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Family matters: How growing up together molds us
- Feb 17, 2026
When psychologist Darby Saxbe began studying how parenthood shapes the brain, she made a seismic discovery that upended a long-held assumption: that o...
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Scientific discoveries and research
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Record-breaking Antarctic drill reveals 23 million years of climate history
- Feb 17, 2026
An international team featuring faculty at Binghamton University, State University of New York has drilled the longest ever sediment core from under a...
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Brain responses to wildlife images can forecast online engagement—and help conservation messaging
- Feb 17, 2026
What types of photos make people reach for their wallets? New Stanford University-led research suggests that brain activity can help forecast which wi...
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Double white dwarf system detected in a nearby stellar cluster
- Feb 17, 2026
Using the Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have discovered a compact binary system consisting of two white dwarfs in the center of a nearby glo...
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Proton's width measured to unparalleled precision, narrowing the path to new physics
- Feb 17, 2026
Physicists in Germany have carried out the most accurate measurement to date of the width of the proton. By examining a previously unexplored energy-l...
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Growing evidence that freshwater wildlife is impacted by microplastics
- Feb 17, 2026
Researchers have found more evidence that microplastics are impacting freshwater wildlife in different countries around the world. A new study, led by...
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Nanoengineers realize an on-chip excitonic hyperlens
- Feb 17, 2026
When light passes through materials, it typically changes direction and bends in predictable ways. This change in direction, known as refraction, is c...
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Video: This powder could rescue antibiotics
- Feb 17, 2026
Each year, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is the reason that more than a million people die from infections that no longer respond to existing antibio...
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Genomics: Decoding the blueprints for Australia's biodiversity
- Feb 17, 2026
Every living organism has its own genetic "blueprint": the source code for how it grows, functions and reproduces. This blueprint is known as a genome...
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Warming winters are disrupting the hidden world of fungi—the result can shift mountain grasslands to scrub
- Feb 17, 2026
When you look out across a snowy winter landscape, it might seem like nature is fast asleep. Yet, under the surface, tiny organisms are hard at work,...
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Preserving fading history in the Florida Keys
- Feb 17, 2026
As sea level rise pushes saltwater farther into the Florida Keys, it is not only roads and neighborhoods that are at risk; it is also the record of th...
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What's Minnesota's largest raptor? Hint: it might not be the bald eagle
- Feb 17, 2026
Look at the armpits—or, technically, the "wingpits. That's what Scott Mehus, education director at the National Eagle Center in Wabasha, Minn., told a...