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Archaeologists untangle how Bronze Age textiles were made
- Mar 16, 2026
Analysis and reconstruction of a warp-weighted loom from the second millennium BC site of Cabezo Redondo, Spain, provides an unprecedented glimpse int...
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Pesticides from flea treatments and sheep dips found at damaging levels in Welsh rivers
- Mar 15, 2026
Pesticides used in pet flea treatments occur widely in Welsh rivers and were detected in over three quarters of river water samples, finds new researc...
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'Life is a miracle,' but learning from disasters isn't: Lessons from Japan's 2011 earthquake and tsunami
- Mar 15, 2026
In April 2012, a Harley-Davidson motorcycle was found on Graham Island in the Haida Gwaii archipelago off the coast of British Columbia. It belonged t...
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Rising seas threaten barrier islands, but seabird guano could speed recovery
- Mar 15, 2026
Birds that live and breed in vegetated coastal areas, such as dunes and small islands, not only build nests but also—unintentionally—shape their own s...
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New microscope offers sharper view into momentum space
- Mar 15, 2026
Electrons are tiny and constantly in motion. How they behave in a crystal lattice determines key material properties: electrical conductivity, magneti...
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Avalanche risks are rising—researchers say governance must rise with them
- Mar 15, 2026
The findings of a new paper show governance and preparedness rather than hazard magnitude determine whether avalanches become mass-casualty events. Wi...
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Models warn Thwaites Glacier could rival entire Antarctic ice loss by 2067
- Mar 15, 2026
The future of one of Antarctica's most iconic glaciers could be far more dramatic than scientists previously thought. Using satellite calibrated ice s...
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CHEOPS discovery defies planetary formation rules
- Mar 15, 2026
We're starting to see just how exceptional our own solar system and its history is, as more exoplanets are discovered. A fourth exoplanet discovery in...
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Physicists break longstanding high-temperature superconductivity record at ambient pressure
- Mar 15, 2026
Researchers from the Texas Center for Superconductivity (TcSUH) and the department of physics at the University of Houston have broken the temperature...
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North America 'heat dome' left winners and losers: Study
- Mar 15, 2026
Billions of mussels scorched and baby birds dropping from sweltering nests: North America's 2021 heat wave caused a cascade of ecological damage, some...
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TESS discovers a super-Earth exoplanet orbiting nearby star
- Mar 15, 2026
Using the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), astronomers have discovered a new super-Earth exoplanet orbiting a star located about 83 light...
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Could a recently detected ultra-high-energy neutrino be linked to new physics?
- Mar 15, 2026
Neutrinos are extremely lightweight and electrically neutral particles that rarely interact with ordinary matter. Due to these rare interactions, neut...