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Landsat 9 captures Russia's restless Shiveluch volcano mid-eruption
- May 6, 2026
Near-constant activity continues on the volcano in Russia. Shivelyuch (also called Shiveluch), the most northerly active volcano on the Kamchatka Peni...
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A tale as old as time: Young, attractive femme fatale lore appears in nearly every culture
- May 6, 2026
From James Bond movies to water spirits in mythology, the tales of attractive, dangerous female forms that distract the hero from his path or lure men...
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Over 60% of developing countries face overlapping socioeconomic and water security challenges, scientists warn
- May 6, 2026
Unsafe drinking water is not just a technical problem. It is a sign of deeper inequality, concludes a new investigation of the state of water quality...
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Feeling underqualified can help drive performance or toxic behavior—depending on one psychological factor
- May 6, 2026
We've all been there: staring at a job description or a daunting new project and feeling a cold prickle of dread. You have the degree, maybe even the...
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Hologram technology where 'light becomes the key' enables hard-to-copy security
- May 6, 2026
A new type of hologram technology has been developed that uses the motion of light as a key, revealing information only under specific conditions. Thi...
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Freshwater mussel protein offers new source of inspiration for medical-grade glues
- May 6, 2026
Researchers at the University of Toronto have identified a protein from the quagga mussel that can stick to surfaces underwater, even though it lacks...
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A persistent quantum computing error finally explained
- May 6, 2026
Scientists have discovered the cause of a persistent glitch that continues to disrupt superconducting quantum computers, even when they have built-in...
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OpenBind's first data and model release marks a milestone for AI enabled drug discovery
- May 6, 2026
The UK-led OpenBind initiative has reached a major milestone with the release of its first publicly available dataset and predictive AI model, a groun...
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When strength in numbers stops working: Climate extremes rewrite monkey society in Costa Rica
- May 6, 2026
As climate change intensifies, scientists are becoming increasingly concerned about how animals will cope with a more unpredictable world. One way to...
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Radical shifts to sustainability call for a new kind of legal thinking, researchers argue
- May 6, 2026
Individual environmental laws, such as those related to the climate or nature conservation, are not sufficient on their own to resolve environmental c...
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'Indian Niño' drove record heat in 2023 and 2024, new study finds
- May 6, 2026
In 2023 and 2024, Earth's average global surface temperature spiked nearly 0.3 degrees Celsius above what was already expected from climate change. Ea...
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With large DNA fragment assembly, scientists can design microbes that produce countless complex products
- May 6, 2026
A review in Quantitative Biology demonstrates that scientists can now reliably build and combine very large pieces of DNA, making it much easier to re...