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Why does the Y chromosome retain UTY?

• Jun 8, 2026

A study, published in the journal Development, is the first to precisely map endogenous UTY occupancy across the human genome and demonstrate that UTY...

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A 170 km journey by a freshwater stingray challenges long-held conservation assumptions

• Jun 8, 2026

Most sharks and rays inhabit the oceans, but a small proportion thrive in freshwater. Approximately 4% to 5% of all shark and ray species live in trop...

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Luxury brands turn memes into more shares, clicks and laughs across four experiments

• Jun 8, 2026

Luxury brands have increasingly embraced internet memes in their social media advertising campaigns. For example, Gucci's #TFWGucci campaign demonstra...

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Black hole feeding bursts may explain JWST's Little Red Dots in early universe

• Jun 8, 2026

A new theoretical study may have cracked one of the most puzzling discoveries of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST): Little Red Dots, spotted acros...

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New evidence from Yinshan Block reveals Earth's early supercontinent cycles

• Jun 8, 2026

A new study published in Precambrian Research by Jawad Shabbir, a Ph.D. student at Peking University's School of Earth and Space Sciences under Profes...

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Gleam-glum effect reveals emotional word cues in children as young as five

• Jun 8, 2026

The words "tick-tock," "hiss" and "screech" are examples of onomatopoeia because they imitate the sounds they represent: the rhythmic ticking of a clo...

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Astronomers discover the earliest known flickering quasar

• Jun 8, 2026

A supermassive black hole lies at the heart of every galaxy, including the Milky Way. When a black hole is active, it pulls material in as a whirlpool...

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Secondary silylium ion drives one-pot ketone sulfonamidation, reaching 95% yields

• Jun 8, 2026

A research team has developed a novel organocatalysis method based on a silylium Lewis acid. This technology employs an ion-pair catalyst combining a...

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How Artemis II livestreamed hi-def videos and images from the moon to Earth

• Jun 8, 2026

This April, humanity had front-row seats to space as the Artemis II Orion spacecraft transmitted crystal-clear footage of its historic journey around...

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Technology used to monitor conservation efforts at Rome's Colosseum to be used at the Ipiranga Museum

• Jun 8, 2026

The same three-dimensional laser scanning technology used to monitor the Colosseum in Rome will be used in a conservation project at the Ipiranga Muse...

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Critically endangered Chinese pangolin found in Nepal's sacred forest

• Jun 8, 2026

The rare Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla) has been spotted for the first time in Sunsari District in eastern Nepal. This brings the total number...

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How NFL draft position overpromises player potential

• Jun 8, 2026

A new analysis suggests there is no correlation between athlete performance and the way the NFL values draft positions, challenging long-held beliefs...