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As glaciers retreat, Greenland seals may lose key feeding hotspots
- Feb 18, 2026
Studying foraging behavior in marine mammals is especially difficult. Unlike terrestrial animals, which can often be directly observed, marine mammals...
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Working with robots at work? Why team-based reviews may protect morale
- Feb 18, 2026
Comparisons and competitiveness among employees have been around as long as there have been workplaces. But those frictions are taking fresh shape as...
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Bird flu ravaging Antarctic wildlife, scientist warns
- Feb 18, 2026
Scientists are sounding the alarm over the spread of bird flu across Antarctica, with a leading Chilean researcher telling AFP Tuesday of an observed...
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Image: Winter grips Hokkaido, Japan
- Feb 18, 2026
Northern Japan, especially the island of Hokkaido, is home to some of the snowiest cities in the world. Sapporo, the island's largest city and host of...
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Economists and environmental scientists see the world differently—here's why that matters
- Feb 18, 2026
Imagine someone has chronic pain. One doctor focuses on the body part that hurts and keeps trying to fix that single symptom. Another uses a more comp...
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Draining wetlands produces substantial emissions in the Canadian Prairies
- Feb 18, 2026
The value of wetlands on the landscape cannot be overstated—they store and filter water, provide wildlife habitat, cool the atmosphere and sequester c...
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Genetic analysis reveals an alternative explanation for the Jomon migration to Japan
- Feb 18, 2026
It's long been assumed the Jomon people, who had inhabited the Japanese archipelago since around 16,000 years ago, had multiple lineages resulting fro...
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What it really means to love your job—and when that love can become a liability
- Feb 18, 2026
What does it mean to love your job? The language of love has become increasingly common in contemporary discussions of work. People say they want to l...
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Bushbabies reclassified as 'near threatened.' Scientists share how to protect these adorable primates
- Feb 18, 2026
Frank Cuozzo and Michelle Sauther first traveled to South Africa in 2012 to search for some of the most unusual primates on Earth—bushbabies. These an...
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Atrocities take place in democratic nations as well as autocratic ones—our database has logged them all
- Feb 18, 2026
Thousands of people were killed by Iranian security forces in days of protests in January 2026. Meanwhile, in the same month, the killing of two prote...
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Researchers measure Puijo lichens and microbes for canopy nitrous oxide uptake
- Feb 18, 2026
The role of soil and forests in greenhouse gas sequestration has been studied for a long time. However, forests are also home to invisible organisms t...
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Sea level rise worries most Hawaiʻi residents, survey finds
- Feb 18, 2026
Most Hawaiʻi residents believe sea level rise is already affecting the state, expect major impacts within their lifetimes, and support significant cha...