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Why snakes can go months between meals: A genetic explanation
- Feb 4, 2026
Snakes may well be one of nature's greatest predators, capable of eating whole deer or even crocodiles, but just as impressive is that they can go mon...
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Experiments with 1,600 volunteers link social exclusion to higher interest in gossip
- Feb 4, 2026
Ages ago, when societies were organized around small villages, a person's security and sense of belonging depended partly on how close they were to th...
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Where are Europe's oldest people living? What geography tells us about a fragmenting continent
- Feb 4, 2026
For over a century and a half, life expectancy has steadily increased in the wealthiest countries. Spectacular climbs in longevity have been noted in...
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Hudson Valley initiative puts food sovereignty into practice
- Feb 4, 2026
A study by researchers from the CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute gauges how an initiative in New York's Hudson Valley is helping farmers and community...
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Hard to recycle packaging? This glue could let plastics peel apart on cue
- Feb 4, 2026
Newcastle University engineers are at the forefront of adhesive technology that promises to change how we recycle. They have developed a reversible gl...
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Friendly bacteria can unlock hidden metabolic pathways in plant cell cultures
- Feb 4, 2026
Plants are a rich and renewable source of compounds used in medicines, food ingredients, and cosmetics. Since growing an entire plant just to extract...
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Simulations and supercomputing calculate one million cislunar orbits
- Feb 4, 2026
Satellites and spacecraft in the vast region between Earth and the moon and just beyond—called cislunar space—are crucial for space exploration, scien...
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Olives have been essential to life in Italy for at least 6,000 years—far longer than we thought
- Feb 4, 2026
How far back does the rich history of Italian olives and oil stretch? My new research, published in the American Journal of Archaeology, synthesizing...
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How to ensure affordable, safe and culturally grounded housing for Indigenous older adults
- Feb 4, 2026
A good home, or Minosin Kikiwa in Cree, is the foundation of dignity in later life, according to the Indigenous seniors who spoke to us. Yet "every ye...
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Zambia's farmers are working in dangerous heat: How they can protect themselves
- Feb 4, 2026
Farming is central to life in Zambia, with about 60% of the country's labor force relying on rain-fed agriculture for their livelihood or income. Seas...
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'Inoculation' helps people spot political deepfakes, study finds
- Feb 4, 2026
Informing people about political deepfakes through text-based information and interactive games both improve people's ability to spot AI-generated vid...
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Scientists use RNA nanotechnology to program living cells, opening a new path for cancer cure
- Feb 4, 2026
Scientists at Rutgers University–Newark have developed a first-of-its-kind RNA-based nanotechnology that assembles itself inside living human cells an...