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'Toad-proofing' farms could help stop the march of invasive pest
- Mar 30, 2026
Curtin University research has found farmers making small changes to how they give water to cattle in semi-arid regions could halt the spread of one o...
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Ripples in spacetime and the universe's most controversial number
- Mar 30, 2026
Douglas Adams told us the answer to life, the universe and everything is 42. If only cosmology were so straightforward. Astronomers have been arguing...
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Thawing permafrost becomes 25 to 100 times more permeable, experiments find
- Mar 30, 2026
Experiments by University of Leeds researchers, published in Earth's Future, have shown that thawing of permafrost makes it between 25 and 100 times m...
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100 million years ago, an 'evolutionary fuse' was lit in the deep ocean, sparking squid diversification
- Mar 30, 2026
From color-changing skin to jet-propelled motion, squid and cuttlefish have long fascinated scientists. To understand the origins of their unique char...
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Forty new migratory species win international protection: UN body
- Mar 30, 2026
The UN Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) on Sunday approved the listing of 40 new species for international pr...
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Scientists solve 40-year-old biological mystery behind sleeping sickness
- Mar 30, 2026
To survive in the human bloodstream, the African trypanosome parasite wears a "cloak" made of proteins known as a variant surface glycoprotein (VSG)....
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Recovery from sudden permafrost collapse ranges from 10 years to a century, study suggests
- Mar 30, 2026
Some Arctic regions regain their "greenness" within a decade of a sudden permafrost collapse, while others can take a century or more to recover, rese...
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Freed whale gets stranded again off German coast
- Mar 30, 2026
A humpback whale struggling in shallow waters off Germany's northern Baltic Sea coast has become stranded for a third time, experts said on Sunday, ju...
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One man, his dog, and ChatGPT: Australia's AI vaccine saga
- Mar 30, 2026
Desperate to help his sick dog, one Australian man went down the ultimate ChatGPT research hole, using artificial intelligence to design a personalize...
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Managed wetlands a culinary hot spot for SF bay fish, but they need delivery options
- Mar 30, 2026
California's Bay Area may be a culinary hot spot for people, but food options for fish in the San Francisco Estuary have been limited and declining in...
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How graphene oxide kills bacteria while sparing human cells
- Mar 29, 2026
Hygiene in everyday items that touch the body—such as clothing, masks, and toothbrushes—is critically important. The underlying principle of how graph...
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Researchers describe protein structure microbes used to control light conversion
- Mar 29, 2026
Wildfire smoke is teeming with them. Researchers have employed them to develop energy-dense biofuels like rocket, marine, and jet fuels. Scientists ha...