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Popular sweeteners may leave effects that last for generations
Two widely used zero-calorie sweeteners, sucralose and stevia, may have effects that linger far longer than the sweet taste itself. In mice,
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Why innovative 'bio‑materials' are still more sci‑fi than fashion revolution
Walk around any major fashion exhibition and you might get the impression that biofabricated materials are about to transform fashion. Grown
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UK and Ireland face greatest risk from rare tropical cyclones reaching Europe
Europe is no stranger to powerful windstorms, but some storms capable of causing serious damage have an unusual origin. Tropical cyclones ca
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Flexible nanopores shed new light on Parkinson's and ALS
In a promising milestone for nanotechnology, Constructor University has contributed to a study demonstrating self-assembling nanopores capab
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Why the image of 'clean and green' is no longer enough for Australian agriculture exports
Australia's agricultural exports have long traded on a simple label: clean and green.
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Scientists discover two superconducting states hiding as one
Scientists have uncovered hidden complexity inside two ultrathin superconductors that seemed much simpler than they really are. Niobium dise
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Physicists take Hall effect in a new direction
Carnegie Mellon University scientists have uncovered a new phenomenon that challenges a longstanding assumption about how electronic materia
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Coral recovery time cut short by warming oceans
Given enough time, coral reefs can recover from cyclones, bleaching and other destructive events. But a new report released today suggests t
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AI streamlines search for new ceramics that generate electricity
A tedious process of trial and error is normally required to discover ceramic materials that generate electricity under mechanical stress. K
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Americans are more likely to support religious exemption requests that align with their political beliefs
The United States Constitution protects the free exercise of religion, meaning that religious exemptions can sometimes be granted if a law i
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Scientists challenge a 70-year-old “lizard brain” myth
A long-standing picture of brain evolution as newer, rational layers stacked on top of an ancient “lizard brain” may be deeply misleading. R
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The mystery of a well-traveled kissing bug
On an August morning last year, an American couple soon to embark on a European river cruise awoke in a luxury hotel in Lisbon.
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Fossil feet may be misleading scientists about human evolution
Wild monkeys in West Africa can climb vertical tree trunks using foot flexibility scientists did not realize they possessed. The discovery c
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The paper that predicted the office apocalypse
When an early draft of "Work from Home and the Office Real Estate Apocalypse," co-authored by Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh, the Earle W. Kazis and
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Physicists finally put Feynman's path integral to the test
For nearly 80 years, physicists have relied on a thought experiment created by Richard Feynman to predict how quantum particles behave. For
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Black fungus thriving in the midst of Ireland's whiskey boom
Irish whiskey is one of Ireland's great export success stories. Exports were worth more than €930 million in 2025, with the country's much-l
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JWST may solve a 20-year mystery behind a rule-breaking gamma-ray burst
Astronomers may have finally solved the mystery behind a nearly two-decade-old cosmic explosion that seemed to break the rules of physics. T
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What happens next with bird flu? An expert explains why monitoring matters
The lethal H5N1 strain of avian influenza is rapidly spreading along the coast of southern Australia, where it has killed thousands of wild
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Family fear for missing hydropower worker after Nepal flood
Jit Bahadur Chaudhary was working at the hydropower site when the flood hit on Wednesday.
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Is history a school subject in crisis?
History educators around the world have expressed concerns about declining history enrollments in schools and universities over the past few
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Space junk punched a new hole in the moon. It’s not ours to abuse | Moriba Jah
The space industry treats the sky as a place to dump what it no longer wants. We must develop a new model of accountabilityOn 5 August, a pi
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NASA’s Roman Space Telescope launches to reveal the Universe’s darkest secrets
NASA’s Roman Space Telescope has launched on a million mile journey to L2, where it will scan huge portions of the cosmos for clues about da
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Not tiger, not wolf: Australian thylacine skull reveals a far different hunting style
A new study led by Flinders University has flipped the historical narrative about Australia's thylacine, finding the native apex predator kn
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Grand Canyon flash flood leaves one dead, around 15 missing
At least one person was killed and about 15 others were missing after a flash flood at the Grand Canyon, one of the most popular tourist sit
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