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Wolf-Rayet 104 'pinwheel' star reveals a surprise (and some relief)

How circulation patterns of surface currents could help clean the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Adopting zero-emission trucks and buses could save lives, prevent asthma in Illinois

Ecuador battles spreading oil slick, residents without water

Time is not the driving influence of forest carbon storage, study finds

Thorny skates come in 'snack' and 'party' sizes: After a century of guessing, scientists now know why

Spanish speakers in Philadelphia break traditional rules of formal and informal speech in signs around town

Scientists map neural wiring of vocal circuits in songbirds

Extreme heat impacts dairy production, and small farms are most vulnerable

Scientists discover protein key to bacteria's survival in extreme environments

Small molecules, big role: Interactive database illustrates how snoRNAs function in gene regulation

Diverging views of democracy fuel support for authoritarian politicians, study shows

Nonprofits can use public data to target fundraising appeals by state and ZIP code

'Democratizing chemical analysis': Using machine learning and robotics to identify chemical compositions from images

Flexible, adaptable approaches to protect against rising seas are the most cost-effective, modeling study finds

Exploring the link between school exclusion and crime

Can a virtual reality residential school improve empathy toward Indigenous people?

Adoption of international auditing standards leads to better financial reporting, finds study

Discrepancies exist between national climate targets and citizens' willingness to contribute to climate action

How to disclose risk without losing investor confidence

Satellite images reveal how Andalusia's forests have changed over the past three decades

Art historian solves riddle behind theft of famous portrait

A geologic map of the asteroid belt: Tracing meteorites back to their origins

Electrons travel one of two routes in nano-biohybrid systems

Stingrays reveal nature's elegant solution to maintaining geometric armor growth

A social immune system: Leafcutter ants recognize and combat pathogens 30 days post-exposure

Internal displacement in Syria used to reshape the country's political and social landscape, new study shows

Conservation efforts are bringing species back from the brink, even as overall biodiversity falls

Sperm breach blastocyst defenses in primates, providing new insights into reproductive competition

Regional climate variability and more play role in Missouri River Basin's elevated streamflow

Plastic pyrolysis: Chemists explain a technique attempting to tackle plastic waste by bringing the heat

Homebound: 'Stranded' ISS astronauts now hours from splashdown

Trump administration moves to fire hundreds of government scientists

Researchers advance substrate engineering pathways to improve power electronics

Legality unlikely to sway public opinion about executive actions

Additional phase factor provides new insights into the behavior of random light

Poor feeding habits due to climate change may cause sardines to ingest more microplastics

Book bans are not what they seem: Study finds most-banned titles see 12% rise in circulation

Stormy rains in the Sahara offer clues to past and future climate changes

Dissolved organic matter composition linked to reactive oxygen species photogeneration in shallow lakes

Vulture fossil discovery reveals how volcanic deposits can preserve the microscopic details of animal tissues

A new company plans to prospect the moon

What's the deadliest part of a supernova explosion?

Universal RNA barcoding system for tracking gene transfer in bacteria created

Dogs' noses decoded: Optical sensor unveils canine brain's olfactory prowess

Ancient seafloor creature grew like modern marine invertebrates, study suggests

Clearest images yet of 380,000-year-old universe reveal cosmic infancy

Water cooperation is essential when countries share lakes and rivers, yet it's been deteriorating in many places

Computational simulator targets intervertebral disk biochemistry to find most common cause of back pain

Unveiling the mysterious 'red sprite' lightning strikes over the Himalayas