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Young Fraser River Chinook salmon swimming in 'chemical soup,' study finds
- May 20, 2026
Juvenile Chinook salmon in the Lower Fraser River estuary are feeding and growing in a slurry of contaminants from pharmaceuticals, personal care prod...
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Optoelectronic synapse shows exceptional photoresponse for neuromorphic vision
- May 20, 2026
Like so much else in nature, the human visual system has both a complex structure and functional efficiency that is difficult for scientists to replic...
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How economic growth in low-income countries can also protect biodiversity
- May 20, 2026
For decades, environmental debates have been framed around a stark trade-off: economic growth lifts people out of poverty but comes at the expense of...
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Extreme weather events may leave rivers unable to rebound
- May 20, 2026
Severe droughts, intense floods, and heat waves are pushing river ecosystems beyond their natural limits of resilience. A review of data on river syst...
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Cities change storms, but the impacts depend on the storm itself
- May 20, 2026
Cities don't just change the landscape, they change the weather. According to a new study analyzing tens of thousands of rain events in Texas, whether...
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Ancient Atlantic warming points to how oceans may lock away heat for centuries
- May 20, 2026
New research shows, for the first time, an unprecedented and significant warming of equatorial Atlantic upper intermediate waters during the mid- to l...
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Dominant fish face higher microplastic risk than subordinates in social groups
- May 20, 2026
Fish who display dominant traits are more at risk of consuming microplastic pollution than others in their social group, according to new research. Th...
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Contemporary archaeologists dig into the present—bringing those so often forgotten into the light
- May 20, 2026
The classic image of an archaeologist is of someone unearthing a potsherd in Pompeii or opening a Viking grave to better understand the distant past....
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Urban aerosols grow faster in polluted air, sharpening climate model gaps
- May 20, 2026
Aerosols and clouds play a key role in Earth's climate budget. However, the extent to which they reflect solar energy depends heavily on how much wate...
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15 Australian companies switched to a four‑day work week. It went surprisingly well
- May 20, 2026
In a 1930 essay, British economist John Maynard Keynes predicted that in 100 years time, technological advances would have displaced so much human lab...
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Scientists solve 50-year mystery of plant immunity by unlocking debneyol's blueprint
- May 20, 2026
In a silent war that has raged for millions of years, plants have evolved a sophisticated chemical arsenal to fight back against invading pathogens. N...
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Showing empathy can make you more attractive, even when you frown
- May 20, 2026
People who smile empathically at someone's happiness or frown at their suffering become more attractive. Conversely, smiling out of schadenfreude does...