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Fossil feet may be misleading scientists about human evolution
Wild monkeys in West Africa can climb vertical tree trunks using foot flexibility scientists did not realize they possessed. The discovery c
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The paper that predicted the office apocalypse
When an early draft of "Work from Home and the Office Real Estate Apocalypse," co-authored by Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh, the Earle W. Kazis and
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Physicists finally put Feynman's path integral to the test
For nearly 80 years, physicists have relied on a thought experiment created by Richard Feynman to predict how quantum particles behave. For
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Black fungus thriving in the midst of Ireland's whiskey boom
Irish whiskey is one of Ireland's great export success stories. Exports were worth more than €930 million in 2025, with the country's much-l
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JWST may solve a 20-year mystery behind a rule-breaking gamma-ray burst
Astronomers may have finally solved the mystery behind a nearly two-decade-old cosmic explosion that seemed to break the rules of physics. T
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What happens next with bird flu? An expert explains why monitoring matters
The lethal H5N1 strain of avian influenza is rapidly spreading along the coast of southern Australia, where it has killed thousands of wild
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Family fear for missing hydropower worker after Nepal flood
Jit Bahadur Chaudhary was working at the hydropower site when the flood hit on Wednesday.
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Is history a school subject in crisis?
History educators around the world have expressed concerns about declining history enrollments in schools and universities over the past few
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Space junk punched a new hole in the moon. It’s not ours to abuse | Moriba Jah
The space industry treats the sky as a place to dump what it no longer wants. We must develop a new model of accountabilityOn 5 August, a pi
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NASA’s Roman Space Telescope launches to reveal the Universe’s darkest secrets
NASA’s Roman Space Telescope has launched on a million mile journey to L2, where it will scan huge portions of the cosmos for clues about da
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Not tiger, not wolf: Australian thylacine skull reveals a far different hunting style
A new study led by Flinders University has flipped the historical narrative about Australia's thylacine, finding the native apex predator kn
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Grand Canyon flash flood leaves one dead, around 15 missing
At least one person was killed and about 15 others were missing after a flash flood at the Grand Canyon, one of the most popular tourist sit
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Should we all be taking low doses of lithium to prevent Alzheimer’s?
Animal studies have shown that lithium orotate could help stave off dementia, and a human trial is about to start to see if the effects hold
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Karina rapidly becomes a major hurricane in the Pacific far from land, forecasters say
Hurricane Karina formed Sunday in the Pacific Ocean and swiftly intensified into a dangerous major storm within hours, fueled by warm waters
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Can you solve it? The fin-tastic fish puzzle
Can you think in 3D?Today’s puzzle concerns a fish swimming in a tank that is two metres high, one metre across and one metre deep.The image
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Starwatch: Sagitta’s arrow shape makes it easy to see against a dark sky
The third-smallest constellation can be found partway along one of the imaginary lines of the summer triangleWe are on the hunt for another
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Rocky planets may have formed just 100 million years after the Big Bang
Rocky planets may have been able to start forming just 100 million years after the Big Bang, thanks to enormous early supernovae that scatte
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Scientists discover diamonds can generate electricity
Diamond was thought to be incapable of producing electricity through mechanical deformation, but ultrathin flexible diamond membranes have n
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Forbidden planet: was Pluto’s 2006 demotion a big mistake?
Since it was stripped of planetary status, Pluto’s defenders have been fighting the decision – and they’re only getting more passionateTwent
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The SKA project: A model for dialogue between historical astronomical archives, local memory and modern science
Humans have been observing the sky for thousands of years. Our ancestors were undoubtedly fascinated by it, but observing the heavens also h
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Using data to help wheat growers adapt to unpredictable weather
For generations, wheat planting has followed predictable seasonal patterns. But this year, unseasonably warm weather in March and April acce
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'Cut-to-fuse' strategy: A new route for molecular skeletal editing
Restructuring a molecule without rebuilding it from scratch is an increasingly important goal in modern organic chemistry. Skeletal editing
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Tides can be mapped much more locally using a new method based on satellite images
When high or low tide occurs, the water does not necessarily rise and fall uniformly along the entire coastline. In fact, the height of the
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As super El Nino strengthens, study suggests that climate change is intensifying El Ninos
A new study suggests that El Ninos—the natural climatic chaos agent that pops up periodically and spikes global temperatures—are getting str
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