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Higher levels of leptin indicate brain protection against late-life dementia

South African rock art possibly inspired by long-extinct species

Even marine animals in untouched habitats are at risk from human impacts

Hexagonal electrohydraulic modules shape-shift into versatile robots

Flexible circuits made with silk and graphene on the horizon

Versatile knee exo for safer lifting

Nature-inspired patterns boost polymer toughness

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Surgeons Identify—And Save—A Patient’s Chess-Playing Brain Area

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Researchers simplify design of optical atomic clocks without compromising performance

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These maps will change how you see the world

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Study finds marine animals in untouched habitats are at greater risk from human impacts than previously thought

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South African rock art possibly inspired by long-extinct species, suggests research

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Propagated corals reveal increased resistance to bleaching across the Caribbean during the fatal heat wave of 2023

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We physicists could learn a lot by stepping beyond our specialisms

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Top statistician David Spiegelhalter on how to deal with uncertainty

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Terminator is back, in a striking but flawed anime version

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Some healthy fish have bacteria in their brains

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Is it really cheaper to cultivate your own fruit and vegetables?

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Ig Nobel prizes 2024: The unexpected science that won this year

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How bad is modern life for our body clocks – and what can we do?

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Fossils of an extinct animal may have inspired this cave art drawing

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Current laws cannot protect civilians in space if something goes wrong

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A Declaration on Future Generations could bring the changes we need

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If you build it, will they come? Wildlife corridors need smarter design

Sea surface temperature record in the southwestern Pacific: Coral colony from Fiji reveals warmest temperatures in over 600 years

Champions League 2024: Data suggests the new format could end up being fairer and more competitive

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Small populations of Stone Age people drove dwarf hippos and elephants to extinction on Cyprus

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Scientists have found evidence of past extreme solar storms—they could be disastrous for technology-based society

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How to prepare for a stormy 'supercharged' September

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Walking the trees: Researchers trace how First Nations groups moved bunya pine and black bean trees

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How job-hopping managers undermine corporate culture

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Projections show future droughts could be longer than expected

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Tiny nuclear-powered battery could work for decades in space or at sea

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Which plant species will survive the global change challenge?

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First liquid-liquid extraction trial finds porous liquids can separate harmful or unwanted alcohols from mixtures

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Ocean sediment is a 'mudtropolis'—meet the carbon-cycling creatures thriving beneath the seabed

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Farming soybeans after soybeans, a rarity in Iowa, gets a closer look

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Magnifying deep space through the 'Carousel Lens'—rare alignment offers unique opportunity to study cosmology

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When serotonin dims the light

Scientists identify 18 bacterial strains to treat antibiotic-resistant gut infections

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Breast and ovarian cancer newly linked to thousands of gene variants

Homemade 'play-putty' can read the body's electric signals

Magnifying deep space through the 'carousel lens'

Artificial intelligence grunt work can be outsourced using a new blockchain-based framework

Why petting your cat leads to static electricity

Antiviral-resistant variants of SARS-CoV-2 can emerge in immunocompromised people

Metal exposure can increase cardiovascular disease risk

First academic study on slap fighting highlights risks to participants' neurological health

Like humans, artificial minds can 'learn by thinking'

Discarding the placenta after birth leads to loss of valuable information, pathologists say