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Rare wild goats in Northumberland prove to be a genetically distinct breed
- Jun 4, 2026
New research shows Cheviot goats are one of the UK's most genetically distinct goat populations. Led by Newcastle University, this is the first geneti...
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Fossil fishes buried in the desert reveal a missing chapter in marine history
- Jun 4, 2026
When an asteroid struck Earth about 66 million years ago, it ended the age of dinosaurs and transformed life across the planet. The effects of that ca...
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What makes 15-minute cities work? More nearby jobs and connected streets
- Jun 4, 2026
The concept of the "15-Minute City" has gained global traction as a blueprint for more livable, sustainable communities by placing daily essentials—su...
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Bison restoration efforts and grazing rights hinge on one question: Are bison wildlife?
- Jun 4, 2026
Bison are political animals. A federal decision to revoke grazing leases for bison on public lands on the rolling plains of eastern Montana is the lat...
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Overlooked DNA structures help organize the genome
- Jun 4, 2026
Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered that little-studied DNA structures play a central role in organizing the human genome and controlling...
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Eroding a virtue: AI trains people to expect instant answers, and that's bad news for patience
- Jun 4, 2026
When I was growing up, teachers would assign research papers that required going to the library, or later, searching for relevant material on the inte...
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Teaching AI to design optical surfaces using real-world imperfections
- Jun 4, 2026
Designing surfaces that precisely control how light behaves at the nanoscale is tricky. Optical Fourier surfaces, which are nanostructured gratings th...
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Climate vulnerable residents in Nigeria are creating makeshift adaptation systems
- Jun 4, 2026
Residents in informal settlements in Lagos—who are among the most vulnerable to climate change—have developed sophisticated, multi-scale climate adapt...
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AI paired with tiny optical device corrects distorted light for sharper imaging
- Jun 4, 2026
Blurry light from lens imperfections is a problem everywhere, from microscopes to telescopes to smartphone cameras. Using a tiny yet carefully enginee...
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Users trust AI and human fact-checkers equally, but for different reasons
- Jun 4, 2026
Users tend to trust artificial intelligence (AI)-powered fact-checkers as much as human fact-checkers, but for different reasons, according to a new s...
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AI-guided catalyst turns CO₂ and waste into fertilizer at industrially relevant rates
- Jun 4, 2026
Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed a computation-guided strategy to produce urea more efficiently from carbon...
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Newfound velociraptor cousin probably glided on four 'wings' and hunted early birds
- Jun 4, 2026
A fossil bed in northwestern China is littered with the remains of hundreds of prehistoric birds—including some whose broken bones were crushed into p...