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One week in a foster home can dramatically improve shelter dogs' lives
- Jan 27, 2026
Millions of dogs enter U.S. animal shelters each year, and while many eventually find new homes, the experience can be deeply stressful. Loud kennels,...
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Europe's next-generation weather satellite sends back first images
- Jan 27, 2026
The first images from the Meteosat Third Generation-Sounder satellite have been shared at the European Space Conference in Brussels, showing how the m...
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Did You Feel It? Expanding use of an earthquake crowdsourcing tool
- Jan 27, 2026
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) crowdsourcing platform Did You Feel It? (DYFI) rapidly transforms people's earthquake shaking intensity experiences...
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Marine volcanic plateaus tied to at least 4 Triassic extinction events
- Jan 27, 2026
Mass extinctions are extremely catastrophic events on Earth. Throughout Earth's evolutionary history, numerous mass extinctions have occurred, with fi...
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How a vital DNA protection protein complex adapts to new threats without compromising its essential functions
- Jan 27, 2026
In Lewis Carroll's "Through the Looking-Glass," Alice is stuck in a never-ending race with the Red Queen yet never gains a lead. "It takes all the run...
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Energy crisis coal switch increased emissions, illnesses and deaths across 6 countries
- Jan 27, 2026
In addition to serious economic damage, the energy crisis of 2021/22 also had dramatic consequences for the environment and people's health. This is t...
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Identifying dinosaurs from their footprints is difficult, but AI can help
- Jan 27, 2026
When you hear the word "dinosaur," the first thing that might spring to mind is a hulking skeleton like Sue the T rex in Chicago's Field Museum or Sop...
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How fire, people and history shaped the South's iconic longleaf pine forests
- Jan 27, 2026
For thousands of years, one tree species defined the cultural and ecological identity of what is now the American South: the longleaf pine. The forest...
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Why some people speak up against prejudice, while others do not
- Jan 27, 2026
When people encounter racism or discrimination, they don't all respond in the same way. Some calmly challenge the remark, some file a complaint, other...
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Biomass could play a key role in Canada's transition to a carbon-neutral economy
- Jan 27, 2026
Record forest fires, under-utilized agricultural residues like straw and husks and struggling sawmills have left Canada with an abundance of undervalu...
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White men held less than half the board seats on the top 50 Fortune list for the third straight year
- Jan 27, 2026
Historically, corporate boardrooms have been mostly white and mostly male. Yet the trend started shifting in the 1970s, in part due to gains from the...
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Want to ride your bicycle? Study highlights rise of Canada's bike network
- Jan 27, 2026
A new Simon Fraser University study has found that Canada's cycling network is growing, but not everyone is benefiting. Between 2022 and 2024, nearly...