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Circular economies should work for communities, not against them
- Mar 31, 2026
The circular economy concept is often thought of as a model to eliminate waste and pollution—but when applied thoughtfully, circular approaches can cr...
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By 2100, climate change could make unhealthy air routine for 100 million Americans
- Mar 31, 2026
New modeling shows almost one in three Americans will routinely breathe air considered unhealthy for sensitive people by the year 2100 due to climate...
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Viruses 'eavesdrop' on each other—but it can backfire
- Mar 31, 2026
University of Exeter scientists studied chemical communication by phages (viruses that infect bacteria). The phages assessed in the study have two cho...
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How Europe can use emissions trading to also manage carbon removals
- Mar 31, 2026
The emissions trading system launched by the European Union in 2005 could one day also be used to capture CO₂ on a large scale. A new model study quan...
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Can planes evacuate in 90 seconds? New simulations show the safest cabin layout
- Mar 31, 2026
In case of an emergency, the Federal Aviation Administration requires aircraft to be able to evacuate within 90 seconds. However, as the median age of...
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Towards smarter agriculture: Durable nanofilm electrodes for monitoring leaf health
- Mar 31, 2026
Nanofilm electrodes capable of detecting stress in plants through bioelectric potentials could pave the way for more resilient agriculture, report res...
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Two new gecko species discovered in Vietnam
- Mar 31, 2026
The half leaf-fingered geckos (Hemiphyllodactylus) are a diverse group with more than 70 recognized species and a distribution range from southern Ind...
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Cow manure digesters really do cut methane—unless they leak
- Mar 31, 2026
A new study shows that systems designed to capture methane from cow manure, called dairy digesters, are highly effective. But on the rare occasions th...
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Survival of the wittiest: Expert says linguistic cleverness aids human evolution
- Mar 31, 2026
Is wittiness a kind of fitness? Ljiljana Progovac explores the idea that quick-wittedness—using and combining words in a clever and funny way—has been...
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In civil war, trauma from intragroup can cause more pain than intergroup violence
- Mar 31, 2026
Violence perpetrated by members of one's own ethnic group produces up to five times more trauma than violence from opposing groups. Joan Barceló and K...
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Terraforming Mars: Modeling engineered aerosols to warm the planet
- Mar 31, 2026
Whenever humans arrive on Mars, they're going to find it a difficult place to exist. Mars is cold, with an average surface temperature of -55°C; tempe...
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A new way to eavesdrop on ocean temperature in the Arctic
- Mar 31, 2026
New research led by scientists at UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography finds that the travel time of underwater sounds moving across the...