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The cactus on your desk is an evolution speed machine
- Mar 17, 2026
The cactus on your windowsill may grow slowly, but new research shows that cacti are surprisingly fast at creating new species. Biologists have long t...
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AI model predicts chemical effects on gene expression, speeding drug discovery
- Mar 17, 2026
Inside a diseased cell, the genes are in chaos. Some are receiving signals to overproduce a protein. Others are reducing activity to abnormal levels....
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Why models and longitudinal data on adherence to non-pharmaceutical interventions must come together
- Mar 17, 2026
An interdisciplinary team of authors from Canada, Austria, the U.S. and Germany has outlined how immuno-epidemiology and individual decision-making on...
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Nest-building birds help disperse cotton further than wind, study suggests
- Mar 17, 2026
Birds play a larger role in the dispersal of wild cotton than previously assumed. This is shown by a study in the journal Oikos, carried out in southe...
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Bell-bottoms today, miniskirts tomorrow: Math reveals fashion's 20-year cycle
- Mar 17, 2026
Fashion insiders and beauty magazines have long cited the "20-year-rule"—the idea that clothing trends often resurface every two decades. According to...
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Ultrathin BiFeO₃ breaks the 30 nm limit, delivering fourfold stronger piezoelectricity
- Mar 17, 2026
Piezoelectric materials, which convert mechanical stress into electricity and vice versa, are essential components in sensors, actuators, and energy-h...
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Some Canadians are willing to eat insect-based food, but conditions apply
- Mar 17, 2026
Going to the grocery store these days can be a painful experience, with record-high price hikes biting into Canadian food budgets. However, as many so...
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Past intensive whaling threatens the future of bowhead whales
- Mar 17, 2026
A unique collection of prehistoric bowhead whale bones, dating back 11,000 years, reveals a previously untold story of the relative impacts of humans...
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Genetic analyses show that many sponge species in the Indo-Pacific are regionally unique
- Mar 17, 2026
The Indo-Pacific is the largest marine biogeographical region on Earth and a global center of marine biodiversity. Nevertheless, there are gaps remain...
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Statistics that tell the whole truth? It's as easy as ABC
- Mar 17, 2026
It's said that statistics don't lie, but they often don't tell the whole truth, either. A Cornell statistics expert has come up with a method he belie...
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What happens to cigarette butts after 10 years in the environment
- Mar 17, 2026
Cigarette butts are the most common form of litter worldwide. Trillions are discarded every year in cities, parks, beaches, along railway tracks and r...
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Nano 3D metallic parts turn out to be surprisingly strong despite defects
- Mar 17, 2026
Scientists at Caltech have figured out how to precisely engineer tiny three-dimensional (3D) metallic pieces with nanoscale dimensions. The process ca...