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Novel plastic turns into a gas when heated—then reforms once cooled

Fifteen years of data link plastic pollution to seabird population losses

Yellowstone's past droughts may signal less geyser activity and more wildfires

NASA's SkyFall Mars helicopters will feature a revolutionary antenna design

How healthy are our coral reefs? Researchers have built a tool to help find out

Five new wasp species discovered in Cyprus, including one named after Aphrodite

Robotic ocean glider reveals giant phytoplankton chains in the Mediterranean Sea

Plastic-webbed drifters track Sargassum mats for weeks or months at sea

Layered rock in India shows potential signs of microbial life dating to 3.5 billion years ago

The use of AI in biotechnology is changing faster than the rules governing either technology

New bone analysis challenges long-held theory on farming's arrival in Ireland and Great Britain

How only a few tree species drive Amazon forest recovery

Fiber-optic cable reveals hidden crevasses that could destabilize glaciers

Young people in public housing less likely to be involved in crime

Ancient Jomon DNA reveals a hidden Ice Age survival genetic toolkit

AI should transform the strategy process—but never make the final call, researcher argues

ISS hosts first spacewalk by a Frenchwoman

Dynamic surface reconstruction explains how copper sulfide catalysts tune CO₂ reduction

Boys are rarely taught to be caring. If they were, we could better prevent domestic violence

Young men are 'voicemaxxing' to sound more attractive. But women aren't impressed

Double spiral inside narwhal tusks may explain their resistance to bending

Why Korean 'aegyo' speech sounds cute: Adults raise vocal resonances to sound younger and smaller

Loud snoring—simulation reveals the physical mechanism that keeps so many of us awake at night

'Snooping' on dolphins offers acoustic clues to hotspots for food and friends

More than 5,000 little penguins will be vaxxed against bird flu. How will this protect them?

Retro phone trend reveals growing desire to disconnect

Long-range magnetic interactions govern how a ferrimagnet approaches its phase transition

The link between incoherent beliefs and conspiracism

Tomato roots reveal hidden steps in 400-million-year-old fungal partnership

Unusual superconductivity could emerge in valley-imbalanced rhombohedral graphene

Webb captures clearest image yet of the Lion Nebula

AI reconstructs hidden history of Earth's mantle flow from surface clues

Drier soils may turn late summer into prolonged extreme heat

New gene activity tool measures biological age of cells and screens aging-related compounds

Aerial imagery maps hurricane wind damage and shows stronger building codes work

Distinct neurons drive mice's social sounds and squeaks

Ruby-forming mineral found by Mars rover hints at violent impacts

Caregivers are active agents in their infants' learning, but interactions differ across cultures

Nuking an asteroid on short notice could save us

A new approach to building noise-resistant quantum sensors

Soot spikes from traffic and holiday bonfires emerge in Addis Ababa air record

School's back, stress doesn't have to be

'Ecological engineers' an existential threat to wildlife of iconic wetland

How body size and habitat shape the vocal repertoires of primates

How tomato 'golden hour' research could help crops survive heat waves and drought

Whales spark joy in New York but face threats from boat traffic

Two largest U.S. reservoirs hit record lows amid Western drought

Make it rain: Indonesia chases clouds to stem El Niño fires

Each degree of warming could add a month of intolerable heat for 1 billion people

A looming rock collapse threatens a Swiss village as thawing permafrost destabilizes the Alps