How the moon and sun may trigger slow earthquakes on Earth
While not quite a fatal attraction, the gravitational pull of the moon and sun creates tiny stresses on Earth that can…
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How ocean chemistry helped life keep breathing
Scientists have helped solve a longstanding mystery about how Earth remained habitable after oxygen first accumulated…
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Researchers find a fungus in Kentucky's forest grass that makes rare bug-fighting chemicals
Researchers at the University of Kentucky Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment (CAFE) have…
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Extensive audit reveals gaps between Google AI answers and cited sources
Since its launch in 1998, Google, the world's leading search engine, has transformed how people find information…
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Plant lovers wanted: Study highlights demand for citizen science
Over the last several years, invasive plant and insect species have found their way into more and more social media…
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NASA highlights lessons learned from Swift boost mission
A commercial mission to boost NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory ended without raising the spacecraft's orbit, but…
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Survey reveals plastic 12,800 feet deep off Ecuador as beach waste rises
Plastic pollution is a growing threat to marine environments, with discarded waste reaching from coastlines to the…
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How does a bird virus infect a person?
How do we know when an animal virus might pose a risk to humans? Canada confirmed a human case of H5N1 avian influenza…
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'Losing our history and identity'—three B.C. glaciers on the brink of extinction
Three much-loved glaciers in British Columbia are set to disappear completely within a few decades, according to a…
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Parasites that steer nocturnal hosts into water do not rely on lunar cycles, study finds
Like many parasites, nematomorphs are known to manipulate their hosts' behavior to complete their life cycles. Also…
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Past vs. modern flood risk: Impacts of rainfall, terrain and urban growth
A false sense of security can be dangerous. The "Safe Development Paradox" is a phenomenon in which flood-control…
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NASA announces new missions for Boeing Starliner spacecraft
NASA announced Monday that it is planning new missions using Boeing's Starliner spacecraft, the first since a troubled…
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Tropical weather patterns steer West Antarctic snowfall, ice cores reveal
Climate patterns in the tropics help determine how much snow falls from year to year in Antarctica, one of the coldest,…
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This cat is new to science. What does it take to identify a species?
There's a new cat in town, but this one won't curl up on your hamper, knead your sweaters or squeeze in front of your…
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Studies map microclimates beneath solar panels to help native vegetation thrive in the shadow of renewable energy
Using solar energy is good for the environment, but look down, and the grass isn't always greener. Solar farms can…
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Rotating light pattern reveals laser frequency in a single image
An international team of physicists has developed a new method for determining the precise color of laser light using…
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Scandium's electrons may explain predicted room-temperature superconductivity
Scientists have confirmed the existence of a predicted room temperature superconductor, while explaining the…
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Tokyo suffers the longest streak of rainy days on record
Tokyo has logged 34 straight days of rain, the longest streak on record, Japan's weather agency said Tuesday.
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Identical hiring algorithms may create echo chambers that overlook stronger job candidates
AI tools are increasingly replacing human judgments in some settings. For instance, resume-screening algorithms are…
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Study shows California's rodenticide restrictions are working, and flags new rodenticides rising in their place
New research from the Integral Ecology Research Center (IERC) offers some of the clearest evidence yet that…
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India turns to corals and seagrass to shield against rising seas
Under a blazing sun, workers crouch on a shrinking island off India's southern coast, threading bright green seagrass…
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Enantioresolution turns bright but racemic gold-silver clusters into circularly polarized emitters
Chiral metal clusters that emit circularly polarized light often face a trade-off between photoluminescence efficiency…
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Same plant species, different chemistry: Why chemotype labels matter
Plants of the same species can differ considerably in their chemical composition, affecting their smell, taste and even…
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New statistical method can flag hidden anomalies in scientific datasets
A research team at the University of Vienna, led by pharmaceutical chemist Johannes Kirchmair, has developed a…
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Polo makes landfall in Mexico as a category 3 hurricane
Hurricane Polo made landfall on Mexico's Baja California peninsula on Tuesday, cutting power and causing flooding as…
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NASA ramps up support to get Boeing's astronaut capsule flying after Butch and Suni fiasco
NASA is throwing extra support and money behind Boeing's troubled astronaut capsule to get it fixed and flying again as…
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An endangered frog nursery in LA cares for hundreds of tadpoles until they're ready for the wild
The transition from tadpole to juvenile frog is never easy—legs sprout, tails shrink and lungs develop for a life on…
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Feeling like you are losing ground predicts suicidal ideation more than income or age
New research finds that people are far more likely to report suicidal ideation when they perceive their lives as…
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Ancient bird becomes second Australian species to be named from the Cretaceous period
A pair of exceptionally rare Cretaceous bird bones found at separate sites near Richmond, Queensland, reveal a…
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The molecular mechanism that regulates TMEM63B lipid scrambling
TMEM63B, a mechanosensitive lipid scramblase, has an autoinhibitory domain in its C-terminal tail that helps keep it…
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Researcher solves a nanoparticle mystery using an iPhone camera
Instead of capturing a memory with an iPhone camera, Carnegie Mellon University's Nivedita Shyamsundar used hers to…
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Half a million older Scots facing fuel insecurity, study finds
Data from more than 4,000 adults across Scotland showed that fuel, food and financial insecurity are widespread, and…
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Warming weakens Asian monsoon's reach into the Mediterranean
The South Asian summer monsoon has long been known to shape the Mediterranean climate thousands of kilometers away as…
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Peeling crust beneath Italy's Apennines may explain why mountains stretch and squeeze
Extending some 1,200 kilometers (750 miles) along the length of Italy, the Apennine Mountains present a challenging…
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How NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will open a window into the Milky Way
Look up at the night sky with the naked eye and it may seem like it rarely changes. Yet the universe is in constant…
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The novel on your nightstand may be doing more for your empathy and cognitive health than you think
A popular narrative across Instagram Reels, business podcasts and magazine covers is that people who are smart and…
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