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Manatee die-off season looms as trial of feeding them lettuce...

When the state's wildlife department flung the first handful of lettuce to a starving...

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Emergence of private high schools in rural India increases stratification by gender, income, socioeconomic status

Emergence of private high schools in rural India increases...

From 2004 to 2014, private high schools opened in more than 200 rural villages in...

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Sizing up competition based on sensitivity to pain

Sizing up competition based on sensitivity to pain

Before any physical conflict, people assess their opponent's features to determine...

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Was that explosion chemical or nuclear? New research makes it easier to differentiate between the two

Was that explosion chemical or nuclear? New research makes...

If an underground explosion occurs anywhere in the world, there is a good chance...

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Apollo 7 astronaut Walter Cunningham dead at 90

Apollo 7 astronaut Walter Cunningham dead at 90

Walter Cunningham, the last surviving astronaut from the first successful crewed...

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'Brutal' storm bears down on California

'Brutal' storm bears down on California

Some "brutal" weather was bearing down on California on Tuesday, with forecasters...

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Tipping points complicate the evaluation of complex climate models

Tipping points complicate the evaluation of complex climate...

An analysis by Robbin Bastiaansen and Anna von der Heydt, the University of Utrecht,...

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Reef fish must relearn the 'rules of engagement' after coral bleaching

Reef fish must relearn the 'rules of engagement' after...

Mass coral bleaching events are making it harder for some species of reef fish to...

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Green streets: Why protecting urban parks and bush is vital as our cities grow and become denser

Green streets: Why protecting urban parks and bush is vital...

More than half of the world's population lives in cities. In Aotearoa New Zealand,...

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Electrode with chlorine gas provides high power and energy density

Electrode with chlorine gas provides high power and energy...

Supercapacitors are energy-storage devices that complement rechargeable batteries,...

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DNA in the water shows South African scientists where to find a rare pipefish

DNA in the water shows South African scientists where to...

Keeping track of the world's wildlife populations is fundamental to conservation...

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Imaging the magnetic field in the acceleration zone of the Vela pulsar

Imaging the magnetic field in the acceleration zone of...

An international team of space scientists has imaged the magnetic field that exists...

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In defense of rodents: Why healthy ecosystems need them

In defense of rodents: Why healthy ecosystems need them

You might think you have the measure of the rodent family. Perhaps just the word...

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Austerity has its own life. Here's how it lives on in future generations

Austerity has its own life. Here's how it lives on in future...

Austerity in the U.K. is here to stay. The Bank of England has warned that the country...

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Italy's pasta row: A scientist reveals how to cook spaghetti properly and save money

Italy's pasta row: A scientist reveals how to cook spaghetti...

Italians are notoriously—and understandably—protective of their cuisine, as regular...

Kind methods mean happy cells

Stem cells from umbilical cords in Skåne are improved with nanotubes. By cross-pollinating...

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Fewer moths, more flies: Complex relationships between plants and pollinators have changed dramatically

Fewer moths, more flies: Complex relationships between...

Their service is invaluable. The army of insects and other animals that pollinates...

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Researchers develop a light source that produces two entangled light beams

Researchers develop a light source that produces two entangled...

Scientists are increasingly studying quantum entanglement, which occurs when two...

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Harnessing tumor's power to heal non-healing wounds

Harnessing tumor's power to heal non-healing wounds

Scientists have discovered a way to train healthy immune cells to acquire the skills...

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Zebrafish testing identifies a gene potentially at the root of domestication

Zebrafish testing identifies a gene potentially at the...

Researchers at Queen Mary University of London have shown that zebrafish can provide...

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New role of small RNAs in Salmonella infections uncovered

New role of small RNAs in Salmonella infections uncovered

Salmonella are food-borne pathogens that infect millions of people each year. To...

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Cells found to possess two mechanisms that allow them to respond to different force ranges

Cells found to possess two mechanisms that allow them to...

A study carried out at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC)...

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Differential dynamics and direct interaction of bound ligands with lipids in multidrug transporter ABCG2

Differential dynamics and direct interaction of bound ligands...

ABC transporters constitute a major class of multidrug resistance proteins, e.g.,...

