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What we misunderstand about absent fathers
- Jun 16, 2026
"What do dads do on Tuesdays?" This wasn't a rhetorical question when I posed it to my wife as our daughter's birth approached. Before my daughter was...
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Walking shark discovery reveals new species in tiny Papua New Guinea range
- Jun 16, 2026
A night dive to study wild sharks that can walk on land has surfaced with something even rarer—a species unknown to science. "New shark species don't...
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4 steps you can take to avoid 'perceived scarcity' and prevent food waste
- Jun 16, 2026
The grocery store is a busy place, full of signs and signals that we may or may not always notice. Picture yourself in your usual store: Do your eyes...
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Revealing how and when a black hole's mighty winds can squash star formation
- Jun 16, 2026
Thanks to the X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission, or XRISM, University of Michigan researchers are helping chip away at one of astronomy's cosmic...
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The world agreed to protect 30% of the ocean by 2030—but marine protection can't be judged by area alone
- Jun 16, 2026
The ocean is home to some of the richest biodiversity on Earth. From coral reefs and mangrove forests to the deep sea, marine ecosystems sustain count...
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Could Earth have sent life to Jupiter's moon Europa?
- Jun 16, 2026
Could Earth have seeded Jupiter's moon Europa with bacterial life, where it could have taken hold in Europa's ocean and perhaps evolved into something...
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Laser Interferometer Space Antenna could double as an asteroid scale
- Jun 16, 2026
One of the hardest things to calculate for an asteroid is its mass—but it is such a critical feature. It determines how much of an impact it would hav...
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The best place to look for alien megastructures might be moon dust
- Jun 16, 2026
Our search for technosignatures—clear signs of advanced civilizations beyond Earth—takes many forms. Many are driven by the famous Drake equation, whi...
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Young coqui frogs 'play it safe' when disease strikes, study finds
- Jun 16, 2026
For a frog no bigger than a fingernail, survival depends on how it spends every bit of energy. New research from the University of Florida shows that...
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World Cup Fever Study now open to all major smartwatches
- Jun 16, 2026
At the start of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Bielefeld University is looking for fans of all national teams. The Football Fever Study uses smartwatch data...
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Radiocarbon dating confirms 10,000 years of continuous human occupation in the Pyrenees
- Jun 16, 2026
Researchers from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) have created an open database with 124 carbon-14-dated samples that have made it possible...
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Study tracks juvenile sturgeon from Ohio's first-ever reintroduction effort
- Jun 16, 2026
A new telemetry study published in the Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences finds that the method used to raise juvenile lake sturgeon b...