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Are JWST's early, overmassive black holes just normal-range outliers?
- Jun 3, 2026
Ever since the JWST revealed a population of SMBH in the early universe that were overmassive, scientists have been working hard to explain them. Thes...
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Locked-in food system slows Europe's green shift, article warns
- Jun 3, 2026
Europe's agrifood system is under severe pressure. Climate change is causing droughts and floods, and agriculture is putting pressure on nature, the c...
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How heavy can a neutron star get?
- Jun 3, 2026
The physics of neutron stars are almost too fantastic to believe: something the weight of two suns compacted to a sphere the size of a city. Each teas...
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Wetlands loss has increased residential flood insurance claim payments by $10 billion across the US, study finds
- Jun 3, 2026
A new study published in Nature Water finds that wetland loss across the United States has increased residential flood insurance claim payments by mor...
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Terahertz imaging maps spatial chirality in materials with 100-micrometer resolution
- Jun 3, 2026
In nature, there exist structures that are mirror images of each other but cannot be perfectly superimposed. These are known as chiral objects, derive...
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Violent rocket particles could reshape future spacecraft design
- Jun 3, 2026
When rockets fire into space, the insides of their engines become an extreme environment where temperatures soar and tiny particles are thrown around...
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Girl power: Red-shouldered hawk parents invest more in female offspring
- Jun 3, 2026
A new study published in the Journal of Raptor Research, titled "Factors Influencing Nestling Sex Ratios of Suburban and Rural Red-Shouldered Hawks, 2...
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Leafy camouflage reshapes katydid love songs, making males more attractive to females
- Jun 3, 2026
New research from the University of St Andrews has discovered that insects who conceal themselves as leaves also use their leafy camouflage to amplify...
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Ötzi the Iceman and his microbiome—a 5,300-year-old relationship
- Jun 3, 2026
Researchers at Eurac Research have obtained a detailed picture of the microbial community associated with Ötzi, Europe's oldest known natural human mu...
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Sharks thrive in hotspots of prey, underlining need for holistic approach to conservation
- Jun 3, 2026
Sharks need healthy habitats, and some have a strong preference for locations jam-packed with food, according to FIU research. A recent study of Carib...
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Biomaterial made from jackfruit latex is a promising treatment for periodontitis
- Jun 2, 2026
Researchers from the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences (FCMS) at the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP) in Sorocaba, in the int...
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Strain creates moiré 2D materials without twisting or stacking, opening more scalable route
- Jun 2, 2026
Cornell researchers have developed a new way to create moiré patterns—atomic-scale structures that can give materials unusual quantum behaviors—withou...