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How the Atlantic herring adapted to the brackish water of the Baltic Sea
- May 11, 2026
When the Atlantic herring colonized the Baltic Sea thousands of years ago, it needed to adapt to the low salinity. Genes with a vital role in the func...
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What happens when scientists trust AI more than colleagues?
- May 11, 2026
Artificial intelligence has crossed a threshold in the modern workplace. It is being used for everything from helping employees manage schedules to su...
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JWST spots two early black holes growing far faster than their galaxies
- May 11, 2026
Astronomers have discovered two early-universe galaxies where the central black holes appear to have grown far faster than their host galaxies. Observ...
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Saturn's icy rings likely formed from lost moon Chrysalis
- May 11, 2026
You're a long-necked Titanosaur grazing the plains and chomping away on tree leaves about 100 million years ago in the Early Cretaceous in what would...
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How a single star can reshape an entire galaxy
- May 11, 2026
Astronomers who simulate galaxies do not always get the same result, even when they start from identical conditions. New research from Leiden Universi...
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Resilient quantum sensor monitors Earth's magnetic field from space for 10 months
- May 11, 2026
From navigation to solar weather forecasting, many different areas of research require space-based sensors to measure Earth's magnetic field as accura...
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The material science behind a spacecraft's impact armor
- May 11, 2026
Aerospace engineers have to consider numerous factors when designing a spacecraft, but one that comes up more and more often is the need to design aga...
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Seismic attenuation techniques reveal what lies beneath Taiwan
- May 11, 2026
As seismic waves travel through Earth, they gradually lose energy, a process called attenuation. That energy loss doesn't happen uniformly—some featur...
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Buried in Sudan's desert, 280 vast stone circles reveal a vanished cattle-herding culture
- May 11, 2026
Recent satellite remote sensing surveys have identified 280 stone structures spread across the Atbai desert in Sudan. Twenty of these structures were...
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The birds and the babies: Humans and zebra finches have a similar technique for learning to speak
- May 11, 2026
We are all born completely helpless, with little of the knowledge and skills we will need to survive as adults. Even our ability to communicate is alm...
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Why ocean warming experiments may be making misleading predictions
- May 11, 2026
Accurate experiments on how ocean warming affects marine life are vital to ensure we can best prepare for the future, protect our food sources, and he...
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Tips and tricks guide for writing and responding to peer reviews released
- May 11, 2026
A new expert-informed guide to writing effective peer review responses has just been published in Conservation Physiology, following up on a widely-re...