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Astrobiology
435

Study shows some exoplanets may have greater variety of life than exists on Earth

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Social Sciences
11

What do criminal justice risk assessments actually assess?

Optics & Photonics
166

Cracking a decades-old test, researchers bolster case for quantum mechanics

Nanophysics
73

Nano-thermometer takes temperature inside cells

Ecology
52

What's killing sea otters? Scientists pinpoint parasite strain

Ecology
12

How red-eared invaders are hurting California's native turtles

Space Exploration
133

New images from asteroid probe offer clues on planet formation

Ecology
13

San Francisco Zoo brings red-legged frogs back to Yosemite

Environment
105

Amazon fires stir bitter dispute over who is to blame

Environment
13

NASA's aqua satellite finds a weaker Chantal, now a depression

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Materials Science
51

Biomaterials smarten up with CRISPR

Environment
259

The case for retreat in the battle against climate change

Molecular & Computational Biology
19

New tool mines scientific texts for fusion protein facts

Bio & Medicine
108

Structure of protein nanoturbine revealed

Cell & Microbiology
57

Map of malaria behavior set to revolutionize research

Biotechnology
78

Experiments illuminate key component of plants' immune systems

Biotechnology
62

Cell suicide could hold key for brain health and food security

Cell & Microbiology
475

Scientists successfully innoculate, grow crops in salt-damaged soil

Environment
52

US environmental groups sue over wildlife protection rollbacks

Plants & Animals
7

Tracing the evolution of vision in fruit flies

Astronomy
145

Storms on Jupiter are disturbing the planet's colorful belts

Evolution
9

Adaptation to life inside cattle may be driving E. coli to develop harmful features

Environment
17

Florida's oysters in Apalachicola, Cedar Key face climate threats to survival

Environment
20

A law just for Trump's presidency? California measure aims to protect state's environment

Environment
24

Mexican marijuana traffickers are poisoning California forests with a banned pesticide, officials say

Nanophysics
73

New study reveals carbon nanotubes measurement possible for the first time

General Physics
15

Researchers get first microscopic look at a tiny phenomenon with big potential implications

Astronomy
152

Where are new stars born? NASA's Webb Telescope will investigate

Earth Sciences
6

Detecting hydrothermal vents in volcanic lakes

Environment
13

Water availability determines carbon uptake under climate warming: study

Ecology
10

Hundreds of Pyrenees livestock farmers protest predator bears

Ecology
9

Wildlife meeting backs more protection for giraffes

Space Exploration
15

Last of its kind rocket puts GPS satellite in orbit

12 hours ago
Ecology
20

Positive steps for Asian elephants facing skinning threat

Environment
13

Expert discusses the truth about plastic

Plants & Animals
144

Shocking rate of plant extinctions in South Africa

General Physics
373

Maximum mass of lightest neutrino revealed using astronomical big data

Biotechnology
140

High-precision technique stores cellular 'memory' in DNA

Earth Sciences
47

Early life on Earth limited by enzyme

Earth Sciences
14

Atacama Desert microbes may hold clues to life on Mars

Cell & Microbiology
36

A single gene determines whether a fly has a good sense of sight or a good sense of smell

Materials Science
132

Materials scientists build a synthetic system with compartments like real cells

Plants & Animals
18

Researchers reveal plant defense toolkit and insights for fighting crop diseases

Environment
14

Ethiopia's future is tied to water— a vital yet threatened resource in a changing climate

Materials Science
11

New technology may help repel water, save lives through improved medical devices

Environment
10

Geologists get called 'dirty polluters', but we're needed to fight climate change

Environment
9

NASA sees a lopsided Atlantic Tropical Storm Chantal form

Environment
4

Satellite sees Eastern Pacific Depression 10E form

Other
4

Video: Five things you might not want to mix with birth control

Social Sciences
3

How to become a great impostor

Social Sciences
7

Victim-survivors of rape don't feel justice has been met, even if the accused goes to prison

Environment
8

NASA finds Tropical Depression Bailu forms east of Philippines

Condensed Matter
19

Slow electrons to combat cancer

Environment
15

New tools could map out complex weather data to help firefighters predict where forest fires are likely to break out

Social Sciences
5

Ethnic minority members who don't feel British are less likely to progress in their career, research shows

Social Sciences
6

Increasing numbers of Americans support gun background checks

Nanomaterials
37

Next generation synthetic covalent 2-D materials unveiled

Materials Science
76

Uranium 'breaks the rules again'

Education
10

What's the best way to teach children a second language? New research produces surprising results

