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A human tendency to value expertise, not just sheer power, explains how some social hierarchies form

Why the idea of an 'ideal worker' can be so harmful for people with mental health conditions

Cryogenic cooling material composed solely of abundant elements reaches 4K

Medieval women used falconry to subvert gender norms

Why futuristic, tech-centered 'smart city' projects are destined to fail

Reading the moon's diary, one speck of dust at a time

Innate biases of newborn animals inspire adaptive decision-making model

Political division in the US surged from 2008 onward, study suggests

What's the point of a space station around the moon?

Reproduction in space, an environment hostile to human biology

Urban light pollution disrupts nighttime melatonin in wild nurse sharks

Study finds long-term research partnerships can strengthen sustainable urban farming

Modeling finds old-growth wildfire risk highest where low-severity fires once burned

New framework maps seven pillars for judging research trustworthiness

One-of-a-kind 'plasma tunnel' recreates extreme conditions spacecraft face upon reentry

Under snowpacks, microbes drive a winter-to-spring nitrogen pulse, study finds

Global plastics treaty negotiations: Success is still possible, researchers argue

Agave or bust! Mexican long-nosed bats head farther north in search of sweet nectar

SpaceX grounds Falcon 9 missions, could impact ISS launch

Even larvae mind the social bubble: How they adjust their behavior in response to social surroundings

The rise and fall (and rise again) of gold prices: What's going on?

Supermassive black holes sit in 'eye of their own storms,' studies find

AI systems could identify math anxiety from student inputs and change feedback

Warmer Northeast Atlantic waters and heavy fishing leave cod and haddock chasing smaller prey

A UK climate security report backed by the intelligence services was quietly buried until now

Not an artifact, but an ancestor: Why a German university is returning a Māori taonga

Study highlights stressed faults in potential shale gas region in South Africa

Cosmic radiation brought to light: Researchers measure ionization in dark cloud for the first time

Research finds 'cheap stock' options common before IPOs, averaging fivefold gains

Ozone-depleting CFCs detected in historical measurements—20 years earlier than previously known

New mineral sunscreen reduces white cast by using tetrapod-shaped zinc oxide

Physicists achieve near-zero friction on macroscopic scales

Maps offer neighborhood-level insight into American migration

The unraveling of the shrew, in winter: Studies decode genetic basis of seasonal organ shrinkage in mammals

No fences needed: GPS collars show 'virtual fencing' is next frontier of livestock grazing

Photosynthesis: Study reveals how minerals are involved in homeostasis of chloroplasts

Solid, iron-rich megastructure under Hawaii slows seismic waves and may drive plume upwelling

A new class of strange one-dimensional particles

Did we just see a black hole explode? Physicists think so—and it could explain (almost) everything

NASA's Crew-12 begins quarantine before February launch to space station

Climate change threatens the Winter Olympics' future, and even snowmaking has limits for saving the Games

How play and social connection may help some dogs understand words

AI challenges established norms in higher education

Cape Town project tests what hydroponic farming can do in urban spaces

Ancient American pronghorns were built for speed

Q&A: Researcher calls for scientific reason when building artificial reefs

City council meetings amplify broader civic voices

Global warming is speeding breakdown of major greenhouse gas, research shows

How climate change and human psychology make this US cold snap feel so harsh

NASA moon mission launch delayed to March after test