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Colonial ties may reshape 2026 World Cup odds, 1,500 simulations suggest
- Jun 10, 2026
Colonial legacies continue to shape competitive outcomes in international football. A research team led by the University of Zurich has used about 1,5...
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Acidic nanoparticles target Parkinson's at cellular source
- Jun 10, 2026
Inside every human cell, a tiny structure called a lysosome acts like a recycling center, breaking down toxic waste, clearing damaged proteins and hel...
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Ancient genome duplications laid the foundations of complex brains, research suggests
- Jun 10, 2026
New findings, published in Nature, help answer the riddle of how vertebrates evolved the diverse array of brain cells that distinguishes them from oth...
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How Argonaute, a key protein for RNA therapeutics, becomes activated
- Jun 10, 2026
RNA therapeutics have emerged as one of the most promising new classes of medicines. Eight small interfering RNA (siRNA) drugs have already been appro...
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Tyndall's Trail of Bergs: Ice splintered off southern Patagonia glacier drifts across a growing glacial lake
- Jun 10, 2026
The Southern Patagonian Icefield is the largest expanse of ice in the Southern Hemisphere outside Antarctica. The mass of glacial ice extends hundreds...
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Retreating glaciers increase iceberg sightings and reshape deep-sea habitats
- Jun 10, 2026
The number of icebergs in the Arctic has increased sharply since the 2000s. This is due to the destabilization of large glaciers in northeast Greenlan...
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Newfound 'whale necropolis' reveals 5.3 million years of seafloor life
- Jun 10, 2026
Whale falls form when whale carcasses sink to the seafloor, creating localized concentrations of biodiversity in the deep ocean. Besides playing a rol...
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Deep sea an untapped 'evolutionary engine' as dataset yields 500 million unique genes
- Jun 10, 2026
The deep sea is a unique "evolutionary engine," with one of the richest and most unexplored sources of genetic diversity on Earth, according to a majo...
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Microbial alliances, not mitochondria alone, may have built first eukaryotic cells
- Jun 10, 2026
All cells in animals, plants, fungi, and protists share a fundamental characteristic: they are eukaryotic cells—complex cells with specialized interna...
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Words matter: 'Cultivated' outperforms 'lab-grown' for consumer acceptance, study finds
- Jun 10, 2026
A new study from the Tufts University Center for Cellular Agriculture (TUCCA), recently published in Food Quality & Preference, explores how terminolo...
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Is your dog a lefty? New 'Doginburgh' test captures paw preference
- Jun 10, 2026
Just like left- or right-handed humans, domestic dogs have a preference for their left or right paw, a trait known as laterality. This can vary depend...
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Fossil discovery shows the interaction between giant marine reptiles
- Jun 10, 2026
Approximately 160 million years ago, during the Age of Dinosaurs, giant marine reptiles ruled the seas. One such creature, an ichthyosaur, swam in a s...