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Gravitational waves as possible candidates for the origin of dark matter
- Apr 1, 2026
Gravitational waves could be responsible for the production of dark matter during the early phases of our universe's formation, according to results o...
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Ultrafast quantum light pulses measured for the first time
- Apr 1, 2026
Researchers at the Technion—Israel Institute of Technology have, for the first time, measured the temporal duration of individual pulses of an extraor...
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How gossiping mushroom networks share your public urination secrets
- Apr 1, 2026
Psst, have you heard that mushrooms can "gossip" and spread information to their neighbors? Underneath the umbrella-like shapes we see on the forest f...
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Artemis II space launch 'politically important' in new era of space competition, expert says
- Apr 1, 2026
Astrophiles are eagerly awaiting the launch of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Artemis II on Wednesday, which is set to be the mos...
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Conflict-driven farmland abandonment in Syria leads to land uplift, study finds
- Apr 1, 2026
The Syrian civil war, which began in 2011, caused widespread population displacement and infrastructure damage. However, it has also led to an uninten...
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Nature's photocopiers caught 'doodling'—scientists say it could revolutionize how DNA is written
- Apr 1, 2026
New research has discovered that the molecular machines responsible for copying our DNA have a surprising hidden talent—an ability to create entirely...
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What it takes to keep astronauts safe in deep space
- Apr 1, 2026
The Artemis II mission launches this week as a first step toward returning to the moon and reaching Mars. Materials scientist Debbie Senesky explains...
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Can you trust a finding? A new project maps which studies replicate
- Apr 1, 2026
Findings from the Systematizing Confidence in Open Research and Evidence (SCORE) program—a collaborative effort involving 865 researchers—have been pu...
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A 500-million-year-old clawed predator rewrites the origin of spiders and horseshoe crabs
- Apr 1, 2026
It had been a long day of teaching for Rudy Lerosey-Aubril. As a reward, he returned to cleaning an intriguing Cambrian arthropod fossil he had recent...
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5 reasons why the Artemis II mission is a big deal
- Apr 1, 2026
The Artemis II mission, scheduled to launch on Wednesday, will send four astronauts on a 10-day journey from Earth around the moon—the first time huma...
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Could a solar storm derail the Artemis II mission?
- Apr 1, 2026
Every mission to deep space is fraught with danger. A hardware failure during launch, an equipment malfunction far from Earth, or a small space rock h...
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Warming winters lead to more nitrate pollution in the drinking water near farms
- Apr 1, 2026
When pollution gets bad enough in the rivers supplying Iowa's largest city with drinking water, it costs Des Moines around $16,000 a day to run a spec...