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Costly school uniforms a barrier to education for some Kiwi kids

A hidden property of light could power future nanomachines

Can we ‘vaccinate’ ourselves against stress?

Why the right kind of stress is crucial for your health and happiness

Older workers seen as less competent and trustworthy by their younger peers, study shows

Mind the gap! The semiconductor industry is relying on the wrong materials

Can you determine your personalised stress score?

Emojis trigger brain responses like real faces within 160 milliseconds, study finds

Mediterranean mussel farming could collapse by 2050

Total solar eclipse quiets seismic noise for cities within its path

How tiny cave shrimps power the underworld of the Yucatan

'Immature' lunar soil could be suitable for roadways on the moon

Seaweed compound shows major methane cuts in beef cattle

How resilient fungus might survive Mars and space

A vaccine for Lyme disease could be on the horizon

We might finally know how to use quantum computers to boost AI

This missing vitamin could stop cancer cells in their tracks

AI makes granular pricing easier, but consumer psychology may make it less profitable

Ancient Roman ‘machine-gun’ damage discovered on Pompeii walls

This simple 3-amino acid trick boosts mRNA therapy 20-fold

Scientists stunned as bacteria rewire DNA machinery to shape cells

‘Cocaine hippos’ raise tough questions, and scientists uncover insights on faster aging and heart risks

The Lyrid meteor shower is peaking now

AI swarms could hijack democracy without anyone noticing

Why so many mollusks sound Greek—their naming evolves at a snail's pace

Water simulation of famous quantum effect reveals unexpected wave patterns

This common plant could clean microplastics from your drinking water

A crowd scientist is helping the Boston Marathon manage a growing field of 30,000-plus runners

Hundreds of millions at risk as river deltas sink faster than rising seas

After 200 years scientists finally crack the “dolomite problem”

When AI starts shopping for you, fashion may be entering a new era of pricing

Hospital-acquired pneumonia reduced by daily toothbrushing

Brushing your teeth in hospital could prevent catching a bad infection

A cheaper way to fight 'forever chemicals': How pH-controlled traps could clean drinking water

A light-controlled 'muscle' could give synthetic cells a new way to move

Archaeologists have discovered 12,000‑year‑old dice. Here's what they reveal about the history of play

Wafer-scale 2D magnetic films emerge thanks to a new low-defect growth technique

'Protected' seagrass meadows aren't necessarily healthy, because pollution doesn't stop at the shoreline

Sulfur-rich Mercury magmas behave differently than Earth's do

Moroccan dinosaur's fearsome tail spikes evolved much earlier than we thought—new discovery

How tiny voids could make fusion targets more stable under powerful shockwaves

Why anatomy's naughtiest mnemonics work so well

These blazing blue explosions may be born when a compact dead star slams into a Wolf-Rayet star

Theoretical models of supernova chemistry overhauled after X-ray data from Perseus Cluster reveal key discrepancies

Your local fishing hole is getting browner, changing which fish species thrive and which ones struggle

Support fundamental research, prize-winning mathematician urges

Hollow-sphere catalyst enables greener production of 99% pure propene at room temperature

Generalized optical meta-spanners empower arbitrary light paths for multitasking optical manipulation

Atlantic current shows two-decade decline across four deep-ocean monitoring sites

Hollywood, Silicon Valley turn out for the 'Oscars of Science'