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Conservationists learn where their work matters most
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French fries shed their oil burden, keep the crunch that matters
Scientists have discovered a way to slash fat in French fries without sacrificing crispness—by combining microwaves with traditional frying.
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Satellites quietly catch what inspectors miss: aging bridges before they fail
Satellites can now spot bridges crumbling before human eyes can—detecting millimeter-scale movements that reveal structural failure years in advance.
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Scientists unlock superconductivity control through light-confining design, opening pathways to more efficient energy systems.
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Metacognitive therapy cuts mental health sick leave in half, saving societies billions annually.
Retraining your mind to stop fighting anxious thoughts could slash workplace absences from one of today's fastest-growing health crises.
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Can a California lab's breeding program restore an ocean treasure?
California's white abalone nearly went extinct. Now a groundbreaking breeding program is bringing them back from the brink.
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Where nuclear innovation stalled, America's new reactor now rises.
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Nepal's reformist wave peaks as youth-led movement claims parliamentary majority
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Ferulic acid in rice bran eases IBS.
A compound hiding in rice bran could unlock new treatments for digestive disorders—by controlling how your gut moves.
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Why are regional airlines retrofitting their fleets with hybrid engines right now?
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AI reveals the Moon's far side holds a different geological story than we thought
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Scientists pinpoint the brain signal that autism research has been searching for
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The 41 women whose ripples still shape UC Berkeley's future
A striking mural honors 41 women whose legacies continue reshaping campus and beyond.
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What lies beneath Caribbean waters—and why scientists just found it matters more than expected?
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Scientists unlock 2D topological crystal in lab.
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Will British Columbia's permanent daylight saving time inspire other regions to ditch the clock shuffle?
Canada's British Columbia is ditching daylight saving time for good—but research warns the shift itself increases heart attacks, strokes, and accidents.
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BMW's factories welcome a new shift: humanoid robots step into roles once thought impossible to automate
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New Mom Honors Nurse Who Changed Her Life in the Most Beautiful Way
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Fossil teeth reveal where our earliest ancestors first lived.
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Hormone therapy unlocks stronger weight loss for women after menopause.
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Researchers find the molecular switch that makes resistant pancreatic cancer respond to chemotherapy again
Scientists discovered a genetic switch that could transform chemotherapy-resistant pancreatic cancer from deadly to treatable—offering hope for one of medicine's toughest battles.
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Plants take root in Mars soil—first tests show it's possible.
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Descendants of Zimbabwe's freedom fighters push UK museums to return their ancestors' remains
Families of executed freedom fighters are demanding London's Natural History Museum and Cambridge University return their ancestors' skulls—taken by colonial forces over a century ago.
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Ancient hilltop in Germany reveals itself as a sacred gathering place for Iron Age peoples
Iron Age warriors fortified a German hilltop with mysterious intent. Now archaeologists finally understand why Bruchhauser Steine mattered.
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Dragged by a car, a Pennsylvania bobcat defies the odds and walks toward freedom
A bobcat's head was jammed in a car's grill after being hit and dragged down a Pennsylvania road. When a game warden called Tracie Young asking if her wildlife center could help, she said yes—but expected the worst.
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Salt marshes finally get their due: New model reveals how coastal wetlands lock away carbon.
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Tracing strawberries back to their wild ancestors rewrites crop evolution playbook
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Women turn survival, innovation, and care into movements that ripple outward
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Scientists spin molecules inside frictionless superfluids, unlocking a new window into quantum behavior.
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What makes solar catalysts tick: the atomic tweak that unlocks sunlight's chemistry
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Omar Yaghi harvests water from desert air.
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150,000-year-old volcanic crater now hosts 19 hovering cabins that touch the earth lightly.
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Earth and moon clear the path as asteroid 2024 YR4 sails safely past in 2032
A potentially hazardous asteroid will narrowly miss both Earth and the moon in 2032.
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Parents discover their daughter flourishes when she overhears genuine praise
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While nostalgia fades for most TV sets, Los Angeles just preserved the Brady house as official history.
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What a handful of koalas reveal about genetic recovery
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Cameroonians harvest their own sunlight as national grid falters
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