Sotheby’s auctioning a T-Rex has people worried. Not just because it costs millions, but because money is buying science now. Hype. Wealth. It’s upending how we treat fossils. Like they’re collectibles, not evidence.
Deep time in Mexico
Scientists found a new fossil axolotl species in Mexico. Ambystoma quetzalcotli. First formally identified fossil salamander in the country. Means axolotls aren’t recent immigrants. They’ve been here millions of years. Ancient residents.
Saving the unsaveable
Colossal is teaming up with the US government for an “Endangered Species BioVault”. Sounds noble, right?
Context matters.
The Trump administration is currently trying to weaken the laws meant to keep those same species from dying. A digital ark, maybe. But the ship is being set on fire on purpose.
Nature’s parasites get parasitized
In Borneo, researchers found a “parasite of parasites”. It’s a fungus. It attacks zombie mushrooms, you know, the ones that control ant brains. Layers of manipulation.
Sometimes you just want to escape your jailer, even if the jailer is a mushroom.
Fungi everywhere
We mapped the fungal network. All of it. A global study shows how these threads support plant life and help regulate our climate. It’s under our feet. Always has been. Invisible infrastructure.
Cosmology might be broken
Is the universe uniform? A study of 47 million galaxies suggests maybe not. The cosmic web keeps patterns on massive scales. Pillars of cosmology might need shaking up. Big implications. Big questions.
Shaking Venezuela
Venezuela took a beating from earthquakes. A rare “seismic doublet”. Two quakes, quick succession. Stress moved along a fault line, like pushing a domino effect. Nature’s way of balancing books, violently.
The sock cutters of 2026
Why are soccer players cutting their socks at the 2025/26 World Cup? Looks weird.
It’s not just style. It’s biomechanics, perception, habit. A mix. A hole in a sock feels like freedom. Or better blood flow. Or nothing. They just like it.
The Pluto mystery
Pluto. Titan. Two moons, one puzzle. Something there absorbs light in a way we can’t explain. It’s not in the spectral databases. A new compound? Or a new way of looking at old ones? We don’t know yet.
Remembering Palestine
Palestinians are building a digital archive that can’t be erased. Half a million records. Distributed backups. Cyber resilience. No single border can hold this. No single bomb can erase it.
History is being written in code, not just stone.
Healing nerves with polymers
A startup is using special biodegradable polymers to help nerves heal. After surgery? Yes. After an avocado accident? Also yes. Sometimes science fixes the small things we break ourselves.
The shelf-sitting vaccine
A promising Ebola vaccine has sat on a shelf for 15 years. Developed in 2011. Now, researchers are rushing to test it for the Bundibugyo outbreak in Congo again. Old tools. New emergency. Does it work? Time tells.
Does it work in time?