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Europe's 'pyroregions': Summer 2022 saw 20-year freak fires in regions that are historically immune

Europe's 'pyroregions': Summer 2022 saw 20-year freak fires...

Over the summer of 2022, the European "fire season" made headlines, and the burned...

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Scientists dig deep and find a way to accurately predict snowmelt after droughts

Scientists dig deep and find a way to accurately predict...

Where does your water supply come from?

Researchers discover new process to create freestanding...

A University of Minnesota Twin Cities-led team of scientists and engineers has developed...

Most species evolve by adapting to similar, large-scale...

Since the days of Charles Darwin, evolutionary biologists have widely believed that...

Mysterious gamma-ray emitting bubbles around the center...

A scientist from Tokyo Metropolitan University has shown that large gamma-ray-emitting...

Breakthrough in plant breeding: Grafting and mobile CRISPR...

A ground-breaking twist to the CRISPR tool—aka "genetic scissors"—is being put to...

Bizarre cretaceous bird from China shows evolutionarily...

It is now widely accepted that birds are descended from dinosaurs. It is also understood...

How do tidal marshes store carbon?

Tidal marshes are wetlands that are covered with incoming tidal water twice a day....

HD 213258 is a rapidly oscillating, strongly magnetic Ap...

Using the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT), astronomers have observed a chemically...

Researchers propose guidelines to communicate climate change

Researchers from the Interactive Technologies Institute (ITI) found that climate...

Satellite imagery could improve fossil-hunting at remote...

Satellite imagery could help paleontologists spot promising fossil sites before...

Study reveals 2016–2021 interannual changes of coastal...

A research group led by Prof. Wang Zongming from the Northeast Institute of Geography...

Light, conspecific density and soil fungi have different...

Tree regeneration plays an important role in affecting community dynamics and future...

Stocking suffer: When it comes to meaningful gifts, shoppers...

Feeling buyer's remorse as the credit card bills come in? It might have more to...

Searching for life on alien worlds

Twenty-seven years ago, at the University of Geneva, Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz—now...

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A modular system for the simple and inexpensive production of security inks

A modular system for the simple and inexpensive production...

Novel fluorescent dyes developed by ETH researchers are relatively simple and inexpensive...

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When we swim in the ocean, we enter another animal's home. Here's how to keep us all safe

When we swim in the ocean, we enter another animal's home....

Every summer, many Australians head to the ocean to swim, surf, sail, kayak, and...

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Researchers explore origin, dispersal and diversification of subfamily Polygonoideae

Researchers explore origin, dispersal and diversification...

Polygonoideae comprises approximately 20 genera, which has a complex taxonomic history,...

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China is considering where to build a lunar research station

China is considering where to build a lunar research station

The second moon race is in full swing, with the world's two big superpowers angling...

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COP15 outcome is an imperfect game-changer for saving nature. Here's why Australia did us proud

COP15 outcome is an imperfect game-changer for saving nature....

Billed as the event that'll determine the fate of the entire living world, the United...

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Discovering the 'honeypot': The surprising way restricting immigration can turn out to hurt the working poor

Discovering the 'honeypot': The surprising way restricting...

Politicians around the world tout immigration restrictions as a way to fight wage...

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Exploring the mathematical universe: Connections, contradictions and kale

Exploring the mathematical universe: Connections, contradictions...

Science and math skills are widely celebrated as keys to economic and technological...

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South Korea's lunar orbiter sends photos of Earth, Moon

South Korea's lunar orbiter sends photos of Earth, Moon

South Korea's first-ever lunar orbiter Danuri has sent black-and-white photos of...

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Waste not want not: Santiago's poorest district plants recycling seed

Waste not want not: Santiago's poorest district plants...

Every morning, trucks collect potato and avocado skins, orange peels and other food...

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Spain sees hottest year on record in 2022

Spain sees hottest year on record in 2022

Spain in 2022 experienced the hottest year since records began, the country's national...

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Spain confirms first death from 2021 volcano eruption

Spain confirms first death from 2021 volcano eruption

The first death from a months-long volcanic eruption on Spain's La Palma island...

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Looted ancient sarcophagus returned to Egypt from US

Looted ancient sarcophagus returned to Egypt from US

An ancient wooden sarcophagus that was featured at the Houston Museum of Natural...