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Ecological collapse in the world's largest mangrove forest is a preview of what's to come
The first thing that struck us wasn't the missing trees, but the missing water. In May 2026, we visited the Sundarbans, a mangrove forest in
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Nepal's devastating floods won't be the last as the region's mountains heat up
On the morning of Aug. 26, a section of mountain near Langtang Lirung peak in Nepal suddenly collapsed.
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Q&A: Can you trust online ratings in the age of 'review bombing'?
Before buying a product, booking a hotel or streaming a movie, many people check online reviews. But not every glowing recommendation or one
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Resin-mounted wallaby teeth reveal rare 1,200-year-old ornaments in Queensland
While sorting through animal bones in a rock shelter in Queensland, Australia, archaeologists came across a tooth where something was "not q
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Three common study myths busted by a learning expert—and better strategies to use instead
As high school and university students approach exam periods, study sessions often increase in frequency and intensity.
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Old-growth tropical forests bear lasting legacy of ancient Maya civilization
Rainforests in Central America that have remained largely untouched by modern human activities could bear the invisible imprint of ancient M
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Fieldwork safety emerges as a structural challenge for ecological research
A new Viewpoint in the journal BioScience argues that gender-based and sexual violence (GBSV) in ecological fieldwork should be understood n
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Primary school food provision 'complex, fragmented and lacking central oversight', study reveals
A lack of central oversight and shifting catering models in primary schools could be putting children's dietary health at risk, according to
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Los Angeles Basin map shows deep sediments that could amplify earthquake shaking
In computer simulations of the Big One—a large-magnitude earthquake that may occur along the San Andreas Fault in California—seismic waves r
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Some of Australia's biggest companies are planning for an unbearable climate future
Even as unprecedented fires and heat waves rage across Europe, scientists track the retreat of Antarctic sea ice and a supercharged El Niño
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Growing bacteria line up single-file, then buckle in liquid crystals
When scientists study bacteria that are not in a Petri dish or a test tube but in environments that more closely mimic their actual microbia
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Drone laser scans map more than 1,000 trees across 90-acre campus
It took one drone, 300 million laser data points and seven teams of students on foot to map Wake Forest University's trees. Led by Ovidiu Cs
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Bees see the world in more ways than previously thought
The honey bee has held a special place in vision research. It is one of the best-studied insects, and much of what scientists know about how
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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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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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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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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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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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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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