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How to stop panic buying: Research finds COVID lesson
- Mar 18, 2026
Panic buying doesn't just respond to shortages—it creates them. And according to a University of the Sunshine Coast behavioral scientist, the lessons...
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New ice core studies expand histories of greenhouse gases and ocean temperature to 3 million years
- Mar 18, 2026
New analyses of ancient ice from Antarctica and the air contained inside it are extending the history of Earth's climate records and expanding researc...
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Global insect rescue plan requires new technology to ensure success
- Mar 18, 2026
Cameras that photograph insects overnight and AI that identifies them are among a new generation of tools that could finally allow scientists to track...
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Clearing circular RNA from cells extends lifespan, C. elegans study reveals
- Mar 18, 2026
Cells in our bodies produce RNA based on genetic information stored in DNA, and RNA serves as a blueprint for making proteins. Researchers at KAIST ha...
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Ancient climate records reveal a wetter Levant that may have guided early humans out of Africa
- Mar 18, 2026
For modern residents of the Levant, the "Red Sea Trough" usually brings a brief, dusty transition between seasons. But 127,000 years ago, this same we...
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White-rot fungi show promise for reducing pharmaceutical residues in biosolids
- Mar 18, 2026
Antidepressants and other psychoactive drugs are designed to affect the human brain. But after they enter the water system in excrement or unused drug...
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Seals risk death by polar bear for a varied meal, study finds
- Mar 18, 2026
As climate change reshapes Arctic food webs, ringed seals will swim into risky polar bear territory if the menu is varied enough. This is the central...
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In Germany, climate-related television content reaches engaged viewers but misses skeptical groups
- Mar 18, 2026
Researchers from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, the University of Hamburg, Freie Universität Berlin and the Fraunhofer Institute for Digital...
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Plant survival under three simultaneous stressors may hinge on a single protein
- Mar 18, 2026
Researchers at the University of Missouri have discovered certain proteins may be the key to saving plants' lives when multiple stressors hit at the s...
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Is glass a solid or a super slow liquid? Physicists create equilibrium glassy phase from rod-shaped particles
- Mar 18, 2026
Glass appears to be a solid, but in theory it sometimes behaves more like an extremely slow liquid. Physicists in Utrecht now show that glass-like str...
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Dolls beat tablets at building social understanding, six-week study suggests
- Mar 18, 2026
Research by Cardiff University has found that playing with Barbie dolls can help reach key milestones in developing empathy and social understanding d...
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Scientists turn rubber waste into new materials and capture CO₂
- Mar 18, 2026
Researchers at the University of St Andrews have unveiled two breakthrough techniques for chemically recycling and upcycling nitrile‑rubber products,...