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Stable salts unlock alternative to potentially explosive reagents in carbene chemistry
Many useful reactions in chemistry come with a trade-off: the reactive reagents that make them effective can also present practical and safe
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William tells villagers 'holistic' approach is needed to tackle flooding
Prince William visits residents of Skenfrith, Monmouthshire, who have faced four floods in six years.
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Study finds city-level fire data can hide what's happening block by block
A decade of New York City fire data shows that citywide trends can mask sharply different realities on the ground, with some neighborhoods m
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Chimps plunder less pineapple from friends—and expect them to do the same
In recent years, scientists have shown that chimpanzees favor certain peers by picking whom they prefer to groom and selectively sharing foo
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Catalog of mitochondria across life's family tree unearths unusual functions
A research consortium has generated the broadest look yet at the proteins that make up mitochondria, capturing the organelle's diversity acr
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Eye-eating amoeba resists treatment—understanding its biochemistry could help
In water, soil and air all around us lives a free-living, single-celled organism called Acanthamoeba. Most of the time, Acanthamoeba keeps t
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How going digital offers families more than annual adoption letters
Digital technology could transform the way adopted children stay connected with their birth families, according to new research from the Uni
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Elephants imitate each other when they produce deep rumbling sounds
African savannah elephants use a variety of calls to communicate, and now machine learning has shown that they tune their deepest sounds to
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What is helping some Florida wildfires burn hotter, spread faster?
What is helping some Florida wildfires burn hotter and spread farther? A University of Florida study suggests cogongrass, an invasive grass
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Following ancient rain toward life-related chemistry clues on Mars
The Mars we know today is a cold, dry world of dust and rocks. However, around 3.8–3.6 billion years ago, it may have looked very different.
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A cleaner X-ray view of our galactic center's hot mess
The center of the Milky Way galaxy is a chaotic place. In addition to the 4-million-solar-mass black hole known as Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*),
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Exploring the shapes of exotic nuclei
In the conventional diagram of an atom, the center depicts a nucleus—a spherical cluster of protons and neutrons. But that sphere is a simpl
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Citizen science project recruits volunteers to search for undiscovered black holes
Cosmic detectives are being called on for an interstellar mission to hunt down thousands of invisible black holes lurking in our own backyar
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Chameleon embryos reveal early developmental feature once thought unique to mammals
Before most women know they're pregnant, an embryo has already begun organizing itself into the structures that will shape a developing body
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Placenta wrap hastens erection recovery after prostate surgery
Dried amniotic membranes from donated placentas can be wrapped around delicate nerves during prostate cancer surgery to hasten the time to a
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This giant stick insect fooled scientists for decades
Scientists have identified two new species of large Australian stick insects, including one that lays extraordinary “lidded” eggs never befo
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New “plant armor” more than triples strawberry yields
A new protective fabric boosted strawberry yields by as much as 3.56 times while blocking insects and still allowing sunlight, rain, and air
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Many Australians are happy in love—but will it stay this way?
On average, Australians seem quite happy in their relationships.
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Device detects 'Devil's Breath' in beverages in just 10 minutes
Assault facilitated by drugs such as scopolamine (popularly known as Devil's Breath) is a serious public health and forensic concern. This d
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Bluetongue restriction zone to be expanded across all of Scotland
The Scottish government said the decision will simplify trading for farmers, hauliers, and auction markets.
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Young Australians are the only age group whose thinking scores are falling
Something is happening to 15- to 24-year-olds.
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Letting light wander through milk—a surprising approach to better imaging
Light scattered in tissue usually ceases to be a useful source of information. But what if, instead of forcing it to travel along a single p
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This new qubit could be 100 times less error-prone in superfluid quantum computer breakthrough
A proposed qubit made with superfluid helium could cut quantum computing error rates by around 100 times by shielding quantum information fr
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The best popular-science books of October 2026
With a new book from the late primatologist Frans de Waal and a deep dive into artificial intelligence from New York Times tech columnist Ke
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