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80‑million‑year‑old snake fossil sheds light on why lizards lost their limbs and started slithering

Programmable platform enables on-demand design of plant immune receptors against crop pathogens

Not every meal has the same impact: Researchers reveal the hidden footprint of our food

Public opinion on abortion has shifted four years after Dobbs decision overturned Roe v. Wade

Plant diversity boosts natural pest control in farms, while forests and grasslands follow different rules

Sperm whales blow bubbles to achieve restful, vertical sleep

College professors face an emerging challenge: We know students are no longer reading entire books

Chocolate syrup-like fluid stores multiple interacting memories

There's a business case for companies to embrace sustainability, if it's pitched the right way

Global map reveals mining's uneven toll on forests and biodiversity

Engineers observe quantum heat waves at room temperature

How babywearing helps establish parent‑child bonds

Exploring the lost golden age of language diversity before expanding empires drove a global decline

Simple circuit brings topological insulators closer to practical electrical measurement standards

Colorado basins supplying 70% of Lake Powell's water face major midcentury shortages

The sex life of treefrogs: How females build better nests by mating with multiple partners

Machine learning narrows search for additional particles in the Higgs boson family

Universal structure of exceptional points revealed in nonlinear light‑based systems

Do tourists stress out safari animals? We tested their dung to find out

Destructive crop caterpillar harbors fungi that can degrade Styrofoam

NASA's new space telescope will tackle some of the universe's biggest mysteries

Mars auroras reveal miniature version of Earth's magnetic engine

Spent coffee grounds reveal a route to biodiesel and other bio-based products

New physics-based metric improves estimates of climate-driven cooling demand

Melts in your mouth, but not in your car: The ongoing scientific quest to create heat‑resistant chocolate

First 3D nanoscale maps of human airway epithelium reveal hidden architecture of lung defense cells

Lithium ions sprint up to 10,000 times faster when their molecular cages briefly open

Neutral catalysts achieve chalcogen-bonding asymmetry

Zebrafish rebuild damaged 'second brain' networks in nine days, offering clues for nerve repair

Yeast survives after all 300 known spliceosomal introns are removed

Trace DNA reveals critically endangered Chinese bahaba in Hong Kong after decade without records

Nanopores can activate human T cells without biochemical signals

How AI is helping states cut through decades of red tape

Less cannabis use among adolescents, but social disparities persist

Virtual café experiment finds Japanese participants keep greater distance than Italians

Quantum Newton's cradle set to level up computing

Recycling does not weaken support for broader climate action, survey finds

Human impacts rewrite the rules of island biodiversity around the globe

How insect submariners survive the depths without imploding

Silkworm cultivation predates the Silk Road in southern Central Asia, ancient cocoons suggest

Hundreds hospitalized in Japan heat wave 'disaster'

Hawai'i serves as model for Western researchers studying the moon's volcanic history

Modern forensics uncovers new clues about Inca sacrifice victims' last days

Knowing a manager's stance on unions can affect worker performance

Sweden to ban 'forever chemicals' in clothing

Fields medal awarded to four young mathematicians

How the encephalomyocarditis virus hijacks host protein machinery

Environmental bacteria ferry genes that boost antibiotic resistance over 10,000-fold

Coal-fired power generation rising globally on Mideast war: IEA

Researchers examine social media's impact on narcissistic traits