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A new clue to how the body detects physical force
- Mar 7, 2026
Every time we feel a gentle tap on the skin, specialized nerve cells convert that physical force into an electrical signal the brain can interpret as...
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Study reveals new technique to identify individual night-flying birds for the first time
- Mar 7, 2026
Millions of birds invisibly migrate through the night sky each autumn, most flying in near silence toward their wintering grounds. Now, scientists hav...
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Analysis of 1,000 Tinder profiles reveals nine standard pose types
- Mar 7, 2026
Choosing a Tinder profile picture may feel like a free, personal and creative act. But how true is that? A new study from the Universitat Oberta de Ca...
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'Just-shoring' puts justice at the center of critical minerals policy
- Mar 7, 2026
A clean energy future hinges on minerals such as copper, cobalt, lithium, and rare earth elements. But the race to secure them puts pressure on the pl...
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New study reveals differences between 'Demon Slayer' bamboo muzzle and actual bamboo
- Mar 6, 2026
In storytelling, even small visual details can become unforgettable. In the globally popular anime "Demon Slayer," one such detail is the short bamboo...
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Overshoot reshapes climate strategies—but the path to net zero remains unchanged
- Mar 6, 2026
Temporary overshoot of global temperature targets—particularly the 1.5°C goal of the Paris Agreement—is no longer just a modeling concept. New researc...
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Why being nice matters in a complex world
- Mar 6, 2026
Coan says practicing kindness, be it big or small, is a one-two punch for your health and for those around you. That includes "weak ties," the casual,...
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Salt may have pushed us further into Snowball Earth 700 million years ago
- Mar 6, 2026
Our planet plunged into one of the most dramatic climate states in its long history, approximately 720–635 million years ago. During a period geologis...
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Stars like our sun may maintain the same rotation pattern for life, contrary to 45 years of theoretical predictions
- Mar 6, 2026
Researchers at Nagoya University in Japan have conducted the most detailed simulation of the interior of stars and disproved a theory scientists have...
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Study finds water oversight failures at California dairies
- Mar 6, 2026
A Stanford Law report reveals California's inadequate monitoring of dairies and feedlots, highlighting the need for stronger regulatory enforcement to...
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Largest known Mesozoic crocodyliform egg clutch discovered in Brazil
- Mar 6, 2026
In a study published in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, researchers Dr. Giovanna M. X. Paixão and her colleagues analyzed the fossilized remai...
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What's inside neutron stars? New model could sharpen gravitational-wave 'tide' clues
- Mar 6, 2026
Neutron stars harbor some of the most extreme environments in the universe: their densities soar to several times those of atomic nuclei, and they pos...