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Seismometer networks could track space junk as it falls to Earth
- Jan 22, 2026
Space debris—the thousands of pieces of human-made objects abandoned in Earth's orbit—pose a risk to humans when they fall to the ground. To locate po...
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5,500-year-old skeleton yields oldest evidence yet of syphilis-related bacteria
- Jan 22, 2026
Scientists have recovered a genome of Treponema pallidum—the bacterium whose subspecies today are responsible for four treponemal diseases, including...
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Human penis size influences female attraction and male assessment of rivals, study suggests
- Jan 22, 2026
Men assess potential rivals that have a larger penis as more of a threat, both physically and sexually, according to a study by Upama Aich at the Univ...
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Entangled atomic clouds enable more precise quantum measurements
- Jan 22, 2026
Researchers at the University of Basel and the Laboratoire Kastler Brossel have demonstrated how quantum mechanical entanglement can be used to measur...
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Resurrected ancient enzyme offers new window into early Earth and the search for life beyond it
- Jan 22, 2026
By resurrecting a 3.2-billion-year-old enzyme and studying it inside living microbes, researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have created...
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When young adults can't afford independence, family expectations fill the gap
- Jan 22, 2026
I met Lufang Chen, a 30-year-old bank clerk based in the Fujian province of China, in 2016, after she had married a man she initially turned down year...
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Sourdough starters reveal a recipe for predicting microbial species survival
- Jan 22, 2026
People have long said that "bread is life." Now, researchers at Tufts University are using the bubbling mixtures of flour and water known as sourdough...
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Diversity of water striders emerged earlier than previously thought, researchers find
- Jan 22, 2026
The diversity of water strider species apparently developed as early as the Cretaceous period, much earlier than previously thought. SNSB researchers...
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Litter accumulation in tropical mangroves threatens biodiversity and local communities
- Jan 22, 2026
Mangroves, typical of tropical and subtropical latitudes, have become veritable natural traps for land- and sea-based waste. The roots of these trees,...
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How the ocean's hydrothermal systems made the first life on Earth possible
- Jan 22, 2026
Our planet is unique for its ability to sustain abundant life. From studies of the rock record, scientists believe life had already emerged on Earth a...
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AI model that found 370 exoplanets now digs into TESS data
- Jan 22, 2026
Scientists have discovered over 6,000 planets that orbit stars other than our sun, known as exoplanets. More than half of these planets were discovere...
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Dark energy survey scientists release analysis of all six years of survey data
- Jan 22, 2026
The Dark Energy Survey Collaboration collected information on hundreds of millions of galaxies across the universe using the U.S. Department of Energy...