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Environment
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Drought reduces Amazon River in Colombia by as much as 90%: report

Plants & Animals
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Ailing New Zealand butterfly collector gives away life's work

General Physics
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Orbital angular momentum monopoles discovery propels orbitronics forward in energy-efficient tech

Astronomy
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Advanced data shed light on gravitational basins of attraction that shape the movement of galaxies

Ecology
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Plan to overturn commercial whaling moratorium sinks in Peru

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Environment
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Stay or go? Pacific Islanders face climate's grim choice

Environment
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'I need to go': Floridians make final preparations for Hurricane Helene

Environment
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Return to sender: Waste stranded at sea stirs toxic dispute

Ecology
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On remote Greek island, migratory birds offer climate clues

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Education
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Anti-bullying, sexual harassment resources increase in US schools but gaps remain

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Planetary Sciences
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First lunar farside samples from Chang'e-6 mission analyzed

Environment
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Study offers new explanation for Siberia's permafrost craters

Earth Sciences
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Climate change will lead to wetter US winters, modeling study finds

Cell & Microbiology
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Shedding light on a decades-old protein sorting mystery

Biochemistry
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Advancing green chemistry: A tandem catalyst for efficient biomass conversion

Environment
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Satellite data fusion enhances the early detection of convective clouds

Environment
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Future climate change predicted to shift flood-generating mechanisms and intensify extreme flooding events

Environment
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Extreme heat impacts daily routines and travel patterns, study finds

Bio & Medicine
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Building better bone grafts: Nanofibrous scaffolds to activate two main collagen receptors in bone cells

Earth Sciences
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How to save a sinking city

Plants & Animals
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Presence of bacteria in soil makes flowers more attractive to pollinators, study shows

Plants & Animals
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New method enables noninvasive plant magnetic resonance imaging

Cell & Microbiology
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Transforming caragana waste into nutritious ruminant feed

Polymers
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Lignin-based sunscreen offers natural and high-performance UV protection

Nanomaterials
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Ultrasound technology accelerates drying of renewable cellulose nanocrystals

Astronomy
34

Turbulent solar wind originates in the sun's corona, study shows

Analytical Chemistry
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New research could extend the lifetime of key carbon-capture materials

Plants & Animals
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Team is first to find invasive hydrilla plant in Canada

Analytical Chemistry
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Simultaneous detection of uranium isotopes and fluorine advances nuclear nonproliferation monitoring

Social Sciences
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Millennial Black women navigate when and where to express style

Plants & Animals
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New research offers fresh hope to curb illegal orchid trafficking in Vietnam

Earth Sciences
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The unexpected role of magnetic microbes in deep-sea mining

Astronomy
27

Dark matter could have slight interaction with regular matter, study suggests

Space Exploration
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NASA's Artemis science instrument gets tested in moon-like sandbox

Ecology
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New hazard maps may predict rust disease in loblolly pine trees

Economics & Business
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Study finds strong link between childhood opportunities and educational attainment, earnings as a young adult

Astronomy
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Hubble finds that a black hole beam promotes stellar eruptions

Economics & Business
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How the US government can stop 'churches' from getting treated like real churches by the IRS

Economics & Business
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Grocery stores that donate expiring food instead of price discounting or discarding make higher profits, says researcher

Biochemistry
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Citrus waste converted to biopolymers using cavitation

Biotechnology
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Recording the cats in the hats: Veterinary scientists monitor brain activity with innovative wool caps

Cell & Microbiology
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A new AI model can predict substrate movement into and out of cells

Cell & Microbiology
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Sequencing method provides unprecedented glimpse into relationship between bacteria and their host cells

Veterinary medicine
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Veterinarian gives guidance for first-time pet owner college students

Political science
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Post-election violence is possible in US, political scientist says

Nanomaterials
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Greener nanomaterials could transform how our everyday stuff is made

Astronomy
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The universe is smoother than the standard model of cosmology suggests. So is the theory broken?

Plants & Animals
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Airdropping vaccines to eliminate canine rabies in Texas

Plants & Animals
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Bees have irrational biases when choosing which flowers to feed on, just like human shoppers do

Molecular & Computational biology
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Study reveals higher bioactive compound release in perilla-pickled apricots

Archaeology
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How old is beer?

