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Scientist uses anime for STEM outreach
- Jan 26, 2026
A new paper by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) staff details how using popular culture could effectively teach science, technology, engineering an...
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Exceptionally well-preserved ant in Goethe's amber examined
- Jan 26, 2026
Even some 200 years after his death, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's scientific curiosity continues to yield new insights. This has now been demonstrated...
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New insight into economic outcomes of the US space race
- Jan 26, 2026
A Florida State University economics professor's latest research offers a new perspective on the long-held belief that the space race of the 1950s and...
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First carbon-enhanced metal-poor stars discovered in Milky Way's companion
- Jan 26, 2026
Using the Baryons Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS) spectrograph, astronomers have discovered five new carbon-enhanced metal-poor stars in the L...
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Rain, not snow: Extraordinary warmth leaves mountains less snowy across the West
- Jan 26, 2026
At UC Berkeley's Central Sierra Snow Laboratory, located at 6,894 feet above sea level near Donner Pass, researchers collect detailed measurements of...
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How does popularity influence consumers' online music choices?
- Jan 26, 2026
How do consumers choose what to buy on Amazon or what to listen to on Spotify? Do they scroll endlessly through the options, review the ratings or sel...
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Shipping regulations to reduce pollution may have exacerbated Great Barrier Reef bleaching
- Jan 26, 2026
Rising ocean temperatures have been implicated in mass coral bleaching events affecting the Great Barrier Reef (GBR). These events have been increasin...
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'Shark-repellent' method could reform fisheries by curbing bycatch
- Jan 26, 2026
For decades, sharks have been the unintended victims of longline fisheries aimed at tuna and swordfish. Rising accidental catches have contributed to...
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Are llamas big pharma's secret weapon to find new drugs?
- Jan 26, 2026
One llama is sprawled on the grass with its neck craned, basking in a patch of sunshine. Another stands on a dirt hill, ears flattened defiantly. A th...
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Shrubs curb carbon emissions in China's largest desert, decades-long experiment shows
- Jan 26, 2026
An experiment in western China over the past four decades shows that it is possible to tame the expansion of desert lands with greenery, and, in the p...
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Hibernating hamsters maintain muscle cells by suppressing muscle regeneration, study shows
- Jan 26, 2026
Skeletal muscle stem cells in hibernating Syrian hamsters preserve their ability to function by suppressing their activation during the hibernation pe...
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Saltier seas in spring double the chance of extreme El Niño events, study finds
- Jan 26, 2026
Stronger El Niño events are more likely when springtime surface waters in the western Pacific Ocean become unusually salty, a new study in Geophysical...