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Life without sex: study examines individuals' characteristics

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Study of 38 million U.S

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When resources are low, animals often sacrifice reproduction

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Flying reptiles called pterosaurs ruled the skies 90 million years ago. They had hollow bones allowing the sometimes huge animals to fly

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Entities enabling scientific fraud at scale are large, and growing rapidly

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Sleep duration and timing are associated with next-day physical activity: Insights from two large-scale wearable sensor studies | PNAS

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Microplastics from food packaging, tableware could pose threat to gut, trigger diabetes

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Stalled planetary waves tied to extreme summer weather—like floods and heatwaves—have tripled since 1950, a new study finds

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CRISPR experiments suggest female fruit flies are more resilient to disturbances of their circadian system than males

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Archaeological evidence shows widespread habitual fire use by humans began around 50,000 years ago, reshaping cultural and environmental behaviors

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Nearly half of tree-covered land faces major climate shifts even under modest warming, threatening most tree species as many lose suitable conditions and some face novel climates across significant portions of their remaining range…

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Researchers using the same data and hypothesis arrive at different conclusions (2022)

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Assembly of a functional neuronal circuit in embryos of an ancestral metazoan is influenced by temperature and the microbiome | PNAS

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GPT-4o shows humanlike patterns of cognitive dissonance moderated by free choice

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Researchers have long puzzled over exactly how DNA is spooled within nucleosomes and arranged inside the nucleus so that some genes are more easily activated

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Social anxiety disorder-associated gut microbiota increases social fear

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Industrial iron pollution is boosting spring phytoplankton blooms in the North Pacific but also speeding up nutrient loss – driving earlier nitrogen limitation and expanding low-productivity waters.

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Brain aging shows nonlinear transitions, suggesting a midlife "critical window"

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Life without sex: study examines individuals' characteristics

Oyster farming acts as a marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR) hotspot for climate change mitigation

During the brief period in which TikTok was banned in the US, Meta (Facebook) substantially benefitted from increased traffic and ad spending

Eating Oysters against the climate catastrophy

Study of 38 million U.S

Evolutionarily conserved grammar rules viral factories of amoeba-infecting giant viruses

When resources are low, animals often sacrifice reproduction

Late adolescents entering college intending a career as police officers hold more right-leaning views than their peers

Flying reptiles called pterosaurs ruled the skies 90 million years ago. They had hollow bones allowing the sometimes huge animals to fly

Entities enabling scientific fraud at scale are large, and growing rapidly

Evolutionarily divergent nidovirus with an exceptionally large genome identified in Pacific oysters undergoing mass mortality

Winters restrict a climate change–driven butterfly range expansion despite rapid evolution of seasonal timing traits

Forests with thriving animal life store up to four times more carbon

Human ancestors may not be responsible for Oldowan stone tools

Early evidence of avocado domestication from El Gigante Rockshelter, Honduras

A new study suggests that the global rise in obesity is primarily due to increased calorie consumption rather than reduced physical activity, as differences in energy expenditure between populations are too small to account for the dramatic weight gain observed worldwide.

Sleep duration and timing are associated with next-day physical activity: Insights from two large-scale wearable sensor studies | PNAS

Microplastics from food packaging, tableware could pose threat to gut, trigger diabetes

Stalled planetary waves tied to extreme summer weather—like floods and heatwaves—have tripled since 1950, a new study finds

CRISPR experiments suggest female fruit flies are more resilient to disturbances of their circadian system than males

Archaeological evidence shows widespread habitual fire use by humans began around 50,000 years ago, reshaping cultural and environmental behaviors

Nearly half of tree-covered land faces major climate shifts even under modest warming, threatening most tree species as many lose suitable conditions and some face novel climates across significant portions of their remaining range…

Researchers using the same data and hypothesis arrive at different conclusions (2022)

Global yields of wheat are around 10% lower now than they would have been without the influence of climate change, according to a new study

Assembly of a functional neuronal circuit in embryos of an ancestral metazoan is influenced by temperature and the microbiome | PNAS

GPT-4o shows humanlike patterns of cognitive dissonance moderated by free choice

Researchers have long puzzled over exactly how DNA is spooled within nucleosomes and arranged inside the nucleus so that some genes are more easily activated

Social anxiety disorder-associated gut microbiota increases social fear

Industrial iron pollution is boosting spring phytoplankton blooms in the North Pacific but also speeding up nutrient loss – driving earlier nitrogen limitation and expanding low-productivity waters.

Brain aging shows nonlinear transitions, suggesting a midlife "critical window"