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Researchers propose new method to identify 'positive tipping points' for climate action

NASA supercomputers take on life near Greenland's most active glacier

History shows why FEMA is essential in disasters, and how losing independent agency status hurt its ability to function

5,000 years of (in)equality in the Carpathian Basin: Challenging theories on social hierarchies in prehistory

Perseverance rover captures Mars vista as clear as day

Teenagers no longer answer the phone: Is it a lack of manners or a new trend?

Why bolstering post-secondary education for former youth in care is a wise investment

Meet the universe's earliest confirmed black hole: A monster at the dawn of time

France's biggest wildfire of the summer has eclipsed the size of Paris and is still spreading

Heroes, victims—and rarely collaborators: Study reveals Nazi era reinterpretation across EU

How AI might be narrowing our worldview and what regulators can do about it

Warming the atmosphere: Clear waters found to emit more methane than turbid waters

Toxic well water harms dogs before humans, study shows

Human intestine shows rapid evolutionary changes compared to other mammals

Novel research reveals thriving microbial life in trees

New model explains plutonium's peculiar behavior

Ocean sediments might support theory that comet impact triggered Younger Dryas cool-off

Waiting in line: Why six feet of social distancing may not be enough to stop airborne virus spread

Common patterns found among scientists with remarkable early-career citation success

Cockatoos perform 30 distinct dance moves and may combine them in unique ways

EU organic label: Clear sustainability signal can drive increased willingness to purchase

With just a few messages, biased AI chatbots swayed people's political views

Zebrafish embryos reveal key mechanisms behind lifelong heart rhythm development

Six of Ingenuity's successors could be exploring Mars in 4 years

Some young suns align with their planet-forming disks, others are born tilted

Decline of seed-dispersing animals hinders fight against climate change

Digital game demonstrates the power of religion for climate change education

Ultra-short RNA insertions offer scalable, cost-effective gene silencing for agriculture

Comparing the effectiveness of common Atlantic sea scallop farming methods

Study of how micro- and nanoplastics form may help to reduce future harm to health and environment

Somalia's education crisis: Why so few children attend school and what could be done to change that

Friction that cools: Threshold effects enable self-stopping robot swarms

Protect biodiversity 'processes,' not just pandas and polar bears, say experts

Iron nanoparticles created from expired supplements can help treat contaminated water

Uncertainty-aware water risk models could improve flood and drought preparedness

Cicadas sing in perfect sync with pre-dawn light

Beyond words: Study maps the cognitive force of metaphor

Nature's underground engineers: How plant roots could save harvests from drought

The world's longest marine heat wave upended ocean life across the Pacific

The hubris arc: How visionary politicians turn into authoritarians

Individual atoms tracked during real-time chemical bond formation

Lake sturgeon thriving in Coosa River after reintroduction project

Simple design changes can make bat boxes safer

Satellite observations overturn assumptions about charge distribution in Earth's magnetosphere

Why do children take things so literally?

The super sleuths trying to stop shoddy science

Archaeologists find oldest evidence of humans on 'Hobbit's' island neighbor—who they were remains a mystery

Scientists achieve direct measurement of quantum metric tensor in black phosphorus

Big heart, acute senses key to explosive radiation of early fishes, digital reconstruction indicates

Disarming a hidden killer: Predicting and preventing C. diff before it strikes