Science

Good news for coral reef restoration efforts: Study finds ‘full recovery’ of reef growth within four years

While the majority of the world's reefs are now under threat or even damaged potentially beyond repair, a new study…

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Interstellar signal linked to aliens was actually just a truck

Sound waves thought to be from a 2014 meteor fireball north of Papua New Guinea were almost certainly vibrations from…

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Astronomers spot oldest ‘dead’ galaxy yet observed

A galaxy that suddenly stopped forming new stars more than 13 billion years ago has been observed by astronomers. Using…

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Finding new physics in debris from colliding neutron stars

Neutron star mergers are a treasure trove for new physics signals, with implications for determining the true nature of dark…

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More than half of American Indian youth may have abnormal or high cholesterol

More than 70% of American Indian young adults aged 20-39 and 50% of American Indian teens have cholesterol levels or…

2 years ago

Research explores the cooling effects of ‘scuba-diving’ in lizards

Anoles are the scuba-diving champions of the lizard world, able to stay underwater for more than 16 minutes. For animals…

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Key advance toward removing common herbicide from groundwater

Scientists led by an Oregon State University chemistry researcher are closing in on a new tool for tackling the global…

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Arctic could become ‘ice-free’ within a decade

The Arctic could see summer days with practically no sea ice as early as the next couple of years, according…

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Webb unlocks secrets of one of the most distant galaxies ever seen

Looking deeply into space and time, two teams using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have studied the exceptionally luminous galaxy…

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An evolutionary mystery 125 million years in the making

Plant genomics has come a long way since Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) helped sequence the first plant genome. But…

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