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Old journals unlock monthly climate shifts behind Japan's 1830s famine
- May 14, 2026
The Tenpō Famine of the 1830s was one of the worst in Japanese history, with the poor weather causing escalating rice prices as a major cause. To bett...
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Historical DNA connects 1.3 million living relatives to 17th-century Maryland settlers
- May 14, 2026
As the United States prepares to mark its 250th anniversary, researchers from 23andMe Research Institute, Harvard University, and the Smithsonian Inst...
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Tiny ocean life helps scientists estimate whale prevalence off the California coast
- May 14, 2026
A new approach to better assessing whale population data has emerged, led by a research team of marine biologists from Scripps Institution of Oceanogr...
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Q&A: Is it time to expand our thinking about dark matter? A new study says yes
- May 14, 2026
We may be more in the dark about dark matter than previously thought, according to a new analysis of distant galaxy clusters. Yale astrophysicist Priy...
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Researchers uncover chemical origins of the Perseus cluster of galaxies
- May 14, 2026
An international team of researchers has developed new stellar and supernova models to explain the mysterious elemental abundance patterns left by bil...
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A new model for predicting plant resistance can help prepare for climate change
- May 14, 2026
A recent Minnesota Pollution Control Agency report found that climate change could cost Minnesotans more than $20 billion a year by 2040. This is just...
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Digital environments can generate moderate levels of psychological overload among university students
- May 14, 2026
An international research team, led by the University of Warwick and the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), in collaboration with Friedrich-Alex...
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Physics in uncharted waters: The mysteries of marine snow
- May 14, 2026
Can "snow" fall in the ocean and influence the climate of the entire planet? It turns out that it can. Research conducted by scientists from the Facul...
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Engineered proteins store digital files with 30 times density at one-tenth cost
- May 14, 2026
Massive volumes of digital data are generated every day from AI training, big data analytics and smart devices. As conventional hard drives and cloud...
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Hyperspectral imaging to map Gran Dolina's oldest sediments and fossils in infrared
- May 14, 2026
The Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH) and the Instituto Tecnológico de Castilla y León (ITCL) have begun a collabora...
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In productive ecosystems, larger animals capture more energy per species—but human pressure is reshaping the balance
- May 14, 2026
How does an ecosystem distribute its energy across body sizes? A new study suggests the answer depends on where you are—and how much humans have alter...
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Indonesia may soon lose its last glaciers
- May 14, 2026
Asia's last tropical glaciers can be found near Puncak Jaya, Papua, the highest peak in Southeast Asia. But it is unlikely that they will survive unti...