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Earliest octopuses were giant top predators in Cretaceous oceans. They were up to 19 meters (62 feet) long

Scientists confirm Nanotyrannus was a real, distinct species not a juvenile T. rex

Pesticides may wreak havoc on the gut microbiome

Naked mole-rat colonies can undergo peaceful queen transitions without the lethal aggression typically seen in eusocial mammals

Newly discovered bacterial defense system challenges genetic code's central dogma: Stanford University team describes a bacterial enzyme that synthesizes DNA without a nucleic acid template…

Large "warm-bodied" fish like tuna and sharks require four times more energy than cold-bodied species to survive

Direct ocean measurements confirm a consistent decline in the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) over 20 years

Climate change is eroding the "nighttime lull" that helps firefighters contain wildfires

Uncovering the rapidly evolving orbits of the dynamic TOI-201 system

Magnetic Bees: In a collaboration between Ecology and Materials Science, we have found that >90% of bees are ferromagnetic and presumably have the capacity to sense the geomagnetic field

New research reveals that bumblebees can learn and recognize abstract rhythms, an ability previously thought to require large brains

High-temperature memristors enabled by interfacial engineering

$8800 house design helps prevent fatal diseases in African children

Biased AI writing assistants shift users’ attitudes on societal issues

Salmon exposed to cocaine and its main byproduct roam more widely

Peptides: where to begin?

Neanderthals survived on a knife's edge for 350k years

Lethal conflict after group fission in wild chimpanzees

Machine learning model Defense Predictor identifies previously unknown prokaryotic immune systems in bacterial genomes

Applying machine learning to identify unrecognized Covid-19 deaths in the US

Eye drops made from pig semen deliver cancer treatment to mice

AI chatbots are becoming "sycophants" to drive engagement, a new study of 11 leading models finds

White House plan to break up iconic U.S. climate lab moves forward

A new hafnium-based memristor inspired by the human brain could slash AI energy consumption by 70%

A decade-long study reveals that Sweden’s old-growth forests store up to 89% more carbon than managed forests

Extreme drought–heatwave events have increased nearly 8× since the early 2000s, a 2026 study in Science Advances reports

Humans share acoustic preferences with other animals

New Research on Muscle Loss Suggests Humans Will Really Suffer on Mars

Earth’s first major extinction was worse than we thought. Fossil finds suggest nearly 80% of life on Earth died some 550 million years ago

Fish are shrinking and dying at higher rates as they adapt to record-high ocean temperatures

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