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Farmed oysters may boost New York's dwindling wild populations
- Jun 9, 2026
Farmed oysters are mixing with and potentially adding to populations of wild oysters—a once-abundant species in New York's estuaries and rivers that h...
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Satellite data reveal Southern Ocean vertical currents diving 3,000 feet below surface
- Jun 9, 2026
Ocean currents are not just horizontal motions that flow from side to side. There are also vertical currents that act like deep-sea elevators, pushing...
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MeerKAT reveals three electron acceleration sites in one solar flare
- Jun 9, 2026
Solar flares are the most explosive energy-release events in the solar corona, leading to intense particle acceleration, plasma heating and bulk plasm...
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SpaceX's hold over orbit matches East India Company's grip on maritime trade
- Jun 9, 2026
Elon Musk's SpaceX holds sway over the emerging space economy in a way that has more in common with notorious colonial-era trading companies than the...
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How climate shapes the meanings of words across languages
- Jun 9, 2026
When English speakers say "rose" and Chinese speakers say "玫瑰," do they mean the same thing? A Peking University team led by Professor Bi Yanchao ex...
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Maya altar and offerings at abandoned Belize sites highlight enduring ritual activities
- Jun 9, 2026
Archaeologists excavating Maya sites at Kaxil Uinik and Ayiin Winik in Belize have discovered the first reported Late Postclassic altar in the region,...
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How positive tipping points may be the key to protecting tropical rainforests
- Jun 9, 2026
The world's tropical rainforests are edging towards collapse. But knowing how to stop deforestation isn't enough to drive action. The challenge is ali...
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Iberian DNA remained largely unchanged for six centuries before Roman influence, study finds
- Jun 9, 2026
A study led by a UAB research team of Biological Anthropology has analyzed the genome of 54 newborns with the aim of tracking the genetic history of t...
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Can AI help coastal cities prepare for rising seas and extreme events?
- Jun 9, 2026
Our novel artificial intelligence model can predict extreme storm surges with high accuracy, including under future climate conditions. Because the AI...
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Oldest Maya Long Count calendar date may reveal how royalty turned time into power
- Jun 9, 2026
Archaeologists working at the ancient Maya site of El Palmar in Campeche, Mexico, have discovered what may be the earliest known Long Count calendar d...
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3D-printed nozzle array could streamline production of drug-delivery microparticles
- Jun 9, 2026
MIT researchers have demonstrated a low-cost design for specialized electronic nozzles, called triaxial electrospray emitters, that could be used to m...
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Why are sloths slow? It's in their DNA
- Jun 9, 2026
Sloths are the slowest mammals on the planet, but living in dense jungles has made them notoriously difficult to study. For the first time, scientists...