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SpaceX eyes IPO timed to planet alignment and Musk birthday: Report
- Jan 28, 2026
SpaceX is targeting a mid-June initial public offering that would coincide with a rare planetary alignment and founder Elon Musk's birthday, the Finan...
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A sea turtle with 3 flippers swims free after Florida rehab, now followed by satellite
- Jan 28, 2026
Cheers rose from a bundled-up crowd as a loggerhead sea turtle that survived a likely shark attack trundled back into the ocean after months of rehabi...
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Plant mothers send molecular 'text messages' to pollen
- Jan 28, 2026
Small RNAs are short RNA molecules that help determine which genes in a cell are switched on or off. Until now, it was assumed that the small RNAs nec...
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Changing land use can increase threat of animal‑to‑human disease spread
- Jan 28, 2026
Changes to land use can directly heighten the risk of diseases spreading from animals to humans, new University of Stirling–led research has shown. Th...
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Proton-trapping MNene transforms ammonia production for food security and economic growth
- Jan 28, 2026
With a new electrochemical synthesis via an electrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR), achieving carbon-free ammonia production is closer to r...
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Cross-border pollution tracking reveals unequal distribution of risk and responsibility
- Jan 28, 2026
Microscopic airborne particles known as PM2.5 contribute to 100,000 premature deaths in the United States each year. A new University of Notre Dame st...
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Corals sleep like us, but their symbionts never rest
- Jan 28, 2026
Sleep is essential for much of the animal kingdom. During the night, neuron and tissue repair mechanisms are activated to aid recovery from daily acti...
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After switch from ULA, SpaceX knocks out speedy national security launch
- Jan 28, 2026
SpaceX has launched its latest national security mission, yet another GPS satellite that was originally to have been launched by United Launch Allianc...
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Pesticides significantly affect soil life and biodiversity, study finds
- Jan 28, 2026
Seventy percent of soils in Europe are contaminated with pesticides. A Europe-wide study co-led by researchers of the University of Zurich now shows t...
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Ocean Equity Index offers first global tool to measure ocean fairness
- Jan 28, 2026
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the United Nations Agreement on the High Seas (BBNJ) and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF...
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Establishing design principles for achieving ultralow thermal conductivity via controlled chemical disorder
- Jan 28, 2026
A major challenge in thermal-management and thermal-insulation technologies, across multiple industries, is the lack of materials that simultaneously...
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A lost world: Ancient cave reveals million-year-old wildlife
- Jan 28, 2026
Australian and New Zealand scientists have unearthed the remains of ancient wildlife in a cave near Waitomo on Aotearoa's North Island, the first time...