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Navigating the past with ancient stone compass needles
- Apr 16, 2026
Magnetic rocks with iron oxide concentrations act as natural chroniclers of Earth's past continental movements. Using small samples of rocks, scientis...
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Metals become stronger and more ductile with a millisecond electric pulse
- Apr 16, 2026
A research team has developed a novel method that dramatically enhances the strength and toughness of titanium alloys using an electric current applie...
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Massive Atlantic sargassum blooms traced to West Africa
- Apr 16, 2026
Massive blooms of Sargassum seaweed that have inundated coastlines across the Atlantic since 2011 likely originate off the coast of West Africa—formin...
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The secret sensory life of plants: Researchers are discovering how they see, hear, feel—and even remember
- Apr 16, 2026
Plants are often seen as passive organisms, rooted in one place and largely unable to react to the world around them. But a new field of research is c...
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For regrowing human limbs, this salamander gene could hold the key
- Apr 16, 2026
Investigating a common gene in three very different species—salamanders, mice and zebrafish—scientists have discovered the potential for a novel gene...
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Employment data shows the early signs of AI job disruption are already here
- Apr 16, 2026
There has been no shortage of bold claims recently about artificial intelligence (AI) and jobs—from mass unemployment to over-hyped distraction. Much...
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Electric double layer emerges in new electrocatalyst interface model
- Apr 16, 2026
Hydrogen is at the heart of the transition to carbon neutrality, as both an energy carrier and a reagent for green chemistry. However, large-scale pro...
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New study finds 12- to 17-year-olds willing to engage in democracy, but feel anxious, unheard, distrustful of politics
- Apr 16, 2026
A major new U.K. study of 12- to 17-year-olds finds that, while most adolescents say they would vote and are interested in politics, their willingness...
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Cyanobacteria surprise scientists with evolutionary shift
- Apr 16, 2026
Photosynthetic bacteria helped shape planet Earth. Among them are cyanobacteria that produced the oxygen in the atmosphere and made complex life possi...
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Scientists unlock shape-shifting living tissue, programming cells to fold flat sheets into precise 3D forms
- Apr 16, 2026
Biological tissues have a remarkable ability to organize and change shape, driven by forces generated by their own cells. One of the major challenges...
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Warm-bodied sharks and tunas face 'double jeopardy' in warming seas
- Apr 16, 2026
A new study reveals that some of the ocean's most powerful predators are running hotter, and that they are likely paying an increasingly steep price f...
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Gifted men exhibit lower levels of conservatism compared to their average-intelligence counterparts, finds study
- Apr 16, 2026
Individuals with high intellectual ability frequently occupy leadership roles across business, science, and politics. To date, it has not been definit...