Space Exploration
52

Jupiter mission takes first images of destination from Earth

Cell & Microbiology
5

Bacterial sex drives evolution of microbes to conquer and colonize the gut

Astronomy
130

Astronomers investigate radio burst emission from the magnetar XTE J1810−197

Education
6

Educational mobility: Students from working class background half as likely to attend top universities

Environment
20

Washing laundry may be an underappreciated source of microplastic pollution

Social Sciences
4

Fifty percent chance you've reacted to junk news at least once

Environment
16

Research: Awareness of effort to tackle air pollution can reduce people's mental wellbeing

Environment
27

Climate change could pose danger for Muslim pilgrimage: study

Archaeology & Fossils
191

Vikings arrived in Ireland when the population was in serious decline

Social Sciences
6

Young Eastern Europeans in UK: Experiencing more racism, xenophobia since Brexit vote

Quantum Physics
32

Switching electron properties on and off individually

Social Sciences
6

Research shows it's easier for Britons to get culture than for people in any other European country

Bio & Medicine
15

Exploring the interaction of polystyrene nanoplastics and blood plasma proteins

Earth Sciences
46

The origins and evolution of life: Re-examining the evidence of early life traces

Earth Sciences
35

Global warming could make El Niño events less predictable

Archaeology & Fossils
265

An Ice Age savannah corridor let large mammals spread across Southeast Asia

General Physics
112

Visualizing strong magnetic fields with neutrons

Earth Sciences
46

Switching on the Atlantic heat pump

Optics & Photonics
242

Generation of light in a photon-number quantum superposition

Education
5

STEM: Efforts to inspire more children could be entrenching educational inequalities

Plants & Animals
89

The Paleozoic diet: Why animals eat what they eat

Biochemistry
73

Identified: Molecular structure that breaks down an important component of smog

Quantum Physics
111

Correlating entangled photons by radial position and momenta

Nanophysics
90

Ultrahigh thermal isolation across heterogeneously layered two-dimensional materials

Plants & Animals
9

Indigenous hunters are protecting animals, land and waterways

Education
7

A Hippocratic Oath for data science? We'll settle for a little more data literacy

General Physics
82

Modal time theory: Understanding human existence through time travel and music

Plants & Animals
8

Greenhouse uses predatory insects for pest control

Archaeology & Fossils
12

Viking migration left a lasting legacy on Ireland's population

Astronomy
128

Earth is an exoplanet to aliens: This is what they'd see

Quantum Physics
109

Quantum computers to become portable

Biochemistry
133

Researchers developing natural pesticide alternative to target pests without harming honeybees

Environment
7

Cleaner living through public housing: Access to land is a barrier to simpler, sustainable living

Cell & Microbiology
34

Research team reveals molecular program that controls cells' capacity for division

Quantum Physics
1270

Quantum gravity's tangled time

Space Exploration
24

India has it right: nations either aim for the moon or get left behind in the space economy

Earth Sciences
41

Green transition: The whole world can learn from a small town in Iceland

Plants & Animals
9

Eight species of fungus cause root rot in South Dakota corn

Space Exploration
153

Salt deposits on Mars hold clues to sources of ancient water

Social Sciences
124

Online dating is the most popular way couples meet

Environment
9

Magnets are being used to extract algal molecules for the beauty, bioplastics industries

Earth Sciences
31

Researchers explain slow-moving earthquakes known as 'slow slip events'

Archaeology & Fossils
83

New evidence on contested identity of medieval skeleton found at Prague Castle

Nanophysics
382

Breakthroughs seen in artificial eye and muscle technology

Earth Sciences
13

Underground links between quakes and eruptions of Japan's biggest active volcano

Quantum Physics
130

Studying quantum phenomena in magnetic systems to understand exotic states of matter

Plants & Animals
9

Conflicting consequences of climate change for Arctic nesting geese

Other
15

French mayor due in court after banning pesticide use near homes

18 hours ago
Ecology
14

French Guiana grapples with Asian craving for fish bladder

Environment
20

Firefighters stabilise Canary Islands fire, most residents go home

Environment
16

Tel Aviv beaches fall foul in Israel's passion for plastic

Social Sciences
5

BES launches large-scale study to test whether 'blinding' reduces bias in science publishing

Plants & Animals
88

There are way more species of horseshoe bats than scientists thought

Environment
23

Microplastics in drinking water not a health risk for now: WHO

Ecology
9

Pacific fishermen report best king salmon season in years

Space Exploration
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Russia sends its first humanoid robot Fedor into space