Science
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Rescheduling marijuana would be a big tax break for legal cannabis businesses, and a quiet form of deregulation
In December 2025, the Trump administration accelerated the process of reclassifying marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III under the Controlled Substances Ac...
Collective intelligence: How to incentivize problem solving in groups
When a crowd gets something right, like guessing how many beans are in a jar, forecasting an election, or solving a difficult scientific problem, it's tempting...
How plants respond to changing environments for better reproductive success
Once a seed germinates, it is committed to one location. Plants are sessile—stuck where they started out—forced to cope with whatever conditions arrive next. Th...
Another Arctic blast bears down on US as snow cleanup drags on
Another blast of Arctic air was set to spread across much of the United States from Thursday night, even as local authorities struggled to dig out from mounds o...
Photocatalysis enables direct coupling of native sugars and N-heteroarenes
Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed a "capping-and-coupling" strategy to transform naturally occurring (native) sugars di...
Flying gurnard grunts and flares fins to communicate, camera study confirms
Researchers have just published a study demonstrating that the flying gurnard (Dactylopterus volitans) emits sounds while simultaneously performing movements to...
Why termite kings and queens are monogamous: Scientists uncover surprising answer
Termites are among the most successful animals on Earth, forming vast societies that can number in the millions. But how did such complex social systems evolve...
What ice-fishing competitions reveal about human decision-making
Whether gathering berries, hunting, or fishing, humans searching for food make decisions not only based on personal experience but also by observing others. In...
AI models retrace evolution of genetic control elements in the brain
Artificial intelligence allows tracing the evolution of genetic control elements in the developing mammalian cerebellum. An international research team led by b...
Caribbean heat waves intensify over five decades, study finds
A new study led by climatologists at the University at Albany has found that extreme heat waves across the Caribbean are becoming significantly more frequent, l...
From metabolism to disease: Mitochondria's hidden signaling networks unveiled
The structural and functional characteristics of mitochondria shape their role as signaling organelles, with far-reaching effects regarding immune responses, in...
'Jerk' volcano early warning method uses single seismometer to detect magma movement
Forecasting volcanic eruptions in time to alert authorities and populations remains a major global challenge. In a study published in Nature Communications, res...