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A spotted wildcat in Bolivia has been identified as a new species, according to researchers who say it was long mistaken for a close relative.
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New Wild Cat Species Identified in Bolivia, Only One Living Member Known
A spotted wildcat in Bolivia has been confirmed as a new species, with only one living individual currently known to science.
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September 22, 2026 at 7:23 AM
A spotted wildcat in Bolivia has been identified as a new species, according to researchers who say it was long mistaken for a close relative.
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Yellow crazy ants have claimed a decisive victory over red crabs in a brutal encounter, using a chemical attack to overpower the larger crustaceans.
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Yellow Crazy Ants Overpower Red Crabs in Chemical Attack on Christmas Island
In a dramatic encounter captured for the BBC's Planet Earth II anniversary, yellow crazy ants deploy a chemical weapon to defeat red crabs, highlighting an invasive species crisis that has reshaped…
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September 22, 2026 at 6:23 AM
Yellow crazy ants have claimed a decisive victory over red crabs in a brutal encounter, using a chemical attack to overpower the larger crustaceans.
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Engineers at the California Institute of Technology have demonstrated a nanoscale silicon device that can redirect a beam of light in only 74 femtoseconds, an advance that points toward dramatically faster photonic communications, computing, and sensing technologies.
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Caltech Chip Steers Light in 74 Femtoseconds Using Silicon Metasurface
Engineers at Caltech have built a nanoscale silicon device that redirects a light beam in just 74 femtoseconds using a second beam, a speed that could reshape photonic communications, computing, and…
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September 22, 2026 at 5:23 AM
Engineers at the California Institute of Technology have demonstrated a nanoscale silicon device that can redirect a beam of light in only 74 femtoseconds, an advance that points toward dramatically faster photonic communications, computing, and sensing technologies.
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Archaeologists have unearthed an eleventh-century copper-alloy pendant in the town of Staraya Russa in northwestern Russia, a discovery that may push back the timeline of Christian influence in the region.
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11th-Century Serpentine Pendant Found in Northwestern Russia
A copper-alloy pendant dated to the eleventh century, bearing a Christian warrior-saint on one side and a Medusa-like figure on the other, has been unearthed in Staraya Russa, suggesting earlier…
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September 22, 2026 at 4:23 AM
Archaeologists have unearthed an eleventh-century copper-alloy pendant in the town of Staraya Russa in northwestern Russia, a discovery that may push back the timeline of Christian influence in the region.
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The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded three space companies its annual prizes for excellence and innovation, recognizing their contributions to the European space sector.
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ESA Honors Three Space Companies for Excellence and Innovation
The European Space Agency recognized three space companies with awards for excellence and innovation at its Industry Space Days 2026 event held at ESA–ESTEC in the Netherlands.
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September 22, 2026 at 3:23 AM
The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded three space companies its annual prizes for excellence and innovation, recognizing their contributions to the European space sector.
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A pocket-sized particle detector that costs roughly $100 can reveal the invisible stream of cosmic particles constantly passing through Earth and even through the human body.
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Low-Cost Particle Detector Tracks Cosmic Rays Passing Through Earth
A pocket-sized detector costing about $100, originally built as a student physics project, is now used in major experiments, balloon missions, and potentially future spacecraft to observe cosmic…
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September 22, 2026 at 2:23 AM
A pocket-sized particle detector that costs roughly $100 can reveal the invisible stream of cosmic particles constantly passing through Earth and even through the human body.
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A man with a rare form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis has improved after receiving an RNA-based gene-targeting treatment, according to a report published in Nature.
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RNA Therapy Shows First Success in Rare Motor-Neuron Disease
A man with a rare form of ALS improved after receiving a gene-targeting RNA treatment, in what researchers describe as the first demonstration that such therapies can work in this class of…
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September 22, 2026 at 1:23 AM
A man with a rare form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis has improved after receiving an RNA-based gene-targeting treatment, according to a report published in Nature.
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A newly published correspondence in The Lancet takes issue with a recent Seminar on heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, or HFrEF, for leaving out what the authors describe as guideline-recommended regular physical activity counselling and supervised exercise training.
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Researchers Challenge HFrEF Seminar for Omitting Exercise Training
A correspondence in The Lancet argues that guideline-recommended physical activity counselling and supervised exercise training should not be left out of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction…
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September 22, 2026 at 12:23 AM
A newly published correspondence in The Lancet takes issue with a recent Seminar on heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, or HFrEF, for leaving out what the authors describe as guideline-recommended regular physical activity counselling and supervised exercise training.
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Bacteria and fungi carried by astronauts could survive for up to a week or more in the permanently shadowed regions near the Moon's south pole, according to new research from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center and the University of Maryland.
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NASA Study Finds Microbes Could Survive at the Moon's South Pole
Researchers at NASA and the University of Maryland modeled how bacteria and fungi commonly found on human skin would behave at three candidate Artemis IV landing sites near the lunar south pole…
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September 21, 2026 at 7:23 AM
Bacteria and fungi carried by astronauts could survive for up to a week or more in the permanently shadowed regions near the Moon's south pole, according to new research from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center and the University of Maryland.
