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South African San rock art reveals trance dances and initiation ceremonies
- Jan 25, 2026
In a study published in Telestes, Dr. Joshua Kumbani and Dr. Margarita Díaz-Andreu categorized the various dance scenes depicted in South African rock...
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A new study of lunar rocks suggests Earth's water might not have come from meteorites
- Jan 25, 2026
For a long time, scientists assumed that Earth's water was delivered by asteroids and comets billions of years ago. This coincided with the Late Heavy...
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Bacteria use wrapping flagella to tunnel through microscopic passages, research reveals
- Jan 25, 2026
Researchers have discovered how bacteria break through spaces barely larger than themselves, by wrapping their flagella around their bodies and moving...
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A new dataset exposes biodiversity loss hidden in global staple food trade
- Jan 25, 2026
Global food trade is essential for food security, but its ecological consequences often remain unseen. A new data paper published in One Ecosystem int...
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Superconducting nanowire memory array achieves significantly lower error rate
- Jan 25, 2026
Quantum computers, systems that process information leveraging quantum mechanical effects, will require faster and energy-efficient memory components,...
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Yes, feral cats and foxes really have driven many Australian mammals to extinction
- Jan 25, 2026
Millions of years of isolation have shaped Australia's extraordinary mammal fauna into species unlike anywhere else in the world, from platypus to koa...
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Novel biosensor enables real-time tracking of iron (II) in living cells
- Jan 25, 2026
Iron is an essential trace element in biological cells. The concentration of the element and its so-called redox state—it can exist either in a doubly...
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A new look at trends in human deaths due to climate extremes
- Jan 25, 2026
A new study of climate extremes since 1988 finds that many regions have seen increases in deaths due to floods, storms and extreme temperatures. In hu...
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The Mount Maunganui tragedy reminds us landslides are NZ's deadliest natural hazard
- Jan 25, 2026
The tragic events in the Bay of Plenty this week are a stark reminder that landslides remain the deadliest of the many natural hazards New Zealand fac...
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Researchers develop high-performance fluoroborate crystals for deep-ultraviolet lasers
- Jan 25, 2026
Deep-ultraviolet (DUV, λ < 200 nm) all-solid-state lasers, essential to modern scientific research and industrial manufacturing, are widely applied in...
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Teaching horses to 'speak up' with symbols: Project aims to boost animal welfare
- Jan 25, 2026
In recent years, revelations of unethical horse handling at elite levels of horsesport have drawn attention to an uncomfortable question: Do we really...
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Mining genomes for cyst nematode resistance could enable better soybean harvests
- Jan 24, 2026
Soybean farmers around the world face a persistent and costly enemy hidden beneath the soil: soybean cyst nematode (SCN), a microscopic roundworm that...