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SWOT satellite takes stock of world's river water

• Mar 4, 2026

In a first, a space mission led by NASA and France has tracked Earth's rivers swelling and shrinking from month to month over the course of a year and...

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The sea is higher than we thought and millions more are at risk, study finds

• Mar 4, 2026

Climate change's rising seas may threaten tens of millions more people than scientists and government planners originally thought because of mistaken...

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Most plastic waste is contaminated. Our new 'nano' recycling tech embraces this messy reality

• Mar 4, 2026

A plastic drinks bottle is one of the most "recyclable" objects in the modern waste stream. It is lightweight and collected in huge volumes. Yet even...

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Most compact quadruple star system yet fits within an area the size of Jupiter's orbit

• Mar 4, 2026

Astronomers have reported observations of a rare star system consisting of one star orbiting a system of three more tightly bound stars. This quadrupl...

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Using individual atoms to achieve fossil-free chemistry

• Mar 4, 2026

Every chemical reaction faces a barrier: For substances to react with one another, it is first necessary to supply energy. In many cases, this energy...

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STEM stereotypes begin young, study shows

• Mar 4, 2026

Children as young as seven begin to internalize stereotypes about who is more or less likely to pursue occupations related to science, technology, eng...

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Cockroaches that eat each other's wings become exclusive partners

• Mar 4, 2026

Scientists have discovered that, far from being solitary insects, some cockroaches appear to form an exclusive bond with a partner. And how do they ge...

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Study reveals reported crop yield gains from breeding may be overstated

• Mar 4, 2026

A new study suggests that decades of reported gains in crop yields from plant breeding may be significantly overstated, challenging a common method us...

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Australia's carbon markets risk penalizing Indigenous stewardship

• Mar 4, 2026

Carbon markets rewarding the recovery of degraded environments risk penalizing long-term Indigenous stewardship, according to a coalition of experts w...

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Satellite study of 2.2 million thunderstorms shows how to predict their formation

• Mar 4, 2026

People may be frustrated by the lack of detail when weather forecasters say, "There will be thunderstorms popping up, but we don't know where." Now a...

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With Evo 2, AI can model and design the genetic code for all domains of life

• Mar 4, 2026

The DNA foundation model Evo 2 has been published in the journal Nature. Trained on the DNA of over 100,000 species across the entire tree of life, Ev...

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Did the first human ancestor originate in the Balkans? New fossil shows evidence of bipedalism

• Mar 4, 2026

Walking on two legs has long been considered a milestone in human evolution and one of our most defining characteristics. Until now, researchers assum...