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Trial of live facial recognition technology to catch criminals is putting people's privacy to the test

A tiny shift exposes a cold brown dwarf masquerading as an early galaxy

Unpacking wheat's water use for drought research

Tree shade offers critical heat relief for people experiencing unsheltered homelessness

Using sentimental possessions makes them more meaningful, study finds

Leviathan's sprawling stars challenge idea that dusty giants become compact galaxies

Study reveals concerning trends in global mental health

New study examines how diabetes and weight-loss drugs affect employment and working hours

New study reveals where drought and extreme heat converge across Oman

Crow experiments suggest switching to vocal communication requires extra mental effort

Fire losses to U.S. buildings could nearly triple by 2060 without new protections

Monarch butterflies get tiny trackers to help scientists follow their mysterious migration

China imports millions of donkey hides from Africa every year: New book traces the drivers and impact

How political disagreement with our neighbors relates to whether we bother casting a ballot

Study dives into lesser-known climate impacts of global reforestation

Ceres' water ice can mask massive surface salt deposits

Climate change is making the tropics hotter

Chinese writing developed square forms gradually, shaped by language, tools and tradition, analysis suggests

UK storm surges have far-flung, global climate connections

Queen's University Belfast students find Neptune's elusive Trojan asteroids

When to move is key to mobile retail

Microbes at the end of the Earth: Antarctica's hidden biodiversity

Gas inside us could fight wound infections, moth study shows

Improved snow model captures Northeast's winter thaws and runoff more accurately

Analysis of Inca mummies identifies the drugs used in their most important sacrificial ritual

Telltale furrows: What the Baltic Sea seafloor reveals about bottom trawling

Stem cells in deep sleep may point to a secret reserve for lifelong blood renewal

How competing reproductive needs shaped the evolution of liverworts

Arctic plant roots may play key role in climate change

Plants may experience 'optical illusions' that affect their direction of growth

Canada can develop infrastructure and protect biodiversity

Deep-sea mussels trade tidal rhythms for a 24-hour cycle in the lab

To restore attention, reach out to nature

Impact of deep-sea mining on seafloor ecosystem still evident 44 years later

Magnetic nanocomposites could help shrink the components that power computer chips

Exactly solvable model reveals how trapped light can create magnetic order in one-dimensional spin chains

European flounder can complete whole life cycle in freshwater

Industrialization reshapes gut microbes, from bacterial communities to their DNA, studies find

Not in a FEMA flood zone? Your home could still be at risk—and you could suffer more than your neighbor

Are we overfertilizing our fields? Researchers challenge conventional soil testing

Molecular dinitrogen anions pave the way for low-temperature ammonia synthesis

According to science, you may be more likely to gain respect and status by helping others

Reservoir, human activity impact Ravi River's surface water availability by fivefold

From wild to mild: Friendly foxes show changes in brain region

Q&A: Is faith feminine? Why US churches have men in pulpits, women in pews

A new way to make better use of ruthenium in single-atom catalysts

Ultrashort laser pulses can slice lab-grown diamond along useful crystal plane

RNA-protein interactions could lead to new coronavirus drug targets

Historical records reveal the bitter truth about 17th-century Transylvania's climate

Fighting accent bias is everyone's job, not just accented speakers'