SCIENCE
Fish-based pet food may expose cats and dogs to forever chemicals
- By Mainedigitalnews.com
- . February 22, 2026
Some pet foods contain potentially harmful PFAS chemicals Cris Cantón/Getty Images Many pet foods – especially those based on fish – have levels of so-called
More dog breeds found to have high risk of breathing condition
- By Mainedigitalnews.com
- . February 19, 2026
Pekingese (left) and Japanese chin (right) dogs have a high risk of breathing problems Michael Schultze, KATAMOUNT/Alamy Dog owners are being warned to be cautious
Intermittent fasting probably doesn’t help with weight loss
- By Mainedigitalnews.com
- . February 16, 2026
There may be no need to go hungry – intermittent fasting doesn’t cause weight loss anyway Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images Intermittent fasting appears to be
RNA strand that can almost self-replicate may be key to life’s origins
- By Mainedigitalnews.com
- . February 13, 2026
Artist’s depiction of QT45 (based on AlphaFold3 prediction) overlayed on a microscopy image of the frozen environment that aids RNA replication Elfy Chiang, microscopy image
Gravitational wave signal proves Einstein was right about relativity
- By Mainedigitalnews.com
- . February 10, 2026
Artist’s impression of a black hole collision that produced GW250114 A. Simonnet/Sonoma State University; LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Collaboration; University of Rhode Island The loudest collision ever recorded
Weakening ice shelf has caused crucial Antarctic glacier to accelerate
- By Mainedigitalnews.com
- . February 7, 2026
Giant icebergs have been breaking off the edge of Pine Island ice shelf NASA/Brooke Medley A large and fast-melting glacier in West Antarctica has sped
Dutch air force reads pilots’ brainwaves to make training harder
- By Mainedigitalnews.com
- . February 4, 2026
Royal Netherlands Air Force pilots tested brain-reading technology in a simulator Alireza Boeini/Alamy Fighter pilots in training are having their brainwaves read by AI as
Can we genetically improve humans using George Church’s famous list?
- By Mainedigitalnews.com
- . February 1, 2026
Biologist George Church maintains a list of potentially beneficial gene variants DON EMMERT/AFP via Getty Images “Why should only the tall have access to tall
The Epstein-Berr virus infects most of us – but why do only some get very ill?
- By Mainedigitalnews.com
- . January 29, 2026
Epstein-Barr virus is a very common infection, but that doesn’t make it harmless Science History Images/Alamy About 1 in 10 people carry genetic variants that
Bone cancer therapy unexpectedly makes tumours less painful
- By Mainedigitalnews.com
- . January 26, 2026
An artist’s impression of nanomedicine in action ALFRED PASIEKA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Cancer that spreads to bones can be deadly, and it also tends to be