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Climate change is not just an environmental problem — it is a growing public health crisis, according to health experts and researchers who study the intersection of climate and human well-being.
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Climate Change Poses Growing Threat to Human Health, Experts Say
As global temperatures rise, health experts warn that climate change will increasingly harm human health through heatwaves, disease spread, and air pollution.
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September 21, 2026 at 6:23 AM
Climate change is not just an environmental problem — it is a growing public health crisis, according to health experts and researchers who study the intersection of climate and human well-being.
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The human brain may not be a single, unified organ after all. According to a study published in Nature Neuroscience, the front and back regions of the brain develop from two entirely different types of progenitor cells in embryos, suggesting that evolution fused two separate…
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Brain May Be a Hybrid of Two Ancient Nervous Systems, Study Finds
New research suggests the forebrain and hindbrain develop from distinct progenitor cells, a split dating back at least 550 million years that could reshape ALS and obesity research.
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September 21, 2026 at 5:23 AM
The human brain may not be a single, unified organ after all. According to a study published in Nature Neuroscience, the front and back regions of the brain develop from two entirely different types of progenitor cells in embryos, suggesting that evolution fused two separate…
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Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have created biodegradable STAR particles that painlessly puncture the skin's outer barrier to improve the absorption of topical medications.
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Biodegradable STAR Particles Use Microneedles to Boost Skin Drug Delivery
Georgia Tech researchers have developed biodegradable polymer STAR particles that painlessly create micropores in the skin, enhancing topical drug absorption for conditions like eczema and psoriasis…
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September 21, 2026 at 4:23 AM
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have created biodegradable STAR particles that painlessly puncture the skin's outer barrier to improve the absorption of topical medications.
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Archaeologists working in Egypt's Beheira Governorate have uncovered the remains of a New Kingdom fortress at Tell Al-Abqain, a site in the Nile Delta that dates to roughly 1550–1070 B.C.
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3,000-Year-Old Fortress Unearthed in Northern Egypt
Excavations at Tell Al-Abqain in the Nile Delta have revealed a New Kingdom fortress with mudbrick homes, planned streets, grain silos, pottery ovens, and the deliberate burial of a horse, along with…
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September 21, 2026 at 3:23 AM
Archaeologists working in Egypt's Beheira Governorate have uncovered the remains of a New Kingdom fortress at Tell Al-Abqain, a site in the Nile Delta that dates to roughly 1550–1070 B.C.
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A previously unrecognized species of fruit-eating pigeon has been identified on the remote island of Tawi-Tawi in the Philippines' Sulu Archipelago, according to research led by Dr. Matthew Halley of the Delaware Museum of Nature & Science.
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New Imperial Pigeon Species Identified on Remote Philippine Island
A previously unrecognized fruit-eating pigeon from the genus Ducula has been documented on Tawi-Tawi in the Philippines' Sulu Archipelago, according to research led by the Delaware Museum of Nature &…
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September 21, 2026 at 2:23 AM
A previously unrecognized species of fruit-eating pigeon has been identified on the remote island of Tawi-Tawi in the Philippines' Sulu Archipelago, according to research led by Dr. Matthew Halley of the Delaware Museum of Nature & Science.
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The European Space Agency has signed 18 consolidation contracts bringing together nearly 80 companies to study new secure and resilient connectivity services and associated mission concepts, the agency announced.
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ESA Signs 18 Contracts to Shape IRIS² Secure Connectivity Constellation
The European Space Agency has awarded 18 consolidation contracts involving nearly 80 companies to study new secure and resilient connectivity services and mission concepts for the EU's IRIS²…
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September 21, 2026 at 1:23 AM
The European Space Agency has signed 18 consolidation contracts bringing together nearly 80 companies to study new secure and resilient connectivity services and associated mission concepts, the agency announced.
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SpaceX is targeting no earlier than Monday, Sept. 28, for Starship Flight 14, pending regulatory approval, in what would be the vehicle's first orbital mission after 13 suborbital tests.
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SpaceX Targets Sept. 28 for Starship's First Orbital Flight
SpaceX is aiming for Starship Flight 14 no earlier than Sept. 28, pending regulatory approval, as the company prepares for its first orbital mission, Starlink deployment, and eventual launches from…
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September 21, 2026 at 12:23 AM
SpaceX is targeting no earlier than Monday, Sept. 28, for Starship Flight 14, pending regulatory approval, in what would be the vehicle's first orbital mission after 13 suborbital tests.
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An experimental drug that attacks mesothelioma by disabling one of the cancer's own survival mechanisms has shown promising results in an early clinical trial, controlling disease progression in 67% of patients and producing encouraging survival data.
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Experimental Drug Turns Mesothelioma's Defenses Against It
A new experimental drug that disables the antioxidant defense PRX3 controlled disease progression in 67% of mesothelioma patients in an early clinical trial, offering hope for a cancer with few…
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September 20, 2026 at 7:23 AM
An experimental drug that attacks mesothelioma by disabling one of the cancer's own survival mechanisms has shown promising results in an early clinical trial, controlling disease progression in 67% of patients and producing encouraging survival data.
