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Humidity and heat are killers for tropical birds: Waxbill and hornbill studies highlight the dangers

Ancient farming clues may finally expose where humanity's most important wheat first emerged

Urban agriculture could supply about 28% of Europe's vegetable demand

How can opinions be maximally influenced? New research offers insights

Invisible fertility crisis: Chemicals and climate change threaten reproduction across species

Stick-on gel delivers drugs directly to plants to clear infections quickly

Will attendance‑based grading improve school absenteeism?

Peatlands are vital for tackling climate change, yet scientists still haven't found them all

Soil, not fertilizer, is primary source of nitrogen gas loss in rice paddies, study reveals

Your local storm forecast is likely based on weather miles away. We're trying to bring it closer to home

They cover just 3% of Earth, yet the unanswered questions around them could reshape climate action forever

An anomaly in global sea level rise is explained by deep ocean heating

From pet to pest: Research warns invasive goldfish are reshaping freshwater ecosystems

Two whale groups separated by seas—but not by genes, study finds

Proportional voting method could enhance electoral representation and group decision-making

What is black garlic? How heat and humidity turn a pungent ingredient mild and slightly sweet

Firehorse superstition helps uncover why women's education may not drive Japan's fertility decline

JWST hunts for an 'Earth-moon' twin in a habitable zone, but the star has other plans

An unprecedented Antarctic heat wave hit in the dead of winter—what it signals for the decades ahead

Beating and bleeding dummy hearts to train surgeons for emergency trauma injuries

Room-temperature vibrations could transform how industry makes graphene

This ultracold quantum device turns electricity into something far stranger that could unlock sound-based lasers

Sewers have been hiding a climate problem in plain sight, and this new tool finally exposes its true scale

How principles of self‑compassion help fight loneliness in the age of AI

Simulations predict ground motion for earthquakes on Bay Area's Hayward fault

Light-based scans reveal how cells can be stable yet adaptable

Fragile no more, nickelates get an upgrade that changes how superconductivity endures

Predators and prey: What studying animals teaches us about toxic work environments

Rivers worldwide reveal greenhouse gas rise that's been overlooked for decades

Aligned cells may explain why some wounds heal faster than others

Offshore winds identified as a culprit in coastal floods, research finds

Music fans separate artists' controversies from their art, study finds

At just four nanometers thick, this metal starts behaving in a way physicists did not expect

Breaking connections helps ideas spread farther, says physics-based study

Beyond city limits: New ecology framework links urban, rural and wild landscapes

Machine learning offers faster, more reliable analysis of Fermi surfaces in search of spintronic materials

Specially designed material combines light and electricity to remove PFAS from water without harmful byproducts

Why stars spin down, or up, before they die

Scrapped inheritance tax linked to stronger growth in private firms with heirs, shows study in Sweden

Detailed DNA repair snapshots reveal how BRCA-linked cancer cells may survive

Informal educators get a powerful new way to speak their mind and boost their skills

Small differences in cell structures called microtubules determine how well cancer drug performs

Self-powered fibers can spot oil contamination and heat buildup within milliseconds

Single X-ray photons reveal hidden light-matter interactions in 50-nanometer double slits

Better volcano eruption predictions on Earth—and Venus—thanks to Mauna Loa study

Common claim that most transgender youth renounce that identity is not supported by statistics, research finds

How bacteria circumvent plants' immune system

The cost of toxic leadership in the workplace, and how to avoid it

Synchrotron safety monitoring sheds light on dark photons

Potential signs of life on distant planets sound exciting, but confirmation can take years