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Burning satellites in the stratosphere: Emerging questions for climate
- Jan 29, 2026
The sky is getting crowded. In the last few years, the number of satellite launches has increased by an order of magnitude as mega-constellations of i...
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Men are embracing beauty culture—many of them just refuse to call it that
- Jan 29, 2026
Just weeks after the premiere of popular gay hockey romance series "Heated Rivalry," star Hudson Williams' extensive skincare routine has gone viral....
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Is time a fundamental part of reality? A quiet revolution in physics suggests not
- Jan 29, 2026
Time feels like the most basic feature of reality. Seconds tick, days pass and everything from planetary motion to human memory seems to unfold along...
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AI enables a who's who of brown bears in Alaska
- Jan 29, 2026
A team of scientists from EPFL and Alaska Pacific University has developed an AI program that can recognize individual bears in the wild, despite the...
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Submarine mountains and long-distance waves stir the deepest parts of the ocean
- Jan 29, 2026
When most of us look out at the ocean, we see a mostly flat blue surface stretching to the horizon. It's easy to imagine the sea beneath as calm and l...
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Will killing dingoes on K'gari make visitors safer? We think it's unlikely
- Jan 29, 2026
After the tragic death of Canadian backpacker Piper James on K'gari (Fraser Island) on January 19, a coroner found the 19-year-old had been bitten by...
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Svalbard polar bears show improved fat reserves despite sea ice loss
- Jan 29, 2026
The body conditions of polar bear (Ursus maritimus) populations around the Norwegian island of Svalbard have improved despite sea ice losses, accordin...
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Self-employed working hours return to pre-COVID levels after five year slump
- Jan 29, 2026
The working hours and happiness of the self-employed are starting to recover—five years on from the downturn induced by the pandemic, research from th...
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New white paper offers actions for managing trauma in the workplace
- Jan 29, 2026
Recent national figures show that more than 8.5 million adults in England and Wales are survivors of childhood abuse, underlining the scale of trauma-...
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Wetlands do not need to be flooded to provide the greatest climate benefit, shows study
- Jan 29, 2026
Wetlands make up only about 6% of the land area but contain about 30% of the terrestrial organic carbon pool. Therefore, CO2 emissions from wetlands a...
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How tree rings help scientists understand disruptive extreme solar storms
- Jan 29, 2026
Scientists have long relied on tree rings to learn about ancient solar storms—rare bursts of high-energy particles from the sun that can disrupt satel...
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Living and working under the sea fills aquanauts with wonder and awe—the phenomenon is called the 'underview effect'
- Jan 29, 2026
The feeling of awe and planetary connection experienced by astronauts observing Earth from low space orbit is known as the "overview effect," a term c...