Rising heat linked to faster telomere loss in wild Australian birds
Extreme heat can have a profound impact on wild animals, causing their death in the most extreme cases and leaving less…
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Seagrass meadows bounce back with new fish communities
Seagrasses are flowering plants that thrive in marine environments and form extensive meadows along the tropical…
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Cancer survival is improving, but return‑to‑work support is falling behind
Australia has made significant strides in improving cancer survival, but new research from Griffith University finds…
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Nature's capacity to 'bounce back' when species are lost is overestimated: study
Article URL: https://phys.org/news/2026-10-nature-capacity-species-lost-vastly.html Comments URL:…
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New report reveals gaps in corporate modern slavery disclosures
Many of Australia's largest companies fail to show enough public evidence that workers affected by modern slavery can…
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Francis Halzen wins Nobel Prize in physics for work on mysterious ghost particles called neutrinos
Francis Halzen won the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for his efforts to demystify a rare group of neutrinos, tiny…
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California scientist wins a Nobel Prize, then makes school lunches for his kids
Dr. Karl Deisseroth spent hours fielding congratulatory calls after learning early Monday that he had won a Nobel Prize…
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Switching on brain cells: The Nobel-winning science of optogenetics
In optogenetics, scientists control neurons by stimulating them with light—potentially unlocking breakthroughs for…
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Russia reports a worker at a Siberian plague institute got pneumonia from an unknown cause and died
Russian authorities have quarantined a hospital and are monitoring contacts of an employee at a plague research…
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Carefree shoppers most likely to receive retail discounts, study finds
Research involving Durham University Business School reveals how retailers target customers most likely to spend more.…
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Exploring systemic racism as the default explanation for disparities
Much of the field of sociology treats systemic racism as its default explanation for racial disparities rather than as…
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Vitamin B1 gains in wild lake trout embryos challenge assumptions drawn from hatcheries
For decades, fisheries managers have struggled to restore recruitment in wild lake trout populations across the Great…
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Global review reveals major blind spots in our understanding of climate change impacts on Mediterranean ecosystems
A new global review of observed climate change impacts on plant communities reveals major gaps in where and how we…
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Neutrons, rotating black holes, and a galactic PeVatron at the center of the Milky Way
Galactic black holes are cosmic mitochondria, powerhouses of the universe. Most of the energy these supermassive black…
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Why some Indigenous communities don't resist oil extraction in their territories
More than half of the Ecuadorian Amazon has been marked for oil drilling, overlapping with Indigenous territories and…
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Global soil erosion outpaces natural recovery, report warns
Isaac Larsen, an associate professor in the College of Natural Sciences' Department of Earth, Geographic, and Climate…
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Political orientation and institutional trust emerge as key factors in local wind energy support
Why does the expansion of wind energy sometimes meet with local resistance, even though renewable energy generally…
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Game simulator shows how math can guide decisions when resources are limited
In "Bloons Tower Defense," the goal is to stop balloons from reaching the end of a track by strategically placing…
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'Digital ibuprofen' offers Chinese youth comfort through cute characters facing familiar struggles
In China, young people are encountering a myriad of challenges, from societal pressures around success to life in a…
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Attention can't be bought, so brands turn to memes
The funniest post you saw this week may not have come from a friend; it may have come from a brand. Whether it is…
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Unusual senses: The secret superpowers of amphibians and reptiles
The Surinam toad is one of the strangest frogs on Earth. Flat-bodied, tiny-eyed and adapted to the murky waters of the…
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What a locust can teach us about how neuromodulators alter odor processing
When you walk into a bakery and smell fresh cookies, the enticing smell draws you in. After you eat a handful of…
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Rhinos and elephants can cause huge problems if reintroduced badly—here's how to get it right
Moving large animals around is a seductive idea in conservation. If there are plenty of animals in one place and too…
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Quantum interactions may have locked early universe's fields into existing energy states
The universe may be trapped in its own comfort zone, and a researcher in the College of Engineering and Computer…
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Does increased childcare funding help mothers into work?
Since Labor won the 2024 general election, policy focused on children in the early years—from birth to school age—and…
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Forests are dying along North Carolina's coast—and it's speeding up
A new study finds that coastal forest loss in North Carolina's Albemarle-Pamlico Peninsula began accelerating after…
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An iced coffee won't predict job performance—but it might reveal hiring bias
Imagine two candidates with identical qualifications interviewing for the same job. One arrives carrying a bottle of…
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Rare insect discovery reveals a new species from the dinosaur age
Some 99 million years ago, during the age of the dinosaurs, a tiny insect belonging to a species previously unknown to…
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How psychopathic traits shape language
Popular culture often depicts people with psychopathy as cold, emotionless and hollow, but a recent University of…
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Long-term logging experiment reveals how protecting the forest floor helps preserve soil carbon
Forest soils store an estimated 40% of the world's terrestrial carbon, but estimates suggest that around 15–30% of that…
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Experts deem empowering neurologists and neurology trainees to perform lumbar punctures at bedside a worthwhile goal
Many medical specialties now require graduating doctors to be skilled in point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) for…
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Ancient DNA evidence narrows down when people first reached the Americas
One of the unresolved mysteries about the history of the Americas is when the first people arrived. Despite extensive…
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Standard 3D printers let labs build and adapt tools for bacterial research
Studying microorganisms requires instruments with extremely high precision. Such instruments are expensive and take a…
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Astronomers catch a star slowly snacking on a brown dwarf, 300 light years away
Like Earth, most planetary bodies circle their star in stable, detached orbits. These companionable systems can…
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How game publishers set international prices: A study reveals four pricing approaches on Steam
Although digital platforms make it possible to sell the same product globally, prices often vary across countries…
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A health app designed for teachers
A new app is designed to help teachers stay healthy in their day-to-day work. The digital tool is the result of a…
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