Research roundup: Six cool science stories we almost missed

Smart underwear measures farts, brain cells play Doom, and AI discovers rules of an ancient game. It’s a regrettable reality that there is never enough time to cover all the interesting scientific stories we come across each month. So every month, we highlight a handful of the best stories…

It’s almost a station wagon: The 2026 Subaru Trailseeker, driven

​Despite the Toyota platform, there’s plenty of Subaru DNA in this one.  A new pair of EV siblings joins the Subaru lineup this year, each using a shared skateboard chassis developed in partnership with Toyota. Compared to the original Solterra and smaller Uncharted, the new Trailseeker bears more Subaru…

The strange animals that control their body heat

Some creatures can dramatically alter their internal temperature and outlast storms, floods and, predators In 1774, British physician-scientist Charles Blagden received an unusual invitation from a fellow physician: to spend time in a small room that was hotter, he wrote, “than it was formerly thought any living creature could…