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Redesigning an elusive bacterial enzyme into an efficient green catalyst

Extreme weather is making Antarctic research harder, but new technology is providing some answers

Plate tectonics shaped the Cradle of Civilization by merging two ancient rivers, study suggests

Why the Arctic's rivers are rusting now and where toxic orange water could spread next

Climate change exacerbates religious conflicts, study indicates

How a small amount of rare earth metal shapes the environmental impact of magnets

Animals were sharpening their senses long before the Cambrian explosion, ancient tracks reveal

Ancient altercations between musk turtles and alligator gar recorded in Florida's fossil record

French astronaut to fly to commercial space station under deal

A new origin story for multicellular life points to physics, not genes alone

How megalomaniac leaders establish their grip on a group—and how they lose it

First-of-its-kind AI tool for translating life-saving weather warnings across the US advanced

Antibiotic resistance turns up in Australian horses, raising new concerns about animal and human infections

Centuries‑old logbooks reveal how bowhead whales are recovering from near extinction

Mathematicians say 'don't believe hype' on AI capabilities

Twilight hunt reveals falcon feasting on unusual prey at Greek lagoon

Distant climate patterns determine how cold Japan's winters become

Bird masturbation appears natural across 120 species, challenging long-held veterinary advice

'Mini-Neptune' exoplanets may have smoggy atmospheres similar to diesel exhaust

How a Richard Feynman formula could explain your dining habits in a new city

Atacama Desert's extreme aridity initiated 20 million years earlier than previously thought, study finds

Modeling life beneath our feet: A step towards realistic soil ecology at the landscape scale

The risk of relationship breakdown can be influenced by our genes

Britain's oldest cave art may have been rediscovered in Bacon Hole cave

Budget-friendly, lab-grown steak with realistic texture

From flat moss to forests and flowers: Protein discovery may explain how plants conquered land

UN warns world to prepare for El Nino extreme weather

Blue Origin says rocket explosion spared fuel tanks and key launch pad parts

Under Notre Dame cathedral, a 'dig of the century' unearths 1,700 years of history

How Macau strengthened its typhoon resilience without massive seawalls

Flatworms reveal exploding immune cells that kill surrounding tissue

Robot fish could unravel how our ancient ancestors first learned to walk

Tiny membrane tethers revealed as key to plant cell survival in drought

A plan to preserve wetlands without stopping development

Predicting physics without parameter tuning: A faster computational approach

Cutting a photon in two creates an infinite swarm of particles

Q&A: Are plants the key to solving energy and food crises worldwide?

Vultures on the rise: Study provides evidence of population increase and delayed migration in western North America

Active fault mapped for first time in New Zealand's largest city

For satellites as small as a briefcase, getting around in space just got a whole lot easier

Why researcher independence doesn't start or end with a PhD

Biohybrid microrobots repair spinal cord by combining stem cells with magnetoelectric nanoparticles

Nanoparticles boost delivery of lung cancer drugs 30-fold

The future of agriculture

Dormant black hole revives in under three years, brightening 10-fold in nearby galaxy

Astrobiology's looming statistical crisis

New mantises planking their way to urban dominance

Health-related ballot measures more likely to pass

New tech enables scientists to see emperor penguins in darkness

Q&A: Most biology education guidelines lack any connection to society, researchers explain why that's a problem