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Gravitational torque drives multidecadal variations in length of day
Scientists reveal that gravitational torque operating deep within the Earth drives multidecadal variations in the length of our days.
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Anthropic says its biology lab has already found something big
Anthropic reports its biology lab and Claude AI have uncovered a CRISPR-like enzyme system.
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Best clock ever: timekeeper based on lutetium atoms wows researchers
Researchers unveil a groundbreaking lutetium atomic clock that breaks records for world accuracy.
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Scientists identify 'sweet spot' for early stage of life on Earth that preceded LUCA, the ancestor of all living things
Scientific coverage outlines optimal conditions for early life chemistry on Earth predating LUCA.
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Satellite record reveals Arctic melt season has plateaued after decades of lengthening
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Earth’s center of mass is moving, and scientists just found something surprising
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The chemical fingerprint of cellular senescence
Researchers are using RamanOmics and AI to barcode senescent zombie cells and measure biological age in aging tissue.
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Self-organizing memristive networks as physical learning systems
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Noise and diversity can boost stability
Recent scientific coverage reveals that random noise and disorder can actually strengthen complex networks.
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Astronomers Just Found the Youngest Planet Ever Seen. It Shouldn’t Be So Huge
A newly discovered infant planet shatters records for the youngest known world, challenging existing theories of planetary formation.
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Gravitational-wave analysis narrows the search for black hole impostors
Astronomers are utilizing gravitational-wave analysis to identify black hole impostors and explain a record-breaking merger event.
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Decades-old DNA mystery solved after strands are captured zipping together for the first time
Scientists capture DNA double helices zipping together for the first time, solving a decades-old mystery.
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'Heel-strike' may have allowed early humans to walk farther—at the cost of high-impact forces
Recent scientific reporting examines how heel-first walking patterns enabled early human migration.
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10 billion km in 3 minutes! Epic video captures a spacecraft's 8-year odyssey to planet Mercury
The BepiColombo spacecraft has successfully arrived at Mercury, marking humanity's third visit to the smallest planet in our solar system.
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In 1879, Edwin Hall discovered an electrical effect thought to need a perpendicular magnetic field; 147 y
A scientific breakthrough is challenging a century-old assumption regarding the Hall effect and the necessity of perpendicular magnetic fields.
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Betelgeuse's atmosphere is becoming spotty and asymmetric—and a nearby companion could be shaping the pattern
New observations reveal Betelgeuse is developing an asymmetric, spotty atmosphere shaped by a potential nearby companion.
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Study Reveals New Details About Death Of Largest T Rex Ever Discovered
Fossilized tissue and neutron imaging reveal new scientific details regarding the death of the world's largest known T. rex.
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Lab Testing Magnet-Powered Brakes For High-Speed Spacecraft Reentry
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Scientists melted a diamond and cracked a secret of ice giants
Physicists have successfully melted a diamond, resolving a two-decade mystery and uncovering new insights into the composition of ice-giant planets.
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Collaborative drawing offers new insights into how strangers become friends
New research on collaborative drawing reveals how brain activity shifts and synchronizes when strangers of different generations create art together.
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US researchers achieve ‘first’ open-air quantum link across 13 miles in New York
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What happens when a galaxy's supermassive black hole turns off? These dying radio galaxies could show us
Recent coverage examines dying radio galaxies to reveal how supermassive black hole jets turn off.
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Unprecedented: Scientists Have Built Miniature Brains That Experience The Passage Of Time
Lab‑grown mini‑brains that feel time and space are reshaping neuroscience research.
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'Hidden stars' suggest that distant galaxies are much more massive than they appear
Recent findings reveal that early galaxies contain hidden stars, making them significantly more massive than previously understood.
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Every asteroid with a 'neck' that astronomers had ever found had exactly two lobes joined at one narrow waist — until new images of the asteroid Nysa this month revealed a third lobe nobody expected, and nobody yet knows whether it was born whole or built
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Physicists discover a hidden gluon structure inside protons that could rewrite textbooks
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Where the water once flowed: Rivers and lakes dry up as droughts take toll
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New evidence helps solve how earliest birds took flight
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The SpaceX Rocket Finally Hit the Moon. Here’s What Scientists Saw
Recent coverage examines the impact of a SpaceX rocket on the Moon and the broader implications for space norms.
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Sixteen AI-designed viruses offer a new route against drug-resistant bacteria
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Early snakes explored life underground, on land and at sea
An 80-million-year-old fossil discovery challenges decades of scientific assumptions regarding early snake evolution.
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Why some people are mosquito magnets while others get away unbitten
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The 1st 'three-headed' asteroid photo of the day for Aug. 3, 2026
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Rubin Gets a Closer Look at the COSMOS Field, Revealing More Than 650,000 Galaxies in One Image
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There May Be 170 Million Black Holes Lurking in The Milky Way's Graveyard
Recent scientific estimates suggest an invisible population of 170 million black holes populates the Milky Way.
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Rising seas are inundating US coastal wetlands, putting many on track to become open water
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Giant Concentric Rings Discovered in The Atmosphere of Venus
Astronomers have uncovered mysterious giant concentric rings in the atmosphere of Venus using archived observations.
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Cameras attached to whale sharks capture krill chases never witnessed before
New camera footage attached to whale sharks has revealed previously unseen feeding behaviors, showing the largest fish in the sea chasing krill.
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Mapping in-cell protein contact sites reveals hijacking of paraspeckles during influenza A virus infection
Recent scientific mapping reveals how the influenza A virus hijacks human cells from the inside by dismantling nucleus structures.
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Greater gliders not as great at gliding as thought
A first-of-its-kind study reveals that Australia's largest gliding marsupial is not as proficient at gliding as previously believed.
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How naked mole-rat queens stop rivals reproducing
Scientific coverage reveals how naked mole-rat queens use a powerful odorous chemical signal to suppress subordinate reproduction.
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'Found you!' Astronomers spot faintest exoplanet ever seen from Earth after a decade of hide-and-seek
Astronomers have identified the faintest exoplanet ever imaged from Earth after a decade of observational tracking.
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Up to 60% of medieval texts and 95% of manuscripts have vanished, study finds
A new study reveals a staggering loss of medieval history, estimating that 60% of texts and 95% of manuscripts have vanished over time.
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Giant exoplanet may hold a magnetic grip on its host star
Giant exoplanet’s magnetic field may be gripping its star, linking two worlds in unprecedented magnetic interaction.
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A single origin story for the Milky Way's most mysterious stars
Astronomers are reconsidering the heart of the Milky Way as a hidden black hole may explain the origin of the galaxy's most mysterious stars.
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Scientists Just Found Something Weird Inside Moss
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Oxford physicists just made Schrödinger’s cat even stranger
Oxford physicists have advanced quantum measurement techniques, introducing new twists to Schrödinger's famous cat.