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Scientific American

Postpartum psychosis is at the center of the Lindsay Clancy trial. What is it? [2d]
AI helped produce two proofs for the same cryptography problem [2d]
Eating less protein could help you live longer [2d]
How to surf on Saturn’s moon Titan [2d]
Secret eruption offers tantalizing glimpse of underwater volcanoes [2d]
The untold science and drama of Lewis and Clark’s expedition [2d]

Quanta Magazine

Is AI Reasoning Right for the Wrong Reasons? [2d]

New Scientist

How Europe can make its landscapes more fire-resilient [2d]
Climate change could eliminate malaria from West and Central Africa [2d]
High-protein is a wellness craze, but could restricting it be anti-ageing? [2d]
Thousands of people in China have had banned Alzheimer’s surgery [2d]
Where to watch the next total solar eclipse anywhere in the world [2d]
Read an extract from The Dog Stars by Peter Heller [2d]
How I wrote The Dog Stars, the novel behind Ridley Scott’s new film [2d]
Why full-fledged quantum computers might always be five years away [2d]

ScienceDaily

Blood cancer’s genetic warning signs may appear years early [1d]
Scientists found two mysterious ‘ghost’ ancestors hiding in our DNA [1d]
Experts say blood pressure guidelines are missing half the equation [2d]
New process turns plastic waste into hydrogen fuel while trapping the carbon [2d]
Scientists discover why poor sleep may harm some brains more [2d]
A 42-year-old childhood obesity theory may be wrong [2d]
World-first photonic time crystal opens a new era of light control [2d]
Black holes may spit out nearly as much matter as they swallow [2d]
AI can tell if your brain is aging faster than you are [2d]
Strange gamma rays could reveal how stars forge heavy elements [2d]

Phys

Fish pathogens once limited to Asia and US emerge in Brazilian farms [2d]
Moonquakes could reveal ice buried beneath lunar south polar craters [2d]
Laying odds on the potential for Martian water near future landing zones [2d]
Art festivals may revive island communities when tourism stays within local limits [2d]
Smarter fish farms could cut electricity use and CO₂ while keeping fish safe [2d]
A new genetic tool helps researchers uncover the logic of gene regulation [2d]
From research to policy: Study turns EU wildfire assessments into a tool for better governance [2d]
Newly discovered mechanism protects DNA during cell division [2d]
Isotopic analysis may help police combat illegal timber trade in Amazon [2d]
Homing in on the X-ray sky with eROSITA's second data release [2d]
ELT's spectrograph could 'sniff out' biosignatures on other worlds [2d]
Optimized magnetic pulses could cut memory switching energy by several orders of magnitude [2d]
Lichen-like life 600 million years ago may push back origins of fungal-algal partnerships [2d]
Technical flaws may inflate Australia's forest carbon credits [2d]
A backup fluoride defense in soil bacteria could aid greener chemical production [2d]
New blazes in Greece as strong winds hamper firefighting [2d]
Shark finning regulations have not significantly changed global trade, new analysis finds [2d]
A single RNA-based therapeutics approach against multiple types of RNA viruses [2d]
Cretaceous beetle fossil reveals early evolution of firefly sensory and signaling systems [2d]
Mathematical model devised to protect bacteriophages without hindering their action [2d]
Why is gaining citizen support for climate policies so difficult? [2d]
Experts survey the glacier ice on Mount Ararat for the first time [2d]
New open-source software predicts energy transfer between tiny defects in solid materials [2d]
Modified cell vesicles trigger 'lipid counterstorm' against lung inflammation in mice [2d]
Diego Rivera claimed his mural Creation was half wax, but chemical forensics says otherwise [2d]
New low-water method could make production of clean-energy materials much greener [2d]
Magnetic nanoparticles remove forever chemicals from water [2d]
French, Italian winegrowers face earliest ever harvest [2d]
A discarded SpaceX rocket is on a high-speed collision course with the moon [2d]
Ancient Irish volcano offers new clues about the development of its modern-day, active 'brothers and sisters' [2d]
Agricultural waste could fuel protein-rich black soldier fly larvae for human foods [2d]
Only 1 in 3 people arrested by ICE have a criminal conviction, research reveals [2d]
Curiosity Blog, Sols 4961-4967: Approaching a break in the rock record? [2d]
Ancient Rome's food shortages were shaped more by logistics than climate [2d]
Japan probe made closest-ever asteroid flyby: space agency [2d]
Consumer confidence rises for second straight month; views remain downbeat amid high prices [2d]
New method flags hurricane rapid intensification up to five days ahead [2d]
Diamond's newfound defect may tame vibrations that hinder quantum light sources [2d]
Newsom reverses on long-sought paid leave benefit for California teachers [2d]
Getting outside despite your 9‑to‑5 job can improve your mental health [2d]
Chemists unlock Appel fluorination with potassium fluoride [2d]
Randomly mixed atoms arranged in rows and columns for sustainable catalysis [2d]
Students are anxious—and it's no surprise, since we are teaching them to be that way [2d]
First AI-driven telescope goes stargazing [2d]
Surprising boiling behavior in liquids could advance future space missions [2d]
New photonic platform offers a four-lane highway for light [2d]
Why bad health information can seem so convincing–and five ways to resist it [2d]
Less-explored form of quantum code could be more powerful—and more stable—than its alternative in error correction [2d]
Poochmaxxing: the wellness industry is coming for your pets [2d]
Latest woodchip bioreactor sites reducing fertilizer pollution in local waterways by up to 99% [2d]
Road traffic is putting smaller hedgehog populations at risk of collapse [2d]
Newly discovered parasite linked to coastal seabird deaths [2d]
Revisiting a forest experiment that lay forgotten for 30 years [2d]
Astronomers finally measure the full size of the largest known galaxy [2d]
New research: Wetlands are crucial food baskets for NZ's native eels [2d]
Can pumping groundwater really flip Earth's poles? An expert explains [2d]
Falls in whale sightings, rare seabirds appearing—is something unusual happening in the Southern Ocean? [2d]
Tree cover is key to cooling cities [2d]
Exposing the hidden toll of litigation [2d]
Two independent studies push semiconductor qubits towards practical scales [2d]
Reenvisioning sexual health with perspectives from the Global South [2d]
Math shows why your vote may not count the way you think it does [2d]
The Arctic Ocean keeps permafrost carbon firmly locked [2d]
Inverting the seminar to recover what scientific papers leave out [2d]
Spain safari park animals grazed calmly amid 'terror' of fire [2d]
Turkey battles wind-fueled wildfires on tourist coasts [2d]
The last trio: S.Africa's zoo elephants await their fate [2d]

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