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For decades, it has been widely believed that electrons move most efficiently in materials that are clean and highly ordered. Much like water flowing...
Climate-driven disturbances such as marine heat waves are rapidly reducing coral cover and degrading reef ecosystems worldwide. Using a mathematical m...
Potentially harmful chemicals can contaminate untreated water used in recycling plants to clean plastics before they're processed into new products, a...
The birds and the bees. Say no to drugs. Advice from parents is an expected—if cringeworthy—part of growing up. But for some children, the odds of rec...
The mass extinction at the boundary between the Cretaceous and Paleogene periods was catastrophic, wiping out much of life on Earth. Vertebrate groups...
New research from the Dog Aging Project and Texas A&M University highlights that for many families, losing a dog means losing a family member—and that...
Earth's magnetic field acts as a vital shield against radiation arriving from space, but it is not constant. A new international study has examined ho...
According to the authors of a study published in the journal Coral Reefs, fire corals may be undergoing a "silent extinction." Coral bleaching occurs...
Levels of toxic "forever chemicals" in New Jersey's public water systems dropped by as much as 55% after the state moved to limit the contaminants in...
Researchers have used artificial intelligence to develop a new tool for assessing earthquake damage, a leap that could ultimately help first responder...
Fires are a recurring phenomenon in central South America, often intensified by drought and deforestation. In 2024, wildfire activity reached its high...
In February 2023, a resident at Kyoto University's Center for the Evolutionary Origins of Human Behavior—EHUB—treated researchers to a spontaneous mus...
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