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Triply-eclipsing triple star system discovered with TESS
- May 26, 2026
Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), astronomers have discovered a triply-eclipsing star system. The newfound system, designated...
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How to encourage a friend to get therapy (without blowing up your friendship)
- May 26, 2026
You're trying to be a supportive, empathetic friend. You listen as they outline significant challenges in their life. Maybe they're feeling low or str...
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Divers may think they protect reefs, but one unseen habit is taking a steady toll
- May 26, 2026
Research at the University of Sydney has found that scuba-diving tourism—widely promoted as a sustainable way to experience coral reefs—is causing fre...
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America's schools face a backlash on digital devices as screens saturate classrooms
- May 26, 2026
Just a few years ago, America's public schools were rushing to get every child a laptop. Los Angeles middle school teacher Anna Soffer remembers it we...
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Satellites track SO₂ emissions following March 2026 refinery fires in Tehran, Iran
- May 26, 2026
On the evening of March 7, 2026, a series of explosions and fires occurred at multiple oil storage and refining facilities in Tehran, Iran. A research...
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Rattlesnakes among most vulnerable to fungal disease and parasitic lung infection
- May 26, 2026
Snakes are threatened with extinction in many places around the globe. Disease, often caused by parasites or fungi, is thought to be one of the key fa...
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Collaborative education for solving climate challenges
- May 26, 2026
Research published in the International Journal of Collaborative Engineering has found that universities that bring together environmental engineering...
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Tropical cyclones give rise to unique type of heat wave in Japan
- May 26, 2026
Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have categorized a unique, previously unclassified type of heat wave in Japan, so-called "moist heat wa...
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Ancient anesthetic reveals Ming China's sophisticated medicine
- May 25, 2026
Microscopic analysis of residues on surgical scissors and tweezers from a 1348–1411 CE tomb in Jiangyin, China, finds the first evidence for the contr...
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Supermassive black holes can render exoplanets uninhabitable at great distances
- May 25, 2026
The thinking around exoplanet habitability is mostly concerned with a planet's distance from its star. Too close, and any surface water is boiled away...
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Four decades of overlooked data reveal the hidden amphipod diversity of Italian seas
- May 25, 2026
What if some of the most important clues about marine biodiversity were already collected but never fully shared? That's the question that motivated a...
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New three‑dimensional magnetic structure discovered with laser light
- May 25, 2026
Flashes of femtosecond laser light, lasting just a few trillionths of a second, have made it possible to observe new magnetic structures for the first...