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'Living Rocks' Suck Up a Lot of Carbon Among the remarkable flora and fauna in South Africa are "living rocks" called microbialites. These communities are similar to coral reefs and are built up by microbes that absorb and release dissolved miner...
Sweden Unveils Europe's First Car Park Constructed Using Recycled Turbine Blades Sweden has made great progress on its long-standing renewable energy waste issue after recently launching a car park constructed using wind turbine blades. Located i...
The first planet ever found orbiting another star was detected in 1995, and it belonged to a class now known as a "hot Jupiter." These exoplanets are comparable in mass to Jupiter but circle their stars in just a few days. Scientists now believe th...
For the First Time, Hong Kong Selects Not One But Two Artists to Go to the Venice Biennale Hong Kong has typically sent a single artist to represent the special administrative region at the Venice Biennale, but in 2026, artists Angel Hui and King...
Dinosaur Footprints Discovered in Stelvio National Park Thousands of dinosaur footprints dating back 210 million years have been found in Stelvio national park in northern Italy. The footprints, some up to 40cm (15in) in diameter, are aligned in ...
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Retro Christmas Stocking Stuffers from Generation Jones Generation Jones, the microgeneration born between 1954 and 1964, have fond memories of the classic toys and candies that filled their Christmas stockings in the 1960s and 1970s. From shiny...
AI can spot cancer—but it can also spot who you are, and that turns out to matter. - A new study finds that artificial intelligence systems used to diagnose cancer from pathology slides do not perform equally for all patients, with accuracy vary...
Believed to be malevolent to people, goblins are usually not the characters one roots for. That's why their name is often used to describe other creatures being naughty, too; that (goblin) cat stealing the spaghetti you made for dinner, for instance....
Scientists have developed a new theoretical explanation for how living cells might generate electricity on their own. At the center of the idea is the cell membrane, the thin, flexible layer that surrounds every living cell and controls what enters a...
Following the path of the tiger isn't easy. Yet the three rangers, clad in camouflage, move lithely through the steep bamboo thicket, tracking the muddy hoofprints of a sambar deer. Out of the snagging vines, they emerge on a forested ridgeline overl...
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The Power of Emotional Contrast People often wonder what makes certain individuals highly charismatic and "magnetic" to others. Is it their looks, confidence, or an incredible bundle of positive personality traits? According to personal growth co...
Across many parts of Africa's Atlantic coastline, the sea is advancing several metres inland each year, destroying homes, infrastructure, farmland and heritage sites. Many coastal communities have already been erased from the map. Several factors c...
Long-Term Variability and Clues to Supercritical Accretion A distant neutron star unexpectedly reawakened, unleashing a powerful X-ray surge that may reveal how the universe's most extreme stars feed. The research team investigated the long-ter...
Remembering Rob Reiner: Kevin Bacon's Heartfelt Tribute Actor Kevin Bacon was deeply saddened by the passing of legendary filmmaker Rob Reiner. In a vulnerable social media post, Bacon tearfully expressed his gratitude to Reiner for giving him hi...
The microbots have tiny computers, sensors, and actuators. They can sense temperature and swim autonomously. The robots, each the size of a single cell, casually turn circles in a bath of water. Suddenly, their sensors detect a change: Parts of the b...
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Analysis of 309 strains suggests that the genus Escovopsis originated about 56.9 million years ago, but did not begin interacting with modern mutualistic ants until roughly 38 million years ago—challenging the idea that these groups arose simul...
EVs Aren't Just Cars Anymore: Powering Homes and Slashing Emissions A new study has found that tapping into electric vehicle (EV) batteries as a source of household power could save car owners thousands of dollars and significantly reduce carbon ...
Somerset's Unlikely Contemporary Art Scene is a Welcome Departure from the UK's London-Centric Thinking Knocking back fine wine, fermented potato brioche, and smoked eel in a Michelin-starred restaurant is not a traditional West Country endeavor....
South Africa Seeks to Bring Home Men 'Tricked' into Fighting for Russia in Ukraine South Africa's government is in talks with Russia to repatriate 17 South African men who were allegedly lured to Russia and forced to fight for the Russian militar...
Dentists to Prioritize Urgent Care and Save Patients Money People needing urgent dental treatment and patients requiring complex care will be prioritized under government plans to improve access to NHS dentists in England. The proposals could mea...
