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Powerful seismic waves from Japan's 2011 earthquake struck Earth's core and bounced back up, moving the island eastward

Student makes first recorded sighting of a microwhip scorpion in the Daintree Rainforest

Small forest fragments can protect more birds when the surrounding landscape is more helpful

Men make up less than 18% of Australian primary school teachers. Is this a problem?

Microbes destroyed an ancient pterosaur's wingbone, then preserved it for 100 million years

New Zealand scientists working on 'R' win major global award

New research finds major gaps between EU anti-deforestation rules and realities on the ground in Brazil

Desert field test with NASA advanced rover prototype

Five phases of localization physics observed in a single quantum system

NASA mission to study space weather impacts of Earth's atmosphere

Deadly Philippines quake turns seabed into shore

Palm oil, coconut and soybean drive more species extinction than previously thought

Molecular simulations uncover why water nanodrops spread thin on hydrophilic surfaces

Scientists discover 'hyperparasite' in Malaysia Borneo jungle

Indonesia to capture last-known wild Bornean rhino for IVF

Arabian Sea humpback whale's long-distance trip further highlights species' unique ecology

Scientists finalize H5 bird flu findings from Heard Island and McDonald Island voyages

Video: How are we so good at folding proteins?

Brain enzyme caught doing something unexpected—it builds polysialic acid on itself

Building more apartments won't ease housing crisis

Impact of genomic selection on genetic diversity in five European cattle breeds

Analysis of 352 probiotic supplements finds mismatched microbes across marketed health benefits

Corrected microbial family tree offers statistically sound model for how earliest life forms evolved

Diamond-based particle detector captures one-picosecond electron bursts for high-rate beam diagnostics

Canada's national parks can do better at limiting landscape fragmentation, study suggests

Long gamma-ray bursts may trace collapsing stars rather than neutron-star mergers

Making a big, life‑changing decision? Seven steps to consider

Energetic neutral atoms may help map Uranus's odd magnetic environment

AI teaches asset traders not to sweat the small stuff

Electrically tunable spin polarization in graphene opens path toward low-power spintronic devices

Circular polarization could cut laser backscatter in fusion experiments

Suburban street design has driven emissions since WWII, study suggests

Rice gene switch helps plants rebound from cold and use nitrogen more efficiently

Asteroid Donaldjohanson wobbles as it rotates, Lucy flyby reveals

Laser pulses set layered metals vibrating 1 trillion times per second, revealing electron-driven motion

Climate change is now causing more local extinction in temperate regions than the tropics, study shows

Early warning tool may protect river fish in heat waves

Low-development regions suffer far higher losses in climate disasters, study warns

Fermi mission uncovers possible sibling supernova remnants

Hidden fungus inside desert moss could rewrite 470-million-year story of how plants moved onto land

How cracks in dry soil impact moisture evaporation

How a telescope's mirror stability makes or breaks exoplanet detection

Trace additive unlocks faster bioplastic biodegradation without losing transparency or strength

Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer reveals four cosmic ray classes across 20 elements, defying current models

Hubble glimpses merging galaxy clusters

Heat waves increase wildfire risk—a new study explains how much, and it's not a small number

Greenland sees wildfires earlier in the year

Mating reveals cholesterol's hidden role in male fruit fly lifespan

Five new springtail species discovered in China

Missing DNA replication step revealed in first image of pre-initiation complex