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Researchers advance tech that could help scientists detect habitable worlds beyond our solar system
Are we alone in the universe? For scientists working on NASA's proposed Habitable Worlds Observatory, that question is no longer purely philosophical. It is inc...
Burnout isn't new: 18th‑century farm records show workers describing the same exhaustion
Nearly 40% of Canadian workers say they feel burned out often or always, according to a 2025 survey by Mental Health Research Canada and Canada Life. The term h...
On the hunt for Earth's first complex life
How life started on our own planet may not seem as interesting as finding evidence of life on Mars or the icy moons Europa or Enceladus. But the search for the...
Africa's wildfire season is actually getting shorter, scientists think they know why
Africa is home to around 70% of the world's burned area—the total area of land scorched by wildfires each year—making it the planet's biggest wildfire hotspot....
Floating igloo leaves France for polar exploration mission
A floating research station resembling a giant aluminum igloo on Sunday set out from France to begin a long-term mission in the Arctic that will see it drift wi...
AI tool reveals climate shifts may have fueled bursts of bird evolution
University of Michigan researchers have used an AI tool to demonstrate that birds in the group Passeriformes evolved in rapid evolutionary bursts and that these...
Scientists map how the flu virus rewires the human cell from the inside
Researchers at EMBL Hamburg and collaborators at the Leibniz Research Institute for Molecular Pharmacology (FMP) have mapped how the influenza A virus rewires i...
Underwater drones discover coral reefs off Benin, long presumed dead, teeming with life
A coral reef, missing and presumed dead, has been found alive and well off the coast of Benin. Surveys in the 1960s, focused on identifying promising fishing ar...
Generating red blood cell-like cells from canine induced pluripotent stem cells
Blood transfusions are crucial in human and veterinary medicine, yet human blood reserves are in constant need of donors, while blood bank systems in veterinary...
Creating a map of coral distribution with environmental DNA
To track the impacts of environmental change and enable conservation efforts, we must first understand the composition of our ecosystems. A new online resource...
Centuries before farming, hunter-gatherers introduced fish to the Norwegian mountains
Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of 7,000-year-old fish traps in the mountains of southern Norway, indicating that fish were intentionally introduced t...
Polish families in Spain navigate cultural identity across generations, study finds
Emigration often means a profound life upheaval. What challenges do Polish families face after moving to Spain? A researcher from SWPS University, in collaborat...