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Six new isolated millisecond pulsars discovered with FAST
- Apr 20, 2026
Using the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST), Chinese astronomers have inspected two nearby galactic globular clusters, name...
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Hawaiian green sea turtles emerge as reef defenders against invasive algae
- Apr 20, 2026
An invasive algae already well-established in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands is raising concern among researchers as it threatens to spread into th...
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Madagascar's ancient baobabs store 700 years of climate secrets—what they reveal
- Apr 20, 2026
Madagascar is home to seven species of baobab trees, of which six are found nowhere else on the planet. Many of the trees have been alive for well ove...
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Desmond Morris: from 'Naked Ape' to watching 'Big Brother'
- Apr 20, 2026
Celebrated British zoologist Desmond Morris, who died Sunday aged 98, shook up the world in 1967 when his book "The Naked Ape" posited that humans are...
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'Tis the season: Sharing resources sustains ocean microbial biodiversity
- Apr 20, 2026
Oceanographers from the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa discovered that microbial communities—from the sunlit surface to extreme depths—in the North Pa...
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Plastic texturing kills viruses when they land
- Apr 20, 2026
Researchers have developed a thin plastic film that tears apart viruses on contact, offering a promising new way to keep high-touch surfaces such as s...
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Japan warns of slightly increased risk of mega-quake after a 7.7-magnitude one
- Apr 20, 2026
An earthquake registering a preliminary magnitude of 7.7 off northern Japan on Monday prompted a short-lived tsunami alert and the advisory of a highe...
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New genetic evidence from Stajnia Cave reveals the oldest Neanderthal group reconstructed in Central-Eastern Europe
- Apr 20, 2026
An international study published in Current Biology presents the results of the analysis of ancient mitochondrial DNA obtained from eight Neanderthal...
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Preserved orchids show pollination has fallen 60% since the 1970s
- Apr 20, 2026
With their dazzling blooms, orchids are among the most famous and collected flowering plants on Earth. But orchids are not just beautiful and rare. Th...
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Tiny structural shift leads to big leap in solar fuel
- Apr 20, 2026
Researchers have uncovered that an orthogonal molecular architecture directs the formation of a rare double-cable structure, offering a new blueprint...
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Migratory blackcap bird brain mapped for the first time, opening a new era of 3D digital atlases
- Apr 20, 2026
A migratory bird brain, the Eurasian blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla), has been mapped for the first time using high-resolution light microscopy. The ope...
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Cocaine pollution alters salmon behavior in the wild, study reveals
- Apr 20, 2026
An international study, led by researchers from Griffith University, the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, the Zoological Society of London...