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Why your brain has to work harder in an open-plan office than private offices

How to improve the performance of qubits: Super-fast fluctuation detection achieved

National survey finds microplastic pollution around Britain's coastline could be double than previously recorded

Dramatic changes in upper atmosphere are responsible for recent droughts and bushfires: New research

Language barriers slow down the international diffusion of knowledge, study finds

Nuclear speckles play a key role in the progression of viral infection, research reveals

Sunray-like ripples emerge on a frozen reaction front

Extreme heat waves trigger unexpected nanoparticle formation in air

Dense aquatic plants kept Spree River levels steady despite a near 50% flow drop

Can Baltic Sea pollution cut fertilizer imports? A lab method suggests a path

Why people say they care about ethical shopping but often buy differently

5,000-year-old bureaucracy: Over 7,000 prehistoric seal impressions uncovered in western Iran

Thousands of paywalled research papers could be freed with this simple fix

Quantum reservoir computing peaks at the edge of many-body chaos, study suggests

Martian volcanoes could be hiding massive glaciers under a blanket of ash

In sea urchin and salmon sperm, pH value regulates whether they remain immotile or swim

Last nuclear weapons limits expired—pushing world toward new arms race

Carefree bachelor or incel: Men are judged for being single, too

The greatest risk of AI in higher education isn't cheating—it's the erosion of learning itself

Occupy Mars? Or the moon? Get a reality check on Elon Musk's plans

Five ways that AI could be reshaping your relationship with money

Is teasing playful or harmful? It depends on a number of factors

Tomb more than 1,000 years old found in Panama

Natural selection can work at many levels, from molecules to ecosystems

Engineered nanoparticles could deliver better targeted cancer treatment to lymph nodes

A trillionth of a second: How lasers may sharpen next-gen cryo-ET microscopy

Metamaterial image sensor keeps colors clear even under oblique light

Antarctic drilling peers deep into ice shelf's past

Water is bed bugs' kryptonite: The parasites avoid wet surfaces at all costs

From pets to precision medicine: Study finds striking parallels in feline and human cancers

Cosmic curveball: Distant system challenges planet-formation theory

Species on east–west coastlines are more likely to go extinct than those on north–south shores—new study

158 giant tortoises reintroduced to a Galapagos island

Do animals have a future on Hollywood sets?

NASA moon rocket hit by new problem, putting March launch with astronauts in jeopardy

Fish use more energy to stay still than previously thought

Australian sea lion pups learn diving and foraging skills from their mothers

2-month-olds see the world in a more complex way than scientists thought, study suggests

These shy, scaly anteaters are the most trafficked mammals in the world

Algorithmic grading in class: What a study shows about extra student workload and privacy

Greenland ice melt surges unprecedentedly amid warming

Cosmologists collaborate to sharpen measurements of the Hubble constant

Are one in 200 men really related to Genghis Khan? Maybe not, according to a new study

For thousands of years, solar eclipses have been associated with the fate of rulers

Mirror image pheromones help beetles 'swipe right' to find mates

Earliest evidence of indigo-dyed textiles and single-needle knitting discovered in Bronze Age Anatolia

Saturday Citations: A virus that makes its own proteins; a new Spinosaurus; exercise beats anxiety

Q&A: Gas fermentation could be game changer for the circular economy

New microscopy technique lets scientists see cells in unprecedented detail and color

How your body senses cold—and why menthol feels cool