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'Wartime situation': Tornado ravages French village
A tornado of rare intensity devastated a village in southern France, causing widespread destruction and leaving residents in shock Tuesday,
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Rare medieval manuscript fragments reveal Guernsey's lost literary history
Seventeen medieval manuscript fragments have been identified in Guernsey with support from Kent manuscript expert Dr. David Rundle, offering
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Satellite analysis tracks carbon cost of coastal erosion
From Texas to Maine, coastal wetlands and marshes are releasing more than 1.45 billion pounds (660,000 metric tons) of carbon into the ocean
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New gallery of galaxies from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory released
Galaxies are like cosmic gems, each with characteristics including size and shape that make them distinct. A new gallery released today from
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A lush knee-high jungle grows in the Arctic, but warming is changing Earth's mini-greenhouse
With no tall trees reaching to the sky, Alaska's North Slope tundra can look desolate—especially to outsiders from the Lower 48 who are used
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Exact calculations sharpen view of atomic nuclei
Every high-energy nuclear collision leaves behind a trail of clues about the structure of atomic nuclei. Deciphering those clues, however, d
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Can laws make social media safer for young people?
From TikTok bans and age verification requirements to media literacy lessons in schools, U.S. states are exploring a wide range of strategie
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Chemical physicists quantitatively model electron interactions in real quantum materials
A team of scientists from Caltech and Yale University has shown for the first time how to accurately quantify an important quantum phenomeno
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Companies, regulators and stakeholders shape sustainability reporting, says researcher
Sustainability reporting is shaped by the social, economic and political environment in which companies operate. New research shows how corp
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Genetic evidence reveals how goosegrass colonized a newly formed volcanic island
Opportunities to directly observe how life colonizes newly formed land and how ecosystems subsequently develop are exceedingly rare. In a st
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Expert pieces together puzzle from fragments of 1,600-year-old Roman text
A Roman law expert at the University of Cincinnati edited and translated a Latin legal text he pieced together from fragments that surprisin
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The real reasons you procrastinate—and how to stop, according to science
Faced with a task or project, do you repeatedly tell yourself that you'll do it "tomorrow," "soon" or "after watching just a few more videos
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Listening for extinction: Study finds areas of critical concern for northern spotted owls
Northern spotted owl populations are approaching or have already crossed functional extinction across large areas of the Pacific Northwest,
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Egypt's deserts were once home to a diverse shark community
During the Late Cretaceous period, parts of Egypt were covered in water. A new study, published in the journal Cretaceous Research, describe
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How people treat you may shape your reputation and stabilize cooperation
When one person helps, or refuses to help, another in public, this may change not only the provider's reputation but also the recipient's. A
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Brazilians are MacGyver-ing their way around traditional markets
Life hacks are everywhere on social media—people reuse everyday materials and objects to create ingenious solutions to common problems and n
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Climate change may halve omega‑3 fatty acids in fish and the organisms they eat
You've probably heard that eating fish and other seafood is good for your health. One of the main reasons is that seafood is an excellent so
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Nanoscale hairs may help gecko skin trap moisture and slow evaporation
In a dry shrubland, a gecko sprints toward shelter. Its greatest danger is not a predator, although hawks circle overhead and sand cats wait
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A tiny drop of water is all that's needed to find threatened frogs
New James Cook University research has used highly sensitive environmental DNA (e-DNA) techniques to find two species of threatened frogs in
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Chatbots are making our writing more similar but losing the identity and personality behind it
Large language models (LLMs) are making writing styles more similar without changing the overall meaning, according to an analysis of more t
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Left‑handed people tend to be left‑leaning voters
Political preferences are generally explained by income, age and level of education. However, our research suggests that a far more unexpect
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Families bear hidden costs of finding safety
Led by La Trobe University, the research sheds light on a largely overlooked question in response to family violence: What does it cost fami
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Young golden eagles leave their parents' territory late
When a young golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) finally leaves its parents' territory, it leaves behind the only safety net it has ever known.
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The hidden physics behind the shape of rose thorns
Roses are known for their thorns, the sharp structures that can sting and prickle the skin. Thorns, botanically known as prickles, are thoug
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