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After a several-month hiatus, La Niña returned to the equatorial Pacific Ocean in September 2025 and has continued into December. However, this occurrence of El Niño's cooler counterpart is relatively weak, and its influence on weather and climate ov...
Reasoning Models Use Significantly More Energy According to a new analysis from researchers at Hugging Face and Salesforce, the latest generation of AI models that "think through" problems step-by-step before providing an answer use considerably ...
Mine-grown Moss Shows Unusual Power to Trap Toxic Metals from Water Toxic metals are seeping into northern waterways at a faster pace as climate change alters soils and drainage patterns. In Finland, researchers now say an unlikely ally may help ...
Cameroon, a nation of roughly 30 million people and over 300 indigenous languages, faces an uncertain future for its linguistic diversity. A long-lasting civil war and other humanitarian crises have triggered concerns about language attrition in the ...
23 Years After 3rd Grader Attends Teacher's Wedding, She Witnesses Him Marry the Love of His Life More than 20 years ago, in 2003, Katie O'Connor planned a wedding while working as a 3rd grade teacher at Avery Elementary School in Webster Groves,...
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"The Star-Spangled Banner" — with its wide vocal range spanning an octave and a half and numerous leaps between notes — famously presents a challenge for singers. Audience expectations around the song only add to the pressure, according to sophomore ...
Seafloor Survey Finds Anti-Trawling Blocks Aid Seagrass Recovery in Cambodia A recent study has provided the first detailed map of Cambodia's coastal seafloor habitats, revealing that simple, low-cost anti-trawling structures are helping seagrass...
There's nothing quite like stumbling into a dimly lit karaoke bar and discovering it's open mic night. The thrill of belting out your favorite artist's songs in front of a crowd, regardless of your actual singing ability, is all part of the fun. But ...
"Bones Almost on Top of Each Other" – Extraordinary Dinosaur Fossil Site Discovered in the Hațeg Basin Researchers at the newly discovered site reported finding more than one hundred vertebrate fossils per square meter, making it one of the dense...
Congress Passes Bill to Allow Whole Milk and Non-Dairy Milk in School Meals On December 15, 2025, the House of Representatives passed a bill that will allow public schools to serve both whole milk and non-dairy milks to students. The Senate had a...
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It Looks Like a Frog, but It's a Bug: Scientist Discovers 7 Unusual New Insect Species Rarity, location, and methods of discovery An entomologist at Anglia Ruskin University has discovered seven new species of leafhopper. The newly describ...
Mining millions of genomes for shared risk An international team of scientists is offering new insight into why people are so often affected by more than one psychiatric condition. In a study published on December 10 in the journal Nature, the...
From Kalimantan's Haze to Jakarta's Grit: A Journalist's Journey Sapariah "Arie" Saturi, the managing editor of Mongabay Indonesia, has experienced Indonesia's environmental challenges firsthand. Growing up along the Kapuas River in West Kalimant...
Neuroscientists Reveal Simple Trick to Like People More There are people in life we may not like, but it's in our best interest to enjoy their company. This could be a difficult relative, a frustrating coworker, or the parents of our child's frie...
Washington State University scientists have identified a way to interfere with a key viral protein, stopping viruses from entering cells where they can trigger disease. The finding points to a potential new direction for antiviral therapies in the fu...
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The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) has named nine MIT affiliates as members of the 2025 class of NAI Fellows. This prestigious honor recognizes their significant contributions as inventors and innovators. The new MIT NAI Fellows include: A...
Albert Newen and Carlos Montemayor describe consciousness as having three distinct forms, each serving a different role: 1) basic arousal, 2) general alertness, and 3) reflexive (self-)consciousness. The Evolution of Consciousness Evolutionari...
When the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship launched its first race through Beijing's Olympic Park in 2014, the idea of all-electric motorsport still bordered on experimental. Batteries couldn't yet last a full race, and drivers had to switch cars ...
Mattress Factory Names Anthony Elms as Artistic Director The Mattress Factory, a contemporary art museum and residency program in Pittsburgh, has named Anthony Elms as its new artistic director, beginning next February. Elms will oversee the ins...
How Iron-Rich Soils Chemically Capture Carbon for Centuries Scientists have long known that iron-rich soils quietly lock away vast amounts of carbon, keeping it out of the atmosphere for decades or even centuries. However, the molecular-level mec...