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Ancient teeth reveal clues to the environment humans' early ancestors evolved in millions of years ago

Finding a hidden highland culture in the mountains of southern Georgia

New research finds few improvements for British Columbia's endangered wildlife

Self-assembling luminophores reveal new design principle for efficient light-energy transport

How do astronauts adapt their grip and move objects when transitioning between Earth and space?

Cells 'switch' on protein factories after injury, study finds

World's largest collection of Olympiad-level math problems now available to everyone

Here's what to know about Timmy, the humpback whale that's sick and stranded in the Baltic Sea

Heat-loving enzyme reveals how plastic recycling could work near 70 °C

Six new isolated millisecond pulsars discovered with FAST

What Canada, the UK and other G7 nations learned about building resilient education systems during the pandemic

Hawaiian green sea turtles emerge as reef defenders against invasive algae

Madagascar's ancient baobabs store 700 years of climate secrets—what they reveal

Desmond Morris: from 'Naked Ape' to watching 'Big Brother'

'Tis the season: Sharing resources sustains ocean microbial biodiversity

Plastic texturing kills viruses when they land

Japan warns of slightly increased risk of mega-quake after a 7.7-magnitude one

New genetic evidence from Stajnia Cave reveals the oldest Neanderthal group reconstructed in Central-Eastern Europe

Preserved orchids show pollination has fallen 60% since the 1970s

Tiny structural shift leads to big leap in solar fuel

Migratory blackcap bird brain mapped for the first time, opening a new era of 3D digital atlases

Cocaine pollution alters salmon behavior in the wild, study reveals

Disabled parrot is undefeated alpha male of his group thanks to novel 'beak jousting'

Bringing quantum time into the lab—a single clock can run young and old at once

NASA shuts off instrument on Voyager 1 to keep spacecraft operating

How primitive plants evolved to survive Earth's most catastrophic extinction event

How maze-like magnetic patterns form and evolve in materials

Engineers develop new plasma spray technique for tungsten–copper protective coatings

Brushstroke-mapping AI reopens a centuries-old mystery about one of El Greco's masterpieces

A long-sought quantum computing milestone arrives as fermionic atom gates top 99% accuracy

Costly school uniforms a barrier to education for some Kiwi kids

A hidden property of light could power future nanomachines

Older workers seen as less competent and trustworthy by their younger peers, study shows

Mind the gap! The semiconductor industry is relying on the wrong materials

Emojis trigger brain responses like real faces within 160 milliseconds, study finds

Mediterranean mussel farming could collapse by 2050

Total solar eclipse quiets seismic noise for cities within its path

How tiny cave shrimps power the underworld of the Yucatan

'Immature' lunar soil could be suitable for roadways on the moon

Seaweed compound shows major methane cuts in beef cattle

How resilient fungus might survive Mars and space

AI makes granular pricing easier, but consumer psychology may make it less profitable

Why so many mollusks sound Greek—their naming evolves at a snail's pace

Water simulation of famous quantum effect reveals unexpected wave patterns

A crowd scientist is helping the Boston Marathon manage a growing field of 30,000-plus runners

When AI starts shopping for you, fashion may be entering a new era of pricing

A cheaper way to fight 'forever chemicals': How pH-controlled traps could clean drinking water

A light-controlled 'muscle' could give synthetic cells a new way to move

Archaeologists have discovered 12,000‑year‑old dice. Here's what they reveal about the history of play

Wafer-scale 2D magnetic films emerge thanks to a new low-defect growth technique