Bio & Medicine
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Scientists develop method to control timing of synthetic DNA droplet division

Social Sciences
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Team debunks research showing Facebook's news-feed algorithm curbs election misinformation

Environment
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Quito fires coming under control after choking capital

Molecular & Computational biology
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Model predicts 2024 tick cases in Australian pets

Ecology
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Dead coral skeletons hinder reef regeneration by sheltering seaweed

Education
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Citizens' panels help young people with special needs, disabilities make their voices heard on life-affecting policies

Environment
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Eco-anxiety Q&A: How the IPCC's vice-chair keeps her head cool on a warming planet

Economics & Business
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Mixing it up: Hybrid work models can offer the best of both worlds for worker well-being and productivity

Environment
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Hurricanes, storms, typhoons... Is September wetter than usual?

Astronomy
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Scientists create model of holographic dark energy that is no longer unstable

Environment
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Nature is adapting to climate change—why aren't we?

General Physics
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Balloon mission tests quantum sensor technology

Plants & Animals
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'Extinct' snails found breeding in French Polynesia following a successful reintroduction project

Space Exploration
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Completed experiments on International Space Station to help answer how boiling and condensation work in space

Plants & Animals
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Scientists uncover a critical component that helps killifish regenerate their fins

Social Sciences
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Study explores what families fight about: Communication, moods, and chores

Plants & Animals
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Bulrush once kept NZ's wetlands and lakes thriving—now it could help restore them

Social Sciences
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Struggling to make decisions at work? Learn how to build confidence

Environment
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'Unsurvivable' Hurricane Helene races towards Florida

Plants & Animals
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Genetic rescue for rare red foxes? Research uncovers options to restore Lassen red fox population

Archaeology
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Unexpected discovery of early sweet potato cultivation in Polynesia

Earth Sciences
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Four billion years ago, but not so different: Plate tectonics likely looked closer to what we experience today

Ecology
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Grazing zooplankton severely impacted by nanoplastic particles, researchers find

Cell & Microbiology
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Study unveils a novel protective mechanism in bacterial cell walls

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Planetary Sciences
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Aliphatic hydrocarbons on Ceres' surface found to have short lifetimes

Plants & Animals
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Closely related plants shows species use different methods to adapt to extreme environments, study shows

Plants & Animals
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Even as urban foxes get bolder, people appreciate rather than persecute them, say psychologists

Biotechnology
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Light-controlled bioassays could diagnose diseases more easily and cost effectively

Earth Sciences
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Research shows heat, drought and fire risk are increasing in South America

Cell & Microbiology
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Scientists discover 'pause button' in human development

Plants & Animals
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Sea robins use leg-like fins to taste and navigate seafloor, researchers discover

Social Sciences
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A social media platform that is actually good for democracy?

Agriculture
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Injecting manure into growing cover crops can cut pollution, support corn crops

Ecology
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Who lives in the rainforest treetops? DNA-collecting drone provides insights

Bio & Medicine
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An edible toothpaste-based transistor

Environment
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South Florida study finds mosquito populations increased dramatically after Hurricane Irma

General Physics
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Security protocol leverages quantum mechanics to shield data from attackers during cloud-based computation

Bio & Medicine
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Biologists sequence proteins by pulling them through nanopores

Mathematics
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A method of 'look twice, forgive once' can sustain social cooperation

Planetary Sciences
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NOAA shares first data from GOES-19 EXIS instrument

Social Sciences
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How social structure influences the way people share money

Plants & Animals
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Bird study shows that grounded running styles conserve energy

Evolution
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Cretaceous fireflies reveal early evolution of insect bioluminescence

Earth Sciences
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Are branch faults the 'on-ramps' that lead to great continental transform earthquakes?

Social Sciences
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Why the gender gap in physics has been stable for more than a century

Biotechnology
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AI trained on evolution's playbook develops proteins that spur drug and scientific discovery

Analytical Chemistry
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'Tamed' molecules for more sustainable catalysts: Chemists succeed in synthesizing a spectacular gallium compound

Condensed Matter
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Alternating currents for alternative computing with magnets

Environment
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Chesapeake Bay cleanup going in 'right direction,' thanks partly to Pennsylvania

Ecology
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Maps shows where Colorado's eight known free-roaming wolves wandered in September

Astronomy
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Telescope captures the most detailed infrared map ever of our Milky Way

Economics & Business
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Nobel Prize-winning economist explains how to fix fintech

Environment
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Air on Colorado's Front Range was more polluted than usual this summer—and wildfires were not to blame

Planetary Sciences
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NEID Earth Twin Survey discovers its first alien world