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Young disk around WRAY 15-1880 may contain a primitive planetary system
- Jun 16, 2026
Italian astronomers have used the Very Large Telescope (VLT) to perform polarimetric observations of the star WRAY 15-1880 and its young circumstellar...
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New alliance to protect Atlantic's leatherback turtles launched on World Sea Turtle Day
- Jun 16, 2026
A newly established alliance, comprising leading researchers and conservation experts, has mobilized to safeguard the Atlantic Ocean's leatherback tur...
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New tool helps protect communities from flooding during rain-on-snow events and optimize reservoir management
- Jun 16, 2026
While Reno families were celebrating the 1997 New Year, the Truckee River was surging into the city's downtown streets. A rainstorm was falling on the...
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Jury service boosts public trust in courts, but fewer Americans are serving
- Jun 16, 2026
As public trust in the U.S. Supreme Court continues to fall, new research from the Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC) of the University of Pennsylv...
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New research suggests writing with AI demands more thought from students, not less
- Jun 16, 2026
Writing with AI can look deceptively simple. Effortless, even. Type in a prompt and a polished paragraph appears in seconds. Tidy, confident, clean. B...
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Powerful UFO spotted blasting from a distant black hole
- Jun 16, 2026
Astronomers have detected one of the most powerful ultra-fast outflows ever seen from a distant supermassive black hole. Using XMM-Newton and NuSTAR,...
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Mongooses prepare for likely future battles with powerful enemies, study finds
- Jun 16, 2026
Dwarf mongooses anticipate encounters with rival groups and adjust how they move, communicate and defend resources beforehand, according to new resear...
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50-megapixel Earth models capture storms in unprecedented detail—but four consistent blind spots remain
- Jun 16, 2026
Traditional global climate models were like early digital cameras—they had only about 10,000 pixels to cover the entire planet. At that low resolution...
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Scientist confronting the rising global threat of mosquitoes
- Jun 16, 2026
Growing up in Tahiti, Anna-Bella Failloux saw firsthand the threat posed by mosquitoes: Nearly a third of adults on the picturesque island once had sw...
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UK bans under-16s from using social media apps including TikTok and YouTube
- Jun 16, 2026
Britain will ban children aged under 16 from using a range of social media apps, including Snapchat, TikTok and YouTube, to protect them from harmful...
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6.7-magnitude earthquake shakes part of Indonesia, causing damage and injuries
- Jun 16, 2026
A 6.7 magnitude earthquake shook part of central Indonesia's Sulawesi island Tuesday, injuring at least eight people, causing scattered damage and rat...
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A new approach to the EU's promised cross-border climate action
- Jun 16, 2026
The EU must reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 90% by 2040 relative to 1990—of which 5 percentage points can be achieved through climate action el...