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Aging zoo animals threaten long-term species conservation goals
- Jan 22, 2026
Many mammal populations in European and North American zoos are aging—a trend that jeopardizes the long-term viability of so-called reserve population...
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2D topological crystalline insulator turns decade-old prediction into reality
- Jan 22, 2026
Physicists from University of Jyväskylä and Aalto University (Finland) have experimentally realized a two-dimensional topological crystalline insulato...
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South Africa's Kruger park suffers 'devastating' damage from floods
- Jan 22, 2026
South Africa's iconic Kruger National Park suffered major damage to critical infrastructure in recent flooding, with the cost of repairs estimated to...
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Rule-breaking supermassive black hole discovered in the early universe
- Jan 22, 2026
An international research team led by scientists at Waseda University and Tohoku University has discovered an extraordinary quasar in the early univer...
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Webb telescope reveals galaxy cluster's gravity warping light from distant galaxies
- Jan 22, 2026
This NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope Picture of the Month brings us a scene from the distant universe. Pictured here is the galaxy cluster MAC...
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Four-eyed Cambrian fish fossils hint at origins of vertebrate pineal complex
- Jan 22, 2026
New fossil evidence from China suggests that some of our vertebrate ancestors had four eyes. The study, published in Nature, takes a closer look at a...
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Rainfall–salinity link sustains prolonged La Niña events, study reveals
- Jan 22, 2026
La Niña—a climate phenomenon characterized by unusually cool sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean—can persist fo...
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Ancient giant kangaroos could hop to it when they needed to, hindlimb study suggests
- Jan 22, 2026
Giant ancestors of modern-day kangaroos—which previous research has estimated could weigh up to 250 kilograms—may have been able to hop in short burst...
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NASA's Artemis II mission to fly legacy keepsakes with astronaut crew
- Jan 22, 2026
As America approaches its 250th anniversary of declaring independence, NASA's Artemis II mission will carry a host of mementos that reflect the nation...
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Study challenges long-held theory that language is built on grammar trees
- Jan 22, 2026
Every time we speak, we're improvising. "Humans possess a remarkable ability to talk about almost anything, sometimes putting words together into neve...
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DNA nanodevices reveal acidic nanolayer on lysosome surfaces in live cells
- Jan 22, 2026
Lysosomes are membrane-bound organelles whose acidic lumen (pH 4.5–5.0) is required for degradation. This luminal acidity is known to regulate cytosol...
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Battery-free nano-sensors could pave the way for next-generation wearables
- Jan 22, 2026
Nano-sensors that work without batteries or wires could pave the way for more comfortable, less obtrusive sleep and health care monitoring at home, ac...