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World's largest study of human flourishing opens its data to the public
- Apr 9, 2026
The Global Flourishing Study (GFS), the most comprehensive empirical investigation of human flourishing ever undertaken, has made its first two waves...
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'Chills': Artemis astronauts say lunar flyby still washing over them
- Apr 9, 2026
They took thousands of photographs and documented copious observations on their voyage around the moon, but as they sped closer to home the Artemis as...
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Artemis II astronauts follow Apollo tradition of naming lunar features after loved ones
- Apr 9, 2026
Lunar love knows no bounds. Now hurtling home from the moon, the Artemis II astronauts took a poignant page from Apollo 8 earlier this week, proposing...
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Reversing biodiversity loss by 2030 is critical to avoid disastrous effects on human well-being, researchers warn
- Apr 9, 2026
Halting and reversing the global decline in biodiversity is now urgent to avoid destabilizing Earth's vital systems that support human well-being. Tha...
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One DNA letter can trigger complete sex reversal
- Apr 9, 2026
Researchers at Bar-Ilan University have discovered that changing just one letter in DNA can completely alter sex development in mice. In the new study...
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March smashes heat records for continental US
- Apr 9, 2026
March's persistent unseasonable heat was so intense that the continental United States registered its most abnormally hot month in 132 years of record...
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Ocean protections clash with mining pressure in Indonesia's most diverse marine ecosystem
- Apr 9, 2026
There is an explosion of color beneath the surface in Raja Ampat, a remote archipelago in eastern Indonesia where sharks, mantas and sea turtles glide...
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Soundscapes from nearby forests are more uplifting than those from faraway places, research suggests
- Apr 9, 2026
Listening to one-minute-long audio recordings of forests had positive effects on people's short-term well-being, especially when the recordings were f...
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What if dark matter came in two states?
- Apr 9, 2026
The absence of a signal could itself be a signal. This is the idea behind a new study published in the Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics,...
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Soaring petrol prices are hurting more than your wallet
- Apr 9, 2026
Australians don't need an economist to tell them they're hurting at the petrol pump. They feel it every time they pull into a service station, every t...
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Spotted a jellyfish bloom recently? Here's what may have triggered it
- Apr 9, 2026
On a calm summer's morning in southern Australia, the water can look deceptively clear, until you see thousands of gelatinous shapes washing ashore. I...
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Genetic markers fast-track breeding of seedless muscadine grapes
- Apr 9, 2026
Using new genetic markers, fruit breeders can now tell whether grapes will be seedless and self-pollinating even years before vines bear fruit. The ap...