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The rise and fall (and rise again) of gold prices: What's going on?
- Feb 3, 2026
In late January, the gold price reached an all-time peak of around US $5,500 (£4,025). January 30 saw one of the largest one-day falls in prices, whic...
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Supermassive black holes sit in 'eye of their own storms,' studies find
- Feb 3, 2026
Gigantic black holes lurk at the center of virtually every galaxy, including ours, but we've lacked a precise picture of what impact they have on thei...
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AI systems could identify math anxiety from student inputs and change feedback
- Feb 3, 2026
Math anxiety is a significant challenge for students worldwide. While personalized support is widely recognized as the most effective way to address i...
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Warmer Northeast Atlantic waters and heavy fishing leave cod and haddock chasing smaller prey
- Feb 3, 2026
Fish across Britain's seas face ever-smaller meals as warmer seas and commercial fishing squeeze ocean food webs, new research suggests. Research by t...
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A UK climate security report backed by the intelligence services was quietly buried until now
- Feb 3, 2026
Last autumn, a UK government report warned that climate-driven ecosystem collapse could lead to food shortages, mass migration, political extremism an...
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Not an artifact, but an ancestor: Why a German university is returning a Māori taonga
- Feb 3, 2026
Restitution debates—the questions of whether a cultural object should be returned from a museum or other collection to a person or community—often beg...
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Study highlights stressed faults in potential shale gas region in South Africa
- Feb 3, 2026
A swarm of small earthquakes within the Karoo Basin in South Africa has revealed a critically stressed fault that could be perturbed by potential shal...
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Cosmic radiation brought to light: Researchers measure ionization in dark cloud for the first time
- Feb 3, 2026
Where starlight doesn't reach, new things are born: For the first time, an international research team has directly measured the effect of cosmic radi...
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Ozone-depleting CFCs detected in historical measurements—20 years earlier than previously known
- Feb 3, 2026
An international research team led by the University of Bremen has detected chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) in Earth's atmosphere for the first time in his...
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New mineral sunscreen reduces white cast by using tetrapod-shaped zinc oxide
- Feb 3, 2026
UCLA researchers have developed a mineral sunscreen formulation that significantly reduces the white, chalky cast that keeps many people from wearing...
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Physicists achieve near-zero friction on macroscopic scales
- Feb 3, 2026
For the first time, physicists in China have virtually eliminated the friction felt between two surfaces at scales visible to the naked eye. In demons...
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Maps offer neighborhood-level insight into American migration
- Feb 3, 2026
California's most devastating wildfire—the 2018 Camp Fire, which killed 85 and destroyed nearly 19,000 structures—forced nearly half of all residents...