keyles As long as life has existed, so has death—and ...

Blubber thickness of Yangtze finless porpoises changes with water temperature and varies across the marine mammal's body regions.