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Digital platforms are making it more difficult to focus, read and even engage in democracy

Thermochemical mantle plume identified as the likely origin of Earth's largest oceanic plateau

Feeling poorer than peers linked to lower well-being, even when incomes are similar

Modern human skeletal biology needs to move beyond the strict male/female binary, scientists argue

Deep Earth model traces 270 million years of seamount formation across oceans

Onboarding support helps merchants adopt digital payment methods

Benzene reaction may explain how DNA and RNA building blocks formed on early Earth

Why Arctic sea ice loss could reshape the Gulf Stream's future

Being your own boss doesn't always pay off: What 30 years of data reveal

Earthquakes can be destructive for distant cities built on top of basins—now we know why

Deep-sea crust uncovers steady plutonium rain from ancient kilonova debris

A waltz over evolutionary timescales: Why it's so hard for animals to invent a new mating dance

Do shark culls keep people safe in the ocean? Here's what the science says

Redefined conformity model beats averaging in five real-world tests of opinion dynamics

As AI plays a bigger role in relationships, true intimacy is getting lost

Predators on the move may link the evolution of species thousands of kilometers apart

El Niño is back, and ocean temperatures are already near record highs—that can spell disaster for fish and corals

Lithium spike reveals sun-like star likely swallowed its planet

New hybrid materials separate rare earths without harsh chemicals

PACE satellite tracks fall colors with near-daily global coverage

New study assesses Titan's resources and their potential uses

Ultrafast laser pulses reveal a material's hidden state of matter

Newfound rice gene shifts flowering by 1.5 hours to dodge heat damage

Efforts to combat climate change often exclude Indigenous people—and they may not have any recourse

The galaxy's spin is hiding in the hum of gravitational waves

Listening to political opponents who share common values can ease polarization

Critical cellular system discovery may lead to treatment of some cancers

Brain scans predict how fast adults learn new languages

Northern permafrost switches from carbon sink to carbon source earlier than thought in models including deep soil carbon

Scientists improve nearly every aspect of prime editing, moving it closer to treating more genetic diseases

How morals influence food, health decisions

Unintended consequences: When AI backfires in the workplace for employees

Most precise measurement of the force that binds nuclear matter achieved

International study reveals differences in the health of porpoises in the North Sea

Pixels preserve world's rarest porpoise to 3D digital archive as extinction risk grows

Chemists reveal one-step 'alkyl swap' that rewrites key amines for drug discovery

Genetic analyses reveal the taxonomic identity and glacial relict history of Betula costata trees in Japan

Wind patterns play surprising role in tropical rainfall trends

Balancing stability and reactivity: A new palladium precatalyst for high-performance catalysis

ALMA makes first direct detection of star-forming gas in early galaxies

AI tool spotlights welfare concerns in greyhound racing industry

Reforestation's effects on water resources may depend on global warming level

Water-based nanoprinting moves metal films onto delicate 3D surfaces without damage

Parks can cool neighborhoods and cut pollution hundreds of meters beyond their boundaries, study finds

Using AI to learn a bird's individual song

A handful of teeth may rewrite the story of marsupial evolution

Toxic algal blooms linked to deaths of recently stranded humpback whales

Atomic-level simulations predict transistor scaling limits

Medieval Moroccan bathhouse steps reveal rare game board

Passive quantum error correction doubles qubit lifetime, reaching break-even point