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Dead Sea archaea sport reinforced swimming tail for hypersalty waters
- Jun 3, 2026
Living in the Dead Sea would be a very unpleasant experience for most creatures. With salt concentration above 30% and temperatures ranging from 10–50...
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Ancient DNA offers hope for California's critically endangered black abalone
- Jun 3, 2026
Black abalone once carpeted the rocky shores of California by the millions. The large, long-lived sea snails sustained Indigenous peoples along the co...
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Solar sails edge closer to reality, but interstellar travel is another story
- Jun 3, 2026
From planetary rovers and asteroid sample return missions to the recent Artemis II flight above the far side of the moon, we are seemingly good at doi...
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Predictive model could help track deadly viruses back to their source
- Jun 3, 2026
A new predictive model developed at Washington State University could help scientists more efficiently identify the reservoirs of emerging zoonotic vi...
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Taimering mammoth was likely butchered by hunters and gatherers
- Jun 3, 2026
The wooly mammoth from Taimering (Bavaria, Germany), discovered in 2020, was buried in a former Ice Age pond after its death. Pollen findings and radi...
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Rising emissions, depleting water and vanishing land: AI is threatening natural resources for billions, say scientists
- Jun 3, 2026
By 2030, the global data centers powering artificial intelligence are projected to consume 945 terawatt-hours of electricity. This is nearly triple th...
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Belief that men 'evolved to be like this' could lead to more victim-blaming in rape cases
- Jun 3, 2026
New research from the U.K. suggests that being exposed to old ideas that portray male sexual violence as having an evolutionary explanation—such as it...
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World's largest scorpion revealed by 415-million-year-old fossils
- Jun 3, 2026
Fossil fragments found in the U.K. have been identified as remains of the largest scorpions ever. Measuring more than a meter in length, Praearcturus...
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Distant blazar OP 313 emits very high-energy gamma rays above 100 GeV
- Jun 3, 2026
An international team of astronomers have employed one of the Large-Sized Telescopes (LSTs) at the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO) to obs...
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Algal blooms explained: How scientists are helping spot them sooner
- Jun 3, 2026
Algal blooms can seem to appear overnight. A stretch of ocean that looked clear days earlier can suddenly appear discolored and sometimes pose risks t...
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Organized microbial guilds keep Earth's underground biosphere running, research reveals
- Jun 3, 2026
By studying life deep inside a former gold mine, a Northwestern University-led team of scientists has uncovered evidence that Earth's hidden biosphere...
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Rising seas could eventually 'drown' mangroves and release carbon
- Jun 3, 2026
Mangroves could store less carbon—and even begin releasing it—as sea levels rise, suggests new research in Earth's Future. Mangroves are made up of sa...