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Gravitational waves reveal hidden structure of galactic centers
- Mar 6, 2026
A new study published in Nature Astronomy indicates that the dense, star- and dark-matter–rich environments around supermassive black hole binaries pa...
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Recreating the forms and sounds of historical musical instruments
- Mar 6, 2026
What if there were a way to create accurate replicas of ancient and historical instruments that could be played and heard?In late 2024, senior MIT pos...
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Satellite images uncover new threat to emperor penguins during their annual molt
- Mar 6, 2026
The tall black-and-white residents of Antarctica, who waddle around its icy landscape, are in peril thanks to the rapidly warming global climate. Empe...
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Can we design sports shoes that don't squeak? Here's what the science says
- Mar 6, 2026
The unofficial soundtrack of every basketball, squash or hard-court tennis match is the constant high-pitched squeak or shriek of the players' shoes....
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Meet 'Tous'—an entirely new genus of mammal
- Mar 6, 2026
Mammals are not especially diverse. Roughly 6,800 mammal species are known to exist, compared with about 8,800 species of amphibian, 11,000 species of...
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NASA rules out asteroid smashup on the moon in 2032
- Mar 6, 2026
Here's one less thing to worry about—or to look forward to: NASA has ruled out any chance that an asteroid called 2024 YR4 will hit the moon in 2032....
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X-raying rocks reveals their carbon-storing capacity
- Mar 6, 2026
To avoid the worst effects of climate change, many billions of metric tons of industrially generated carbon dioxide will have to be captured and store...
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Carbon emissions now more than double the planetary boundary, analysis finds
- Mar 6, 2026
Earth is not infinite. Pollution beyond certain levels threatens the climate and ecosystems. To prevent this, scientists have proposed planetary bound...
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Data reveal a significant acceleration of global warming since 2015
- Mar 6, 2026
Global warming has accelerated since 2015, according to a new study by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK). After accounting for k...
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A superradiant clock phase emerges when Rydberg atoms meet quantum light, simulations suggest
- Mar 6, 2026
Rydberg atoms are atoms with one or more outer electrons excited to very high energy levels, which interact very strongly with each other. These atoms...
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Researchers thought inbred koalas were at risk of extinction—what they discovered upends genetic conventions
- Mar 6, 2026
If you follow media coverage of koalas, you could be forgiven for feeling confused. Recent stories describe a "koala paradox": endangered in the north...
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Artificial feeding platform transforms study of ticks and their diseases
- Mar 6, 2026
The world's first lab-based tick feeding system for bush ticks, developed by researchers at the University of Melbourne, has transformed the study of...