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Researchers have observed the self-assembly of individual virus-like particles in real time and at molecular resolution, a technical achievement that opens a direct window onto how these structures form.
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Scientists Observe Virus-Like Particle Assembly at Molecular Level in Real Time
Researchers have achieved real-time, molecular-resolution monitoring of individual virus-like particles as they self-assemble, using mass photometry combined with a single-molecule trapping method.
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September 20, 2026 at 6:23 AM
Researchers have observed the self-assembly of individual virus-like particles in real time and at molecular resolution, a technical achievement that opens a direct window onto how these structures form.
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Astronomers have solved a long-standing mystery about when black holes «burp» — the moments when these ultra-dense objects fire powerful jets of material across enormous distances after feeding on stars and gas.
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Scientists Solve Mystery of When Black Holes Burp
Researchers have identified two distinct phases in the feeding cycle of black holes that determine when they launch powerful jets of material into space.
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September 20, 2026 at 5:23 AM
Astronomers have solved a long-standing mystery about when black holes «burp» — the moments when these ultra-dense objects fire powerful jets of material across enormous distances after feeding on stars and gas.
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Physicists in Austria and the United States have created a hybrid optical device that dramatically improves the efficiency of nonlinear frequency conversion, a process central to telecommunications, quantum information transfer, and ultrafast signal processing.
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Metasurface Device Achieves Thousandfold Boost in Nonlinear Light Conversion
Researchers in Austria and the US combined a multi-quantum-well heterostructure with a titanium dioxide metasurface to enhance second-harmonic generation by three orders of magnitude, enabling more…
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September 20, 2026 at 4:23 AM
Physicists in Austria and the United States have created a hybrid optical device that dramatically improves the efficiency of nonlinear frequency conversion, a process central to telecommunications, quantum information transfer, and ultrafast signal processing.
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New research led by paleoanthropologists at the University of the Witwatersrand and the University of Southern California is shedding light on one of the most debated transitions in human evolution: when early hominins stopped regularly climbing trees and committed fully to…
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Fossil Evidence Suggests Early Homo Abandoned Tree-Climbing by 1.8 Million Years Ago
New research led by paleoanthropologists at the University of the Witwatersrand and the University of Southern California offers fresh evidence on when early human ancestors stopped regularly…
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September 20, 2026 at 3:23 AM
New research led by paleoanthropologists at the University of the Witwatersrand and the University of Southern California is shedding light on one of the most debated transitions in human evolution: when early hominins stopped regularly climbing trees and committed fully to…
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Climate breakdown probably weakened the glacier whose collapse sent catastrophic floods through Nepal and Tibet last month, killing more than 1,300 people, according to the first scientific study of the disaster.
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Study Links Climate Crisis to Nepal-Tibet Glacier Collapse That Killed More Than 1,300
The first scientific study of last month's catastrophic floods in Nepal and Tibet finds that unusually warm conditions weakened the glacier before its collapse, pointing to climate breakdown as a…
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September 20, 2026 at 2:23 AM
Climate breakdown probably weakened the glacier whose collapse sent catastrophic floods through Nepal and Tibet last month, killing more than 1,300 people, according to the first scientific study of the disaster.
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Women who present with the same medical conditions as men are significantly less likely to be offered active treatment, including surgery, stents, and strong painkillers, according to a global review of medical research.
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Global Review Finds Women Less Likely to Receive Active Treatment for Same Conditions as Men
A global analysis of medical research has found that women with the same heart, kidney, liver, and neurological conditions as men are significantly less likely to be offered interventions such as…
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September 20, 2026 at 1:23 AM
Women who present with the same medical conditions as men are significantly less likely to be offered active treatment, including surgery, stents, and strong painkillers, according to a global review of medical research.
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Paleontologists have described a previously unknown species of mosasaur, an extinct group of marine reptiles that hunted in Cretaceous seas while dinosaurs roamed the land, based on fossils unearthed in Egypt's Dakhla Oasis.
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Paleontologists Identify New Mosasaur Species in Egypt's Western Desert
Fossils unearthed in Egypt's Dakhla Oasis have led paleontologists to describe a previously unknown species of mosasaur, an extinct marine reptile that lived alongside dinosaurs during the Cretaceous…
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September 20, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Paleontologists have described a previously unknown species of mosasaur, an extinct group of marine reptiles that hunted in Cretaceous seas while dinosaurs roamed the land, based on fossils unearthed in Egypt's Dakhla Oasis.
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Materials scientists evaluating new compounds for solar panels, microLED displays, and other optoelectronic devices have long relied on steady-state photoluminescence as their first analytical step.
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Correlative Photoluminescence Techniques Reveal Hidden Material Dynamics
Steady-state photoluminescence alone can mask critical differences in optoelectronic materials, prompting researchers to combine time-resolved, spatially resolved, and spectrally resolved methods…
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September 19, 2026 at 7:23 AM
Materials scientists evaluating new compounds for solar panels, microLED displays, and other optoelectronic devices have long relied on steady-state photoluminescence as their first analytical step.
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