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A drug once dismissed as ineffective suddenly worked—when scientists tested it under more realistic conditions that mimic the human body. In this surp...
Mature and old-growth forests are vital for biodiversity, carbon storage, cultural traditions and economic activity. But in Alaska and British Columbi...
Astronomers have identified a possible new example of one of the universe's strangest galaxy types: galaxies that appear to contain little or no dark...
For decades, the short-eared dog (Atelocynus microtis) has been considered one of the least-known carnivores in Latin America, and potentially one of...
Quantum memories, systems that store and retrieve information leveraging quantum mechanical effects, can outperform classical storage systems on some...
Unfortunately, there's more bad news to report on the clear skies front. A new paper, available on the arXiv preprint server from researchers at NASA'...
At a Maryland vineyard, Debi Persing guided her Boston terrier, Xephyr, slowly down a row of grapevines. Vineyard workers and scientists had already i...
The way that Earth's first animals reproduced held back life's diversity for millions of years, until stress and competition led to the development of...
Too often, policy recommendations in climate-related research are either an afterthought or stray too far into advocacy, a new analysis has found. Res...
A team led by Raju Tomer, professor of biological sciences at Columbia University, has created a new design for microscopes and microscope lenses that...
The number of conflicts between states continued to increase sharply in 2025 and has now reached the highest level since World War II. At the same tim...
A genomic study has reshaped our understanding of the evolutionary history of the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus), revealing the iconic Australian mars...
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