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Mindfulness may lower blood pressure in just 8 weeks
Mindfulness, gratitude, and optimism training may improve blood pressure, inflammation, and other heart-health measures within just eight to
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Mountain warming means there will be more disasters like the Nepal flood
Mountainous regions across the planet are warming especially fast, melting the ice that glues rocky slopes and glaciers together
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Kaikōura erosion monitoring holds answers for world's rock coastlines
Erosion rates on parts of the Kaikōura Peninsula more than doubled after the 2016 earthquake, showing major quakes can "rapidly alter" the w
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A supermassive black hole erupted in X-rays, and its radio jets followed 300 days later
By combining roughly two decades of observations from NASA's Swift X-ray Telescope with radio monitoring, astronomers have caught a supermas
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Scientists discover why snake embryos twist into spirals
Snake embryos begin life curled into a distinctive right-handed spiral, and scientists may finally know why. Their bodies grow faster than t
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Research highlights hidden impact of domestic violence on women and their pets
New research from James Cook University has found that women experiencing domestic violence are often forced to choose between their own saf
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Reaching 90 without dementia doesn’t mean you’re in the clear
A study of people over 90 found that dementia risk remains strongly shaped by sex, race and genetics, with women and black participants faci
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When exposed to air, new nanomaterial becomes magnetic at high temperatures
While fridge magnets are great for saving favorite recipes, modern magnetic materials are useful for improving fiber optics or quantum infor
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Rare butterfly spotted in Cornwall
It is believed to be one of only a handful of sightings recorded in England this year.
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How do you get middle schoolers to eat more fruit? Give them smoothies
At lunchtime in rural Maine middle schools, University of Maine researchers stood at two points in the cafeteria.
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Engagement-driven curation can trap culture consumers in 'overfamiliarity,' leading to less long-term satisfaction
Sometimes you can be too good at your job. Take streaming services, like Spotify or Netflix. With engagement as their main goal, their recom
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New research compares civil servant experiences under Trump in the US to those under Bolsonaro in Brazil
A new comparative survey of nearly 150 career civil servants (66 in the U.S. and 82 in Brazil) probed differences in bureaucratic responses
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A massive plume deep beneath Africa is pulling the continent apart
A vast plume rising from deep inside Earth may be responsible for mysterious movements along the East African Rift. The discovery reveals ho
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In Japan's mountains, a different way to manage bears
As a sensor sounded, scientist Akiko Takii hurried to a bear trap deep in the forests of Nagano, Japan, where rising nationwide attacks have
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Food innovation in your kitchen: Giving peas, beans and lentils a surprisingly meat-like bite
Separating things and then putting them back together is a common principle in industrial food production. Agricultural raw materials are br
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Declining star formation not caused by simple 'fuel crisis,' new measurements suggest
The universe has been having fewer and fewer stellar "babies." Over the past 4.5 billion years, the rate of star birth has crashed to less t
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The best new science-fiction books of September 2026
From China Miéville to Brandon Sanderson via a tribute to Ursula K. Le Guin, there are some really huge names with new sci-fi novels out thi
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Researchers catch sharks off NY's Hamptons, attach trackers to toothy predators
Just off one of New York's famed Hamptons beaches, shark researcher Greg Metzger reels in one of the day's prize catches: a young but powerf
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Eruption of Sinabung volcano on Indonesia's Sumatra island prompts higher alert
Mount Sinabung on Indonesia erupted Monday, spewing a column of black ash and smoke 3,500 meters (11,482 feet) from the top of the mountain
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How catastrophic flash flood unfolded at remote Nepal-China border point
More than 100 Indians are missing at a vital Nepal-China trade crossing after devastating Himalayan floods.
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NASA’s Swift telescope is back, but time is running out
NASA has brought two of Swift’s telescopes back online after technical problems derailed a commercial mission intended to rescue the aging o
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NASA delays Crew-13 launch after leak found on SpaceX Dragon
NASA and SpaceX have delayed Crew-13 after finding an oxidizer leak in the Dragon spacecraft’s propulsion system during prelaunch preparatio
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Heathland plan to support two rare species of ant
Devon Wildlife Trust says it will improve the heathland homes of the narrow-headed and erratic ants.
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New storm names for 2026-2027 released by Met Office
Tuesday 1 September marks the start of the UK storm season and a new list of storm names have been released including Austen, Chloe and Evel
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