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Six ways people have used magic to protect their homes throughout history—from witch bottles to 'hag stones'

Japan's Hayabusa2 achieves first-ever laser ranging experiment with an asteroid

A brief history of the hangover and its remedies—from cabbages to cloves and the lungs of a goat

Unified framework shows thermoelectric performance depends on more than the material itself

Silicon nanosphere coatings deliver glossy, nonfading color on 3D surfaces

Unexpected Amazon hotspot: Central north faces fastest rise in extreme heat and water stress

Southern Ocean may flip from carbon sink to carbon source under mitigation scenarios

Why do some salivary glands fail? Researchers point to hidden cell stress

Human embryo base editing can reach all cells but causes unpredictable genetic changes

Sea-level rise could squeeze shorebirds out of critical coastal habitat, researchers find

Physicists turn classical light into a quantum machine for information processing

Tiny cyanobacteria may be the secret heroes of ocean carbon sequestration

Why are the stars around our galaxy's black hole missing their companions?

Rubin observatory peers deep into the famous COSMOS field

As antibiotic resistance grows, researchers turn to copper to fight infections

Nepal flood disaster exposes cascading threats in Himalayas

Q&A: The origin of 'OnlyMarms' and what made it a roaring success

Bridging interfacial water structure and reactivity in photocatalytic hydrogen evolution at TiO₂ interfaces

How one RNA nucleotide switch activates fluorescent dyes

How big can the universe's first starbursts get?

Smart, self-healing packaging uses AI to detect food spoilage in real time

Single nanostructure enables independent control of two light resonance modes

New genome study rewrites the early history of grasses, the world's most important plant family

AI helps find hidden human proteins and reveals what they do

Emerging SARS-CoV-2 sublineage RE.2.2 displays distinct structural features

Compost microbe yields enzyme that tackles polyurethane foam and nylon

Microplastics fall across rural Switzerland, adding over 200 tons yearly to land and water

10,000 years of wheat and barley selection reveal shared climate-adaptation genes

New measure captures how scientists' identities shift across academic disciplines

When will your glacier disappear? New website lets users explore risks worldwide

Bite, buzz, release: How bees make flowers give up their pollen

Unusual bonds reorganize structure and magnetism in vanadium material

Shapeshifting plant roots rely on a balance of anatomy, metabolism, and microbes to maximize survival

Scientists discover a strange new form of ice that could help explain the interiors of Neptune and Uranus

Smart pen detects pressure and movement to identify children's writing difficulties sooner

Fertilizers and extreme heat are damaging coral reefs in the Gulf of Mexico, isotope analyses reveal

Giant volcanic blanket reveals hidden 'Pompeii' of Andean landscapes

New study offers a detailed look at how wildfire smoke impacts Reno's air quality

AI extracts interpretable constitutive laws directly from solid-mechanics data

Healthy checkout policy shows promise for reducing soda sales and increasing healthy snack purchases

Project RattleCam reveals baby snakes during birthing season in three US states for the first time

Brain's ability to hear a musical beat remains distinctly human, study suggests

Travel bots are making decisions for us—convenient, but should we trust them?

Electrical pulses convert PFAS waste into valuable silver fluoride

Why making friends at university feels harder than it really is

Libraries are a lifeline, new research finds

First Antarctic-wide map of grounded icebergs reveals 'picket fence effect' holding sea ice in place

What's carving active gullies on Mars? It's not water

Seasonal forecasts could give northern India months of warning before severe winter air pollution

How diaspora groups in the US are responding to disasters in Nepal, Colombia, Venezuela and other homelands