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Scientists clock a driving factor in the evolution of error correction
- Mar 5, 2026
All complex biological systems—like the DNA, RNA and proteins constantly being copied and built within our cells—are prone to errors. That means as li...
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Lord of the fruit flies: How scientists are defending against a major agricultural pest
- Mar 5, 2026
When Vasilis Rodovitis rips open his brown paper bag in a sunny persimmon orchard just outside Naousa, in Greece, I half expect groceries to spill out...
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Scientists create a hexagonal diamond that could be even harder than the real thing
- Mar 5, 2026
To misquote a famous song, "Diamonds are industry's best friend." Cubic diamond is the hardest mineral on Earth and is used in everything from precisi...
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Introducing the Interplanetary Habitable Zone
- Mar 5, 2026
Anyone familiar with the search for alien life will have heard of the "Goldilocks Zone" around a star. This is defined as the orbital band where the t...
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Binary star population of open cluster NGC 2158 explored with Hubble
- Mar 5, 2026
Astronomers have analyzed the images collected by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) to investigate a galactic open cluster known as NGC 2158. Results o...
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Multifractal patterns across deep time: What measurement density reveals about Earth's history
- Mar 5, 2026
Much of our understanding of Earth's past is derived from stratigraphic records exposed in rock outcrops or recovered from drilled cores. These record...
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Newfound terrestrial crocodile fossil redraws the map of Europe in the age of the dinosaurs
- Mar 5, 2026
A research team led by Dr. Márton Rabi from the Biogeology Department of the University of Tübingen, together with Máté Szegszárdi and Professor Attil...
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Drug-related homicides increased in Mexico after NAFTA, study finds
- Mar 5, 2026
The opening of trade borders under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in 1994 was accompanied by a significant increase in drug-related v...
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Freshwater fish are more resilient to rising temperatures than marine fish, ecologists find
- Mar 5, 2026
Fish that live in rivers, ditches, and streams are better able to withstand warming water than fish in the sea. This is the conclusion of research by...
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Researchers find harmful algae species wasn't new to South Australian waters
- Mar 5, 2026
The coastline of South Australia has been affected for nearly a year by an unprecedented harmful algal bloom which has led to the deaths of millions o...
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How Japanese red elder plants save two lives with one fruit drop
- Mar 5, 2026
Japanese red elder plants safeguard their own survival when they drop fruits infested by Heterhelus beetle larvae, as well as the survival of these la...
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New LVK catalog adds 128 gravitational-wave candidates, more than doubling detections
- Mar 5, 2026
When the densest objects in the universe collide and merge, the violence sets off ripples, in the form of gravitational waves, that reverberate across...