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Cosmic bombardment may have opened Earth's crust for prebiotic chemistry
- Jun 8, 2026
Asteroids and planetesimals regularly bombarded Earth between about 4.6 billion and 3.5 billion years ago, during the Hadean and Archean eons. Because...
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Super sponge can remove toxic dyes from industrial wastewater
- Jun 8, 2026
Colors brighten our lives and help define countless items we use daily—from the vibrant clothes we wear to decorative paper and packaging materials. W...
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How plants survive constant DNA damage: Newly identified repair protein protects growth-critical stem cells
- Jun 8, 2026
Similar to the way DNA damage can contribute to human diseases such as cancer, it can also disrupt growth, development and survival in plants. Every d...
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Despite toxic reputation, our research shows podcasts can help men's mental health
- Jun 8, 2026
Over the last decade, podcasts have become big business, with more than a fifth of UK adults listening to podcasts each week. The format particularly...
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River wildlife moves freely once dams are removed, but so too can invasive species
- Jun 8, 2026
Almost a quarter of all freshwater species are threatened with extinction. The removal of human-made barriers from rivers, such as dams and weirs, is...
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Peptide blocks DNA breaks tied to treatment-induced leukemia, offering new prevention route
- Jun 8, 2026
Thanks to effective therapies, more and more people are now able to live with or after cancer in the long term. Consequently, the number of patients a...
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Great mysteries of archaeology: An ancient Amazonian world revealed from the sky
- Jun 8, 2026
From the air, you see it only through the constant jolt, tilt, and shudder of the low-flying Cessna aircraft. The landscape of the Llanos de Moxos, no...
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'The Real Scoreline' reveals the nations facing climate penalties
- Jun 8, 2026
As nations prepare to compete on the global stage this summer, researchers at the University of Reading have created a different kind of scoreboard th...
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Cloud-tested quantum noise model predicts superconducting qubit errors with sevenfold better accuracy
- Jun 8, 2026
Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, and Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore have developed a pr...
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Satellites reveal cities' 'urban pulse,' tracking neighborhood growth in near real time
- Jun 8, 2026
For over a century, doctors have used electrocardiograms (EKGs) to render the invisible electrical activity of the human heart visible, using the puls...
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Upcoming telescopes could shed light on dark matter
- Jun 8, 2026
NASA's plans to return astronauts to the moon through the Artemis program and ultimately send humans to Mars highlight just how far space exploration...
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Aerosols may warm or cool the climate depending on timing, new study finds
- Jun 8, 2026
A new study from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem challenges a long-held assumption in climate science by showing that aerosols—tiny particles suspe...