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Mangrove crab outruns its namesake, expanding its range 200 miles north
A crab named for mangrove forests is leaving them behind. New research from William & Mary's Batten School & VIMS shows that the Atlantic mangrove fiddler crab...
Penguins in remote Patagonia are carrying 'forever chemicals' signals
Penguins living along the Patagonian coast of Argentina can serve as living monitors of their environment by using small, chemical-detecting leg bands, accordin...
Summer is getting longer, and it's happening faster than we thought
Summer weather is arriving earlier, lasting longer and packing more heat than it used to—and it's happening faster than scientists had previously measured. A ne...
AI trained like a Rubik's Cube solver simplifies particle physics equations
For years, Rutgers physicist David Shih solved Rubik's Cubes with his children, twisting the colorful squares until the scrambled puzzle returned to order. He d...
Research traces evolution of anglerfishes' famed fishing-rod lures
Anybody who has seen "Finding Nemo" knows about those captivating monsters of the sea: anglerfishes. Variously horrific or alien-looking, many female anglerfish...
Student research on coronal holes improves space weather forecasting
Fast solar winds originating from the sun can have direct impacts on Earth—disrupting systems like GPS, aviation, electrical grids, and satellite and radio comm...
Mapping urban heat from space reveals dangerous inequities in LA public parks
A new study has found that public parks in underserved areas of Los Angeles can reach dangerously high temperatures, in some cases hot enough to cause pain or b...
A drug discovery bottleneck? How cheaper reagents could speed branched molecule synthesis
When chemists design drug candidates, shape matters enormously. Many active pharmaceutical ingredients contain branched carbon structures—points where the molec...
The lengths male octopuses go to protect the arm they need to mate
For mating male octopuses, one limb is more important than all others. That is the third right arm or hectocotylus, which is used to transfer sperm to the femal...
Tracking reef winners and losers after a Category 4 storm
Research led by James Cook University has shown the devastating impacts of severe cyclones on corals and coral reef fishes, highlighting changes in coral reef s...
If you're a perfectionist at work, your boss's expectations may matter more than your own, research finds
If you're among the 93% of people who struggle with perfectionism at work, new research suggests that your experience may depend less on your own high standards...
Scientists warn UK biodiversity report may distort evidence with security framing
Scientists have warned that a new UK Government report on global biodiversity loss and national security risks distorting evidence and driving ineffective polic...