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Elusive thorium–thorium bonding directly observed using Hirshfeld atom refinement

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I have a 100 per cent chance of getting cancer due to a rare gene

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Genomics study reveals how endangered island oaks exhibit contrasting evolutionary paths

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Giant, deep-sea roly-polies steal a gene to endure starvation

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Marine heat waves pose significant threat to seagrass restoration efforts

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Ancient ocean circulation reversed Atlantic and Pacific oxygen patterns 15 million years ago

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Cosmic imposters show astronomers sometimes get things hilariously wrong

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Researchers discover why fructose doesn't satisfy hunger like glucose

Swiss glaciers have exhausted their snow reserves

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Do animal behavior experiments give a distorted view of cooperation?

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Grade inflation in pandemic strengthened university prospects for private school and disadvantaged students

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Secrets of how we see color revealed at the molecular level

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Want to be a better reader? Here's how to practice active reading

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Tiny raptor, tiny range: GPS tracking reveals pygmy falcons use less than 1 km² to raise nestlings

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When a pool or pond turns green with algae, don't reach for chemicals—nature has better solutions

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A single origin story for the Milky Way's most mysterious stars

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How bacteria use circadian clocks to colonize their world

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Scientists find antidepressant in the brains of sharks off the coast of Rio de Janeiro

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Brains break and repair DNA to grow

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Ancient human DNA found on cave art for the first time

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The US and China are planning moon bases: Designs may cut construction waste and improve life on Earth

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Most bees are solitary and don't live in hives: How climate change risks them starving

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Flooding rains, ocean gains: How a huge Murray flood gave the sea a feast

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First Nations women in fire: A vital opportunity to boost the workforce and increase community safety

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Metal hydride molecule trapped with laser light opens path to ultracold hydrogen

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New research outlines human-centered AI framework for online student success

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Study challenges idea that simply playing sports makes kids less prone to violent behavior

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How Mbappe, Haaland and Messi use psychology to stay sharp at the World Cup

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Read an extract from Slow Gods by Claire North

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Why I started my sci-fi novel with a world-ending supernova

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Sea anemones reveal antiviral defense that reverses human immune playbook

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How a 'copper economy' helps fungi and bacteria build stubborn biofilms

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Scientists find evidence of vast hidden magma systems inside Mars

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Wastewater management reverses widespread freshwater deoxygenation in China

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Can video games help us better understand quantum mechanics?

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What to know about earthquake early warning systems

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Europe's extreme heat would be impossible without climate change, scientists say

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Hospitals overwhelmed as Europe heat wave shifts east

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The 'water-saving' effect of vegetation under rising CO₂ may be overestimated

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A “ghost” great white shark just reignited a 160-year Mediterranean mystery

This newly discovered ballista spider catapults ants into a deadly trap

Europe’s heatwave is the hottest and most humid ever

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Earth may have been seeding Venus with life for billions of years

Extreme heat is harming remote First Nations communities. It's time we listen to them

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Economic and environmental benefits of regenerative agriculture vary widely across farms and regions

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The 2 earthquakes that struck Venezuela are known as a 'doublet.' Here's how they happen

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Einstein Probe may have caught a black hole tearing apart a white dwarf for the first time

Nanoparticle exsolution opens a new route to functional oxide electronics and spintronics

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How to manage public investment in science with balance

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Nearly isotropic superconducting property revealed in trilayer nickelate

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