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Scientific American

Large Hadron Collider Physicists Turn Lead into Gold—For a Fraction of a Second [2d]
Climate Change Will Cause a Lifetime of Extreme Heat for Today’s Children [2d]
Stronger Solar Activity Cycles May Be in the Sun’s Forecast [2d]
Trump Aims to Cut Hospital Disaster Preparedness Program [3d]
Do We Really Know Less about the Deep Sea Than the Moon or Mars? [3d]
Linguists Find Proof of Sweeping Language Pattern Once Deemed a ‘Hoax’ [3d]
The Strange and Surprising History of the Once-Rejected Zero [3d]
What Is a Galaxy? [3d]
Measuring Gluons and Quarks at the Brookhaven Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider, the Nation’s Only Particle Collider [3d]

Quanta Magazine

Finding Beauty and Truth in Mundane Occurrences [3d]

New Scientist

Does intermittent fasting improve gut health? Why it’s hard to say [2d]
AI hallucinations are getting worse – and they're here to stay [2d]
The everyday ways climate change is already making our lives worse [2d]
Was a famous supernova an alien invader from another galaxy? [2d]
Chimps share 'building blocks of musical rhythm' with humans [3d]
All living things emit an eerie glow that is snuffed out upon death [3d]
Is the fungal science in The Last of Us going off the rails? [3d]
Our favourite science fiction books of all time (the ones we forgot) [3d]
Europe increasingly vulnerable to hailstones the size of golfballs [3d]

ScienceDaily

Fat-rich fluid fuels immune failure in ovarian cancer [3d]
The origins of language [3d]
First fossil evidence of endangered tropical tree discovered [3d]
Ultrasound unlocks a safer, greener way to make hydrogels [3d]
Antibiotics from human use are contaminating rivers worldwide, study shows [3d]
A more realistic look at DNA in action [3d]
Computing: Shedding light on shadow branches [3d]
A small bicycle handlebar sensor can help map a region's riskiest bike routes [3d]
Novel, needle-free, live-attenuated influenza vaccines with broad protection against human and avian virus subtypes [3d]
Urine, not water for efficient production of green hydrogen [3d]
Researchers map 7,000-year-old genetic mutation that protects against HIV [3d]
Colonic inflammation explains missing link between obesity and beta-cell proliferation [3d]
World record for lithium-ion conductors [3d]
Scientists innovate mid-infrared photodetectors for exoplanet detection, expanding applications to environmental and medical fields [3d]
An enzyme as key to protein quality [3d]
Metals and hormone-disrupting substances pose real threat to sustainable agriculture and water management in Europe [3d]
Fatty liver in pregnancy may increase risk of preterm birth [3d]
New ancient fish species earliest known salmon ancestor [3d]
Heat and land use: Bees suffer in particular [3d]
Satellite measures CO2 and NO2 simultaneously from power plant emissions for the first time [3d]
Amuse, a songwriting AI-collaborator to help create music [3d]
Bacterium produces 'organic dishwashing liquid' to degrade oil [3d]
Bringing superconducting nanostructures to 3D [3d]
Improving newborn genetic screening [3d]
Can frisky flies save human lives? [3d]
New gene linked to severe cases of Fanconi anemia [3d]
Internal clocks determine the ups and downs of Antarctic krill [3d]
Heart rhythm disorder traced to bacterium lurking in our gums [3d]
Machine learning powers new approach to detecting soil contaminants [3d]
Green fabrication of hybrid materials as highly sensitive X-ray detectors [3d]
Stability solution brings unique form of carbon closer to practical application [3d]
Studies point to redlining as a 'perfect storm' for breast cancer [3d]
Chimpanzee groups drum with distinct rhythms [3d]
Wasp mums use remarkable memory when feeding offspring [3d]

