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Rare earth mining is poisoning Mekong River tributaries, threatening 'the world's kitchen'

NASA's Artemis II moonship returns home to its launch site after historic voyage

A rush for critical minerals echoes oil extraction injustice as harms fall on world's most vulnerable, scientists warn

You'd better start paying attention to the manosphere. You're living in it

Understanding how oxygen is delivered to tissues at the microscopic level

Wingbeat radar signatures let AI sort bees, wasps and other insects

Atlantic Forest's top predator faces a hidden collapse, and protected areas are no longer enough

How hard-surface feeding unlocked a burst of reef fish evolution 50 million years ago

Team develops modulator for compact photonic integrated circuits

Scorpions' weapons are fortified with metal to suit their needs, research shows

Having a religious affiliation doesn't prevent betting on sports

Flipping the K⁺ switch: First potassium-gated ion channel discovered in animal

Decades-long study finds 'stable' soil carbon degrades

New microscope reveals previously hidden differences in photosynthetic light-harvesting antennae

How a free flow of information can amplify incorrect ideas

Thinner than hair and stretchable like rubber, this new shield tackles a space-age problem in one layer

Europe's seafloor fishing looks profitable until societal costs turn the math upside down

Light can now be shaped in empty space, and it could simplify sensing and boost data links

Urban birds fear women more than men, and scientists don't know why

Hidden stripe pattern lets microscopes auto-focus across 400 times deeper range

Egg-scanning AI may let hatcheries sort life, death and sex before chicks emerge

Natural rubber process boosts tire toughness about tenfold while preserving stiffness

Conquering the final frontiers in nanographene synthetic methodologies

Study reveals insights for climate resilience in smallholder cacao farms

Investigating the disordered heart of glass

Soil fertilization with Amazonian dark earth increases tree diameter by up to 88%

Revolving doors weaken SEC oversight, finds research

NASA fires up powerful lithium-fed thruster for trips to Mars

Zinc–redox crosstalk: A new key to cellular protein quality control

Climate policy isn't partisan, and research suggests more on the right support it than oppose it

Tiny DNA fragments, big agricultural insights: New genomic approach helps improve crop resilience

Light pollution alters food webs along riverbanks, finds study

Organic matter diversity determines how much iron is available for marine life, study finds

Why the dawn chorus sounds different from place to place

A mechanical blue LED: Stretching GaN shifts light from UV to blue without changing chemistry

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