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British naked chalk giant gets spruced up
- May 30, 2026
Getting hot and sweaty in a British heat wave, volunteers from home and abroad have been hard at work all week to restore a historic naked chalk giant...
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Ohio wall lizards overcame genetic bottleneck through rapid population boom, genomes reveal
- May 30, 2026
Non-native wall lizards living in Cincinnati, Ohio, have thrived against the odds thanks to an ability to expand their population more quickly than an...
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Blue Origin rocket explosion is bad news for both Bezos and NASA
- May 30, 2026
Space exploration is filled with setbacks, but the spectacular explosion of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket on Thursday night marked a significant blow...
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A trip to the United Arab Emirates' darkest spot reveals a rare view of the Milky Way
- May 30, 2026
The gleaming skyscrapers and brights lights of the United Arab Emirates draw the eyes of all who travel there, a sign of the Arabian Peninsula nation'...
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In the world's economic 'black holes,' data still leak out
- May 30, 2026
From satellite imagery to clandestine price reports, a new study draws on North Korea to explore economic activity in opaque regimes and information-s...
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Modeling the Gulf: A researcher's quest to map every current, particle and tide
- May 29, 2026
Understanding the dynamics of how water moves is deceptively simple in concept and endlessly complex in practice. Real-world marine environments are a...
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Fish-microbe partnership may influence ocean health by making carbon-trapping minerals
- May 29, 2026
New research reveals a potential link between the gut microbes of a fish and global ocean processes, offering new insight into how marine ecosystems h...
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Diamond quantum sensor could reveal elusive altermagnets
- May 29, 2026
For nearly a century, there were two known kinds of magnets. Ferromagnets are the classic magnets that attract metal and keep pictures stuck to the re...
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Predator-triggered orange tails may help tadpoles survive by redirecting deadly bites
- May 29, 2026
Bright colors in animals are beautiful but often considered risky because they are more obvious to predators. However, conspicuous colors can also ser...
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Plants hit the brakes on immunity to survive viral infections
- May 29, 2026
When viruses invade a plant, you might expect an all-out immune war. But new research published in Science shows that, much like in humans, too strong...
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Are taxpayers being gaslighted by street lamp charm?
- May 29, 2026
Gas streetlights might look quaint, but researchers at the University of Cincinnati say they are costly, wasteful and release toxic pollutants into th...
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Freeze-dried reagents and hand-powered hardware bring biomanufacturing to remote labs
- May 29, 2026
Researchers at the University of Toronto's Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, working with collaborators around the world, have demonstrated the effectiv...