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Severe thunderstorms are sweeping through southern Australia. But what makes a thunderstorm 'severe'?

Physicists report emergence of ferromagnetism at onset of Kondo breakdown in moiré bilayer lattices

Humans have near-equal numbers of male and female babies, unlike many other animals—a new genetic study looks for clues

'Nature markets' may help preserve biodiversity—but they risk repeating colonial patterns of Indigenous exploitation

How the invasive spiny water flea spread across Canada, and what we can do about it

Canada's agricultural policies are falling short of health and sustainability goals

Climate change worsened deadly Nepal floods, scientists say

Water crisis threatening world food production: report

China's underground lab seeks answer to deep scientific riddle

Bondi beach 'closed' as Sydney shores hit by 'tar balls'

Climate-hit Pacific Islands plot landmark UN court case

La Nina could soon arrive. Here's what that means for winter weather

City microbes surviving on disinfectants, research reveals

mRNA vaccines for disease outbreaks can be synthesized in less time with new technique

Electrophysiology study shows how ant toxin causes extreme pain

Chickpeas identified as key crop for future food security

Deep learning illuminates past and future atmospheric blocking events

Report highlights need for sustainable practices in European film and TV industry

Student debt: An individual and collective burden at English-language universities

Are tariffs good or bad for the economy? Research says they can be bad for the supply chain

Nanoparticle therapy offers new hope for prostate cancer patients

Biochar nanocomposite enhances detection of acetaminophen and uric acid in urine

Firms with green innovation patents rewarded in the credit market, finds study

Mechanism of cobalt–manganese catalysts deciphered

Space Force's X-37B will perform 'never before-seen maneuvers' in orbit

Adaptive ferroelectric materials show promise for energy-efficient supercomputing

Employers' lack of understanding limiting job opportunities for people with learning disabilities, study finds

Hubble captures intricacies of R Aquarii, a symbiotic binary star roughly 700 light-years from Earth

New method to generate photon pairs efficiently on a chip

Researchers achieve tunable coherent population trapping in a double quantum dot system

Silicon metasurfaces unlock broad-spectrum infrared imaging

'Getting high' in Paleolithic hunting: Elevated positions enhance javelin accuracy but reduce atlatl efficiency

Few countries have drawn up nature protection plans: UN

Hybrid quantum error correction technique integrates continuous and discrete variables

Aquaculture uses far more wild fish than previously estimated, study finds

Understanding landslides: A new model for predicting motion

Plate tectonics drive compositional evolution of the upper mantle, study finds

Researchers reveal quantum advantage that could advance future sensing devices

Coastal cities have a hidden vulnerability to storm-surge and tidal flooding that's entirely caused by humans

Study explores how children engage with dual-language books

Research finds that simplistic and outdated communication tools narrows news focus, restricts user interactivity

Researchers develop database for catalytic bioparts with experimental evidence

Are you tasty to mosquitoes? Study offers clues into when and why they bite

Research: Marginalized entrepreneurs forge their own paths

Overseas US voters get ignored by political campaigns but could be crucial supporters

The making of the gut—studies connect genetics and physics in embryonic development

Audible storm waves could turbocharge Earth's radiation belts

Instrument uses millimeter-wave radar to measure density of dust that kicks up from spacecraft thrusters

Protein interactions: Who is partying with whom and who is ruining the party?

The corners where atoms meet may provide a path to new materials for extreme conditions