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If you need to anesthetize a butterfly, here's the best way to do it
- May 22, 2026
Anesthesia makes life-saving procedures as painless and stress-free as possible for the animals we love and care for. But not a lot is known about the...
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Exploring education during times of economic crisis
- May 22, 2026
Major economic crises affect a country in myriad ways, often resulting in unemployment spikes, increased inequality between financial classes, housing...
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Atlas reveals rocks with rare earth element potential, helping pinpoint new deposits
- May 22, 2026
A new atlas charts the global distribution of unusual, critical-metal-bearing igneous rocks, finding that they often form near the thick and ancient c...
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Ancient DNA reveals web of marriage and migration in Peru centuries before Inca rule
- May 22, 2026
Long-distance migration along Peru's Pacific coast began at least 800 years ago, centuries before the rise of the Inca Empire and much earlier than pr...
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Something coming: what scientists know about a potential 'super' El Nino
- May 22, 2026
Forecasters say a potentially "super" El Niño is rapidly taking shape in the Pacific—but whether it evolves into a history-making event could hinge on...
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Seagrass found to produce new genetic individuals rather than clone itself, offering hope for 'underwater meadows'
- May 22, 2026
In many underwater ecosystems, seagrass meadows act as a food source, a safe haven, and an ecological lynchpin. But until now, very little was known a...
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'Seed Transfer Zones' could help restore vast areas of degraded land in Brazil
- May 22, 2026
A new study divides Brazil into 48 zones, each defined by its climate and soil conditions. Restoration projects can use these zones to identify which...
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Researchers transform paper sludge into valuable biofuels
- May 22, 2026
Researchers have demonstrated that different types of paper industry sludge, typically treated as a low-value waste, can be transformed into a high-yi...
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Long-serving CEOs may weaken innovation, study finds
- May 22, 2026
A new study from the University of East London has found that companies led by long-serving chief executives may become less innovative over time unle...
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Romania dig uncovers 350-square-meter megastructure in 45-house prehistoric settlement
- May 21, 2026
Researchers from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) have found new indications of how large prehistoric settlements were organize...
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NASA's AWE instrument completes mission to study Earth's effect on space weather
- May 21, 2026
On May 21, ground controllers powered down NASA's AWE (Atmospheric Waves Experiment) instrument, bringing the data collection phase of the mission to...
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AI not yet good enough to grade university essays, rewarding 'style over substance'
- May 21, 2026
Researchers have used top Generative AI models to grade hundreds of undergraduate essays and found that AI only matched human-awarded degree classific...