Water conservation works, but climate change is outpacing it: Phoenix, Denver and Las Vegas show the future

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A 'stemness checkpoint' helps control stem cell identity

Online comments can shape how political social media content is perceived

AMOC collapse could turn Southern Ocean into carbon source, adding 0.2°C to global warming

From 'sustainable' to 'regenerative' agriculture: What's in a name?

Ecuador study finds tropical rainforest biodiversity rebounds over 90% in 30 years

Ancient architecture shows public opinion influenced Maya divine kings

Global musicians face the same 'streaming paradox' as US- and UK-based artists, study finds

Mathematical model predicts fish freshness in real time

Satellites capture the volatile human–luminescence relationship

Momentum-engineered photonic states make bulk silicon shine

The binding sites that guide fungal 'vesicle hitchhiking'—new study maps mRNA transport

Plagiarized research passed automated tests, and I detected it—but only because it copied my work

Online review structure, not just sentiment, predicts what readers find helpful

A greener route to citrus-derived therapeutics: What a new bromination method changes

Uncharted island will soon appear on nautical charts

DNA evidence reveals a Stone Age population collapse in France

Buried bounty: Caribou survival depends on lichen and snow

An enzyme produced by fungus may replace chemicals in the paper industry

Livestock may be rewriting elephants' gut microbiomes in Kenya's protected reserves

Mussels and mistletoe inspire design for sustainable materials

Human-altered mountains drive most fatal landslides worldwide, analysis finds

From joyrides to assault, 'crimefluencer' networks are coercing young people into breaking the law

Pollinator-friendly gardens don't have to sacrifice style

High Mountain Asia's melting glaciers may threaten future water security

City animals act in the same brazen ways around the world

Robust against noise, geometric-phase swap gates bring stability to quantum operations

Should emojis be used in workplace communications?

Mangrove crab outruns its namesake, expanding its range 200 miles north

Penguins in remote Patagonia are carrying 'forever chemicals' signals

Summer is getting longer, and it's happening faster than we thought

AI trained like a Rubik's Cube solver simplifies particle physics equations

Does listening to audiobooks improve learning?

Research traces evolution of anglerfishes' famed fishing-rod lures

Student research on coronal holes improves space weather forecasting

Mapping urban heat from space reveals dangerous inequities in LA public parks

A drug discovery bottleneck? How cheaper reagents could speed branched molecule synthesis

The lengths male octopuses go to protect the arm they need to mate

Tracking reef winners and losers after a Category 4 storm

If you're a perfectionist at work, your boss's expectations may matter more than your own, research finds

Scientists warn UK biodiversity report may distort evidence with security framing

New glassfrog species named for first Ecuadorian woman to win a gold medal

Ancient tectonic processes are the key to locating rare minerals

Sinking land drives coastal flood risk on densely populated Java Island

Electron–atom scattering encodes the quantum state of electron wave packets

Unique double baptistery and mysterious marble block uncovered at Byzantine cathedral in Israel

Optical control of nuclear spins in molecules points to new paths for quantum technologies

A roadmap for atomic force microscopy use in next-generation semiconductor and energy materials research

Glucose transport may hinge on a fleeting transition-like state