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Expert Comment: More extreme weather is coming—AI may help us to better prepare for it
As of August 2026, the world is bracing for what forecasters describe as one of the strongest El Niño events on record. The U.S. National Oc
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Reconstructed Jurassic insect calls evoke a 165-million-year-old forest soundscape
The sights and sounds of the Jurassic era are long gone, and we will never know for sure what that ancient world looked and sounded like. Fo
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Looking into the eyes of gibbons: New noninvasive eye-tracking study features these little-studied apes
When you look at someone, you usually look at their face. It serves as one of the most important sources of social information in primates,
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Gambling branding dominates Premier League YouTube highlights, new study finds
New research from the University of Nottingham has found that gambling brands were visible in 32% of Premier League soccer highlight footage
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Human activity is pushing lakes beyond their natural carbon limits
Lakes play an important role in capturing and storing carbon, which accumulates in their sediments. But the amounts they can absorb have var
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Researchers develop hydrogels to create a programmable niche for blood stem cells
A research team from Tel Aviv University and the Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden (IPF), led by Ayala Lampel and Carsten Werner
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Narrow ultrasonic beam enables stable 3D levitation six times farther than before
Scientists have developed a new acoustic levitation technique using an ultrasonic beam capable of levitating and moving small objects in mid
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CanopyFit maps urban tree sites with greatest cooling potential
UBC researchers and municipal partners have developed a modeling tool to help cities adapt to rising temperatures by mapping where new trees
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Tax break 'megadeals' spurred innovation in local communities
When cities, counties or states provide corporations with big tax breaks to lure factories, corporate headquarters and other facilities, the
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Why some lava-covered exoplanets retain atmospheres for billions of years
Stanford researchers have offered an explanation for why some sizzling, lava-covered worlds nestled tightly around their stars can retain th
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Tangled plastic and fishing gear found in pilot whales stranded in Hawaii
A new study by University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa researchers shows that nearly 23% of short-finned pilot whales that stranded over 13 years in
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No sick days? How remote work is changing the way we work when ill
Working from home and digital technology may be making it easier for employees to work while ill and blurring the boundaries between work an
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Nanoparticles induce neuroregeneration in Alzheimer's disease models
The adult human brain has limited capacity to repair or regenerate neurons lost to Alzheimer's disease, the most common type of dementia. Ex
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One molecule, one photon: Entanglement makes an imperceptible recoil measurable
For decades, light has been used to understand the molecular structures of matter. A sample is irradiated with light, and measurements deter
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Bat DNA adaptations may connect virus defense, longevity and cancer resistance
Bats are anomalies in the mammalian world—they fly, have long lifespans and rarely get cancer. Scientists now suspect the bat immune system
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Sharpening an essential tool for biotechnology
Scientists at the Department of Energy (DOE)'s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have shown that more than 93% of possible E. coli CRISPR
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AI robot trains teachers to handle heated issues
Researchers at La Trobe University are using a robot driven by artificial intelligence (AI) to better prepare teachers to deal with challeng
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High magnetic fields revive superconductivity in nickelates
Scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS), in collaboration with Los Alamos National Laboratory in the United States, have
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Comet 220P McNaught puts on an encore performance
It has been a busy month for astronomy. In the midst of an eclipse season bookended by the total solar eclipse on Aug. 12 and the deep parti
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LLM-based platform for generating new materials synthesis recipes dramatically cuts trial and error
A research team led by Professor Sung Beom Cho of the School of Advanced Materials Science and Engineering at Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU)
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Too hot to incubate: Nile crocodiles hatch on their own in French reserve
France's heat waves have produced an unusual outcome at a wildlife park, where 10 Nile crocodiles hatched without human assistance for the f
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Parents are increasingly abusive toward teachers and principals. How can schools respond?
Some private schools have begun asking parents to sign a code of conduct to try to stop abusive behavior toward teachers.
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A field guide for the Wild West of AI-assisted environmental science
Researchers at UC Santa Barbara's National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) are blazing a trail through the Wild West of
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Dogs may use blinking as a subtle social signal
Blinking keeps eyes moist, sweeps away bits of dirt and dust, and helps the brain rest when processing visual information. But in dogs, it m
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