Phys

Ancient wooden spears found in Germany may have been wielded by Neanderthals, a new study suggests [3d]
Early galaxies may contribute to the 'afterglow' of the universe [3d]
Your fingers wrinkle in the same pattern every time you're in the water for too long, study shows [3d]
Origins of language: Wild chimps mirror linguistic structures in human language [3d]
A more realistic look at DNA in action: Study shows it behaves differently when crowded by molecules [3d]
Bismuth-based hybrid materials enable highly sensitive, eco-friendly X-ray detectors [3d]
Study says green consumers focus on brands and fashionability [3d]
Modeling study finds Venus's crust is surprisingly thin [3d]
Room-temperature mid-infrared photodetector promises advances in environmental and medical monitoring [3d]
Can frisky flies save human lives? How a bacterial infection encourages promiscuity [3d]
Machine learning approach leads to discovery of high-performance infrared functional materials [3d]
Examining the relationship between moral outrage on social media and activism [3d]
Oxygen-stable biocatalyst from a thermophilic bacterium could boost hydrogen production [3d]
Using byproducts from agricultural and food production to create sustainable feed for livestock [3d]
German satellite measures CO₂ and NO₂ simultaneously from power plant emissions for the first time [3d]
Metals and hormone-disrupting substances threaten sustainable agriculture, water management [3d]
Satellite-powered 30-meter map exposes Nanchang's CO₂ emissions [3d]
Study investigates air pollution exposure across South Korea [3d]
Natural enzyme capable of cleaving cellulose could transform biofuel production [3d]
Bringing superconducting nanostructures to 3D [3d]
Stability solution brings unique form of carbon closer to practical application [3d]
First fossil evidence of endangered tropical tree discovered [3d]
Results of the first search for dark photons using a MADMAX prototype [3d]
Machine learning powers new approach to detecting soil contaminants [3d]
Study reveals 'supply and demand' constraints on body's protein-making ability [3d]
Self-assembled dodecahedral nanostructure features 60 metal ions and peptide ligands [3d]
Bacterium produces 'organic dishwashing liquid' to degrade oil [3d]
'Universe's awkward handshake': Simplifying high-dimensional quantum information processing using photons [3d]
AI-powered digital elevation models reveal moon's lobate scarps near Chang'e-6 landing site [3d]
People who use AI at work are perceived by colleagues as lazier and less competent, study finds [3d]
Cell's protein cleanup fails when crucial enzyme is blocked, study finds [3d]
Soviet-era spacecraft is expected to plummet to Earth this weekend after 53 years [3d]
Boosting quantum error correction using AI [3d]
Five insights about birds in San Francisco's community gardens [3d]
Wasp mothers have remarkable memory when it comes to feeding their young [3d]
Chimpanzee groups drum with distinct rhythms, research finds [3d]
Internal clocks determine the ups and downs of Antarctic krill [3d]
Krakatoa: The mystery of 1883 [3d]
Chipping away at the ice ceiling: Women scientists explore Nepal's Ponkar Glacier [3d]
A recently realized ferroelectric topology in nanomembranes enables light field manipulation [3d]
The forest byproduct lignin can play a key role in new sustainable materials [3d]
A smarter way to make sulfones: Using molecular oxygen and a functional catalyst [3d]
How the word 'incel' got away from us [3d]
Sulfur-capped carbon nanobelts promise novel applications [3d]
Water-assisted microwave synthesis of porous COF materials for lithium-ion batteries [3d]
Vanishing vultures could have hidden costs for the planet [3d]
How many rogue planets are in the Milky Way? The Roman Space Telescope will give us an answer [3d]
Fragmentation experiment reveals surprising fractured isospin symmetry [3d]
How to make your apology more effective [3d]
Study reveals severe post-Brexit reduction in lending to small and medium-sized enterprises in rural areas of UK [3d]
Quasars don't last long—so how do they get so massive? [3d]
Educator offers framework for higher ed to defend racial equity [3d]
Generalist pests cause more damage, specialists kill more trees: Classifying pests by tree damage and mortality [3d]
Study of Turkish gold mine landslide highlights need for future monitoring [3d]
US will stop tracking the costs of extreme weather fueled by climate change [3d]

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