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Scientific American

Glyphosate is driving a rift in MAHA. Here’s what the science says about its effects on health [1d]
U.S. officially surpasses 1,000 cases of measles in 2026 [1d]
Is there lightning on Mars? New evidence suggests it’s there, just hard to see [1d]
Eerie brain-like nebula captured in stunning new JWST images [1d]
How to watch the ‘planetary parade’ of 2026 [1d]
NASA scraps 2027 Artemis III moon landing in favor of 2028 mission [1d]
Galápagos tortoise once believed extinct is now roaming free [2d]
How LabOS AI-powered smart goggles could reduce human error in science [2d]
Do alien exoplanets have exomoons and exorings? [2d]
How a teen’s AI model could help stop poaching in rainforests [2d]

Quanta Magazine

Break It To Make It: How Fracturing Sculpts Tissues and Organs [1d]

New Scientist

NASA’s Artemis moon exploration programme is getting a major makeover [1d]
Frailty can be eased with an infusion of stem cells from young people [1d]
Human brain cells on a chip learned to play Doom in a week [1d]
Ocean geoengineering trial finds no evidence of harm to marine life [2d]
How worried should you be about an asteroid smashing into Earth? [2d]
Our verdict on Juice by Tim Winton: Australian climate novel is a hit [2d]
'If a drug had the same benefits as the arts, we’d take it every day' [2d]
Read an extract from Art Cure by Daisy Fancourt [2d]
We all harbour 9 secrets and they are eating us up inside [2d]
Could a niche 80s technology be the key to better quantum computers? [2d]

ScienceDaily

Scientists discover diet that tricks the body into burning fat without exercise [2d]
James Webb reveals a barred spiral galaxy shockingly early in the Universe [2d]
A lost moon may have created Titan and Saturn’s rings [2d]
Iron outperforms rare metals in stunning chemistry advance [2d]
Scientists turn methane into medicine in stunning breakthrough [2d]
MIT study finds Earth’s first animals were likely ancient sea sponges [2d]
Stunning 3D maps reveal DNA is structured before life “switches on” [2d]
American Heart Association warns 60% of US women will have cardiovascular disease by 2050 [2d]
Scientists compared dinosaurs to mammals for decades but missed this key difference [2d]
New engine uses the freezing cold of space to generate power at night [2d]

Phys

Growing more complex by the day: How should journalists govern use of AI in their products? [1d]
Dynamical freezing can protect quantum information for near-cosmic timescales [1d]
How immune cells spot viral RNA fast: LGP2 helps MDA5 respond to short dsRNA [1d]
InN thin films show transient Pauli blocking for broadband ultrafast optical switching [1d]
Most lab testing quietly inflates 2D transistor performance, research reveals [1d]
Cellular switch casts light on why humans are active in the day [1d]
Luminescence dating confirms Roman-era gold mines in the Eastern Pyrenees [1d]
How a common fungus outsmarts drugs and our immune system [1d]
Female Daubenton's bats share scarce feeding grounds at the edge of their range, study finds [1d]
From trash to climate tech: Rubber gloves find new life as carbon capturers [1d]
Promoters and enhancers: Tool catches gene-controlling DNA sequences doing each other's jobs [1d]
Why tropical cyclones' rainfall surges before landfall [1d]
Satellite data enable first global estimate of aerosol cloud cooling [1d]
AI toolkit turns microscopy images into multi-feature microstructure datasets [1d]
Filamentous cyanobacteria exhibit a unique navigation strategy due to their chiral gliding [1d]
A new scientific discipline to ensure humanity's deep future [1d]
Cooling without gases: Molecular design brings solid-state cooling closer to reality [2d]
Size-shifting nanoparticles successfully deliver mRNA medicine to the pancreas [2d]
Assessment of rare 'teenage' planetary system deepens understanding of cosmic evolution [2d]
DOE climate report 'demonstrably incorrect', say scientists in new analysis [2d]
Putting sports stats to the test: Unpredictable play helps pick a winner in soccer [2d]
We may be underestimating the true carbon cost of northern wildfires [2d]
Stress-testing the Cascadia Subduction Zone reveals variability that could impact how earthquakes spread [2d]
Sustainability research overlooks key actors and actions in the face of the environmental crisis, says study [2d]
Are climate models detecting monsoon changes a decade too early? 'Super-simulations' say yes [2d]
Molecular map reveals Andes hantavirus entry protein at the nanoscale [2d]
Genetic discovery could lead to faster growing duckweed [2d]
NASA revamps Artemis moon landing program to reduce flight gaps and risk [2d]
Assessment tool LLMentor supports lecturers in providing feedback on academic texts [2d]
Coral proxy data reveals century-long slowdown of South China Sea throughflow under global warming [2d]
Political polarization can spur CO₂ emissions and stymie climate action [2d]
Using moon dirt with 3D printing to build future lunar colonies [2d]
Could Mars soil block Earth microbes? 'Water bears' offer a clue [2d]
Drone LiDAR surveys of abandoned roads reveal long-term debris-flow hazards [2d]
Protein regulator of sugars and fats may work with an unexpected partner—itself [2d]
Predicting extreme rainfall through novel spatial modeling [2d]
Atmospheric dust: The overlooked suspect in urban air pollution [2d]
Metasurface-based SLM could enhance AR, VR and LiDAR performance [2d]
Food safety question: Could nanoplastics nudge Salmonella toward antibiotic resistance? [2d]
Scent vs. brand image: What an EEG study reveals about luxury marketing [2d]
Image: First glimpse of comet 3I/ATLAS from Juice science camera [2d]
Older male humpbacks sire more calves as populations recover from whaling [2d]
Deforestation leads to more extreme weather events in the Amazon region [2d]
Rising carbon dioxide levels now detected in human blood [2d]
Researchers, egg farmers help design sustainable agriculture plans [2d]
3D-printed spring deploys on small commercial spacecraft [2d]
Greenland's largest glacier could soon reach a tipping point, scientists say [2d]
Video: Landsat 9: More than just a picture [2d]
Over 70% of global ecosystems remain unsampled for critical underground fungi [2d]
Deeper ocean ecosystems are unique—and uniquely vulnerable without better protection [2d]
Prove it or lose her: The new rules for advertising to women [2d]
A study in stardust: Massive binary stars emit tiny carbon particles [2d]
Beam-spin asymmetry study puts proton models to the test [2d]
Schools on the front line as Australian children grapple with trauma [2d]
The unseen environmental cost of a fleeting film set [2d]
Raincoat no longer waterproof? A textile scientist explains why—and how to fix it [2d]
The screech of peeling sticky tape conceals a rapid train of tiny shockwaves, ultrafast imaging shows [2d]
Why wealth changes how we think about fair prices [2d]
Fossil amber reveals the secret lives of Cretaceous ants [2d]

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