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2,200-year-old Roman shipwreck reveals ancient waterproofing secrets
Scientists analyzing a 2,200-year-old Roman shipwreck found that its hull was coated with pine tar and, in one area, a…
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What a record-breaking El Niño could mean for the world
This year's El Niño is on track to be the strongest on record, threatening to unleash extreme weather across the globe…
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When Terrorists Become the Heroes to Young Americans
Russian literature scholar Gary Saul Morson on how revolutionary violence became fashionable in pre–Soviet Russia, and…
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Alice Roberts: ‘By the time I’d finished Richard Dawkins I’d left faith behind’
The TV presenter and author on the evolutionary biologists who inspired her, the genius of George Eliot – and fun with…
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Seeing the unseen: A new tool visualizes hidden structures in complex biological data
Modern biology research can now generate valuable data on an unprecedented scale. But there is one major obstacle:…
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Meet the scientists 3D printing corneas to restore people's vision, potentially filling a worldwide shortage of transplantable tissue
New 3D-printed corneal implants could help make up for the shortage of donor corneas available for transplant…
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UAE turns desert sand into eco-friendly bricks using nearly half the cement
In a groundbreaking study, researchers have engineered eco-friendly bricks using desert sand and various industrial…
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Sentinel-1 captures major ice loss from Greenland glacier
Europe’s Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission has captured a dramatic change at Petermann Glacier in northwest Greenland,…
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How long could we possibly live? A new estimate is mind-boggling
Biogerontologists are exploring the upper limit for human life. A recent study has it verging on two centuries – but…
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Scientists uncover how cats identify each other by urine scent
They found that combinations and proportions of certain branched-chain fatty acids form unique odour marks.
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‘Smart’ gel turns solid to liquid with UV light: How does it work?
Scientists at the University of Birmingham have developed a multi-responsive smart gel that can switch between…
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US scientists are building a $12m 'digital brain' for drones inspired by insects
At Penn State, a research team is pioneering advanced drone decision-making systems modeled after insect neural…
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Fire at Shizuoka shipyard leaves one dead, nine sent to hospital
A fire broke out on a ship under construction by Kanasashi Heavy Industries while several people were working inside.
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e-DNA testing to be used at Türkiye’s 86,000-year-old cave
Researchers will use e-DNA analysis during the 2026 excavation season at Çanakkale's 86,000-year-old İnkaya Cave to…
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Neurologist with MAHA ties to lead NIH’s child health institute
Appointment of John Gaitanis increases concern that scientific qualifications are no longer driving leadership picks
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Experts battling extinctions after record heat
Scientists are studying the plight of six species of butterfly and plant affected by the heatwaves.
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A strange new quantum droplet can hold itself together
Two very different types of quantum particles may be able to form stable droplets that hold themselves together,…
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Hidden magnetism inside atoms may explain mysterious gamma rays
For decades, scientists have puzzled over why certain atomic nuclei unexpectedly produce large numbers of low-energy…
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Europe’s Scorching Summer
A series of heat waves in 2026 is breaking records and taking a toll in Europe.
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Swiss village lives in the shadow of an unstable mountain
Kandersteg, a picturesque Swiss Alpine village, sits beneath the unstable Spitze Stei rock formation, which could…
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A lost mega-cliff may explain the Grand Canyon’s missing billion years
A colossal cliff system created as the supercontinent Rodinia broke apart may have exposed the heart of the Grand…
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Global access to food crops is affected by transport costs and economic inequality
Producing enough food is only one part of ensuring global food security. A new study shows that transport networks and…
Read at source →Deadly tick-borne virus gains ground in Europe as climate warms
Kosovo shows how surveillance can uncover hidden circulation—and help countries prepare before human cases appear
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Fifty shades of … what? The absurd quest to name colours
A brief history of how lexicographers, scientists and industry giants have struggled to pin down the rainbow.
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Century-old physics idea explains why cubic fluid equations work
The Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology (KICT) has developed a new cubic equation of state…
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“One-in-a-million” sea creature fossil preserves soft tissue for 450 million years
Scientists have identified exceptionally rare soft tissue preserved in a 450-million-year-old crinoid fossil, more than…
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Trump Announces a New Policy for a ‘Golden Age of Space Transportation’
The policy aims to greatly increase the number of spacecraft launches and re-entries.
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Scientists discover how gut bacteria “train” the intestine to fight inflammation
A compound made when gut bacteria break down dietary fiber may do more than briefly calm inflammation—it could leave a…
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Dave Bautista to play Kratos in 'God of War' series
"Dune" and "Guardians of the Galaxy" actor Dave Bautista is to replace injured actor Ryan Hurst as Kratos in Prime…
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Sleuth identifies dozens of studies that used the wrong antibody
Nature, Published online: 21 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02352-4 The case is the latest example of a scientific…
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Briefing Chat: New narcolepsy drug could unlock host of novel brain therapies
Nature, Published online: 21 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02626-x Nature staff discuss how an FDA-approved drug…
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Earth-shaking thunder probes underground geology
Nature, Published online: 21 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02596-0 Seismologists measured the varying speeds of a…
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Scarce emergence of new species drove the decline of African megaherbivores, study suggests
A study by the National Museum of Natural Sciences (MNCN-CSIC), the National Research Center on Human Evolution…
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NASA calls off mission to save Swift telescope, which will plunge into Earth's atmosphere and burn
NASA is calling off a mission to save the Swift telescope, which is set to plunge into Earth's atmosphere and burn up…
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Thinner lenses, brighter colors: Metalens research clears two hurdles for AR and VR glasses
AR and VR glasses once seen only in science fiction may soon be realized not as bulky stacks of lenses but as a single…
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