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Modeling nuclear fusion at lightning speed
- Jun 22, 2026
As we scour and scorch the Earth for deeper wells of energy, investors and government agencies are pouring billions into nuclear fusion research. The...
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Anyone can fake a scientific image with AI, tricking even academic journals, and undermining trust in science
- Jun 22, 2026
A photograph of Earth glowing in deep space, the moon's cratered horizon stretching across its foreground, caught many people's eyes in April 2026. As...
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Analyzing wildfire behavior can help detect risk zones earlier and support fire‑smart strategies
- Jun 22, 2026
Fire-smart risk assessment is needed to tackle the scale of wildfire destruction, which is a growing reality across the globe. Hazardous fires are mor...
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New findings challenge idea that human bodies simply got bigger and bigger over time in a steady line
- Jun 22, 2026
The biggest jump in body size among our ancestors happened around 2–2.5 million years ago, with the appearance of Homo rudolfensis or Homo erectus/erg...
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High-severity fires burn 30 times more acreage than 40 years ago, researchers find
- Jun 22, 2026
Forest fires now burn 10 times more acreage annually than in 1985, while wildfire severity has gotten even worse. In California, 30 times more acreage...
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Crashing insect populations lead to smaller tree swallows that reproduce less
- Jun 22, 2026
Since the 1970s, the number of insects at Canada's Long Point Bird Observatory has dropped by more than 60%, according to a new study led by the Unive...
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Astronomers want to build a swarm of telescopes to find life
- Jun 22, 2026
Current plans for flagship telescopes in the 2040s are focused on answering a simple question: Are we alone? Our best telescopes to date, such as the...
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What made prehistoric communities resilient? Ancient social networks may hold the answer
- Jun 22, 2026
A new study led by Dr. Ariel Malinsky-Buller of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem challenges long-held assumptions about how prehistoric hunter-gathe...
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Underwater expedition charts seaweed forests in the remote waters of southern Patagonia
- Jun 22, 2026
At the icy, wind-swept tip of South America lies Inútil Bay, a remote marine environment in the Tierra del Fuego archipelago that has long guarded its...
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How thousands of nature's longest sperm squeeze into a tiny fruit fly
- Jun 22, 2026
When Jasmin Imran Alsous peered down her microscope lens, she expected to see chaos—a mishmash of tangled cells. She was viewing the inside of a male...
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Why do cats groom each other? Research found that it is not always friendly
- Jun 22, 2026
Cats are the most popular companion animals worldwide, and many people have multiple cats at home. In these multicat households, not all the cats get...
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Researchers reveal Hong Kong as a 'biodiversity ark' for yellow-crested cockatoos and expand nesting support
- Jun 22, 2026
A new genomic study by researchers from the HKU School of Biological Sciences (SBS) has found that Hong Kong's introduced population of yellow-crested...