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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...
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These horses are unaffected by petting in children's zoo, heart rate monitors reveal
- Jun 8, 2026
The horses at the Children's Zoo in Gothenburg don't mind being petted by children and adults. However, they do get stressed by the noise from an exca...
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Bacteria can learn and form memories without a brain
- Jun 8, 2026
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have shown that bacteria can learn from past experiences, store memories across generations and adapt their...
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Nickelate superconductors share a common electronic fingerprint
- Jun 8, 2026
Superconductors, materials that conduct electricity with zero electrical resistance at specific temperature ranges, have proved very promising for the...
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A 7.8 magnitude quake in the Philippines kills at least 19, fells buildings and sets off a tsunami
- Jun 8, 2026
An offshore magnitude 7.8 earthquake rocked the southern Philippines Monday, killing at least 19 people, injuring more than 200 others mostly in damag...
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Ancient dental calculus uncovers regional and historical shifts in Japan's oral microbiome
- Jun 8, 2026
Researchers have characterized the oral microbiomes of the Japanese population across time by analyzing the DNA preserved in dental calculus of human...
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Antibiotics drive resistance in waterways—even after they break down
- Jun 8, 2026
Antibiotics continue to drive resistance in bacteria, even after they are broken down in wastewater treatment plants and discharged into rivers and se...
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Solar panels on rewetted peatland could be a climate and nature win–win
- Jun 8, 2026
Researchers in Germany have found that solar panels on rewetted peatland provide a unique habitat for bird species along with generating green energy...
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AI spots smuggled seahorses, shark fins and sea cucumbers with 92% accuracy
- Jun 7, 2026
When we think of wildlife trafficking, we might think of rhino horns or baby orangutans sold as pets—but the smuggling of sea creatures, a less well-k...
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'All-in-one' platform developed for multiple trait stacking in crops
- Jun 7, 2026
A major goal of modern crop breeding is to efficiently combine multiple desirable traits by "stacking" the favorable gene variants (alleles) that cont...
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Could the Milky Way's missing mass be hiding in a swarm of interstellar comets?
- Jun 7, 2026
3I/ATLAS has caused quite a stir over the last year, inviting astronomers to update what they know about other solar systems as well as our own. Howev...