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Kids are smarter than you think: Young chimpanzees invent tools and improve adult designs

Non-invasive quantum spin sensor can detect digital pill signals without skin contact

Unique enzymes use never-before-seen mechanism to resist antibiotics

Special educational needs reform could be a bureaucratic nightmare. Here's how to put families first

'My gender is like an empty lot': The people who reject man, woman and any other gender label

Plastic packaging could be a greater sin than food waste

World's first head-to-toe cellular atlas of the mosquito released

Turning smartphones into earthquake sensors

Drones reveal unexpectedly high emissions from wastewater treatment plants

Child marriage is still common in the DRC: What's driving it and how to encourage change

Mathematical proof debunks the idea that the universe is a computer simulation

Where does human thinking end and AI begin? An AI authorship protocol aims to show the difference

Outdated Westminster rules undermine democracy by excluding smaller parties, suggests expert

With more moon missions on the horizon, avoiding crowding and collisions will be a growing challenge

Some animals are more equal than others: The dark side of researching popular species

A faster way to find new medicines—without the limitations of big DNA barcodes

Water bears survive cosmic radiation with one DNA-protecting protein. Learning how could boost human resilience too

Fats provide clues to life at its limits in the deep sea

Nanotyrannus confirmed: Dueling dinosaurs fossil rewrites the story of T. rex

How ammolite gemstones get their vivid colors

Microbial memory in Kansas soils: How 'legacy effects' influence plant performance

Large quantities of water are created as a natural consequence of planet formation, experimental work demonstrates

Sprayable RNA pesticide works best when potato beetles are small

Fossil lichen from Devonian era shows how fungi-algae alliance paved way for terrestrial life

Scientists find an explanation for oddball, water-rich exoplanets: They make their own water

Animals that eat poisons and don't die

Underwater robot reveals ocean carbon storage in real time

Fatal attraction: How international trade is driving African hornbills towards extinction

Are you more jealous of emotional or sexual infidelity? It may depend on your sexual orientation

Surveying atmospheric escape from gas giants orbiting F-type stars

Organizations may soon monitor staff through wearable devices

China to send youngest astronaut, mice on space mission this week

Tourists flock to the Faroe Islands—but meet resistance from locals

Fishers' heartbeats align during collaborative hunts with dolphins, study reveals

'Singing' electrons synchronize in Kagome crystals, revealing geometry-driven quantum coherence

How has talking about politics changed in the last quarter-century?

Why so many children in the youth justice system have special educational needs

In 2024, the climate crisis worsened in all ways. But we can still limit warming with bold action

A new dimension for spin qubits in diamond

Ancient ochre crayons from Crimea reveal Neanderthals engaged in symbolic behaviors

Expert explains how nuclear-powered missiles work—and what Russia's claimed test means for global strategic stability

When collapse wasn't inevitable: How some societies turned crisis into renewal

Mapping the missing green: An AI framework boosts urban greening in Tokyo

Spectral shaper sculpts 10,000 laser comb lines for exoplanet detection and beyond

Isoscapes show how rivers, floods, and snowmelt recharge groundwater

Research confirms Meissner effect in high-pressure nickelate superconductor

Why Weakly Interacting Massive Particles became the toughest particles in physics

Africa acacias 'go for broke' to grow and use up water to survive drought

What will it take to stop Antarctic ice shelves from collapsing?

Synthetic biology to supercharge photosynthesis in crops