Archaeology
Clay tablets reveal how Babylonian students learned about their gods
When it came to religious education in ancient Babylonia, in what is now Iraq, students had a lot to learn, ranging from the names of gods to their divine characteristics. A new study published in the journal Iraq has taken ...
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Archaeology
Wood beneath German lake may reveal buildings 3,000 years older than region's first farms
Underwater archaeological investigations have been taking place in Lake Arendsee (Altmarkkreis Salzwedel) for several years. The discovery of Neolithic fish weirs, a high medieval barge (flat-bottomed cargo ship) and a late ...
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Fossil long known as world's oldest reptile dethroned
For nearly 30 years, a small fossil from Scotland has been celebrated as one of the earliest known reptiles. A new study out today in Nature and led by researchers at the American Museum of Natural History and the University ...
Paleontology & Fossils
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Anti-fibrotic drug could be repurposed to control cell communication
An experimental antifibrotic compound can dramatically alter how cells release the microscopic packages they use to communicate, according to new research from the University of Surrey. Researchers found that the compound, ...
Cell & Microbiology
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Bending nanoribbons tunes diamond's light emission without doping
In a new Physical Review Letters study, researchers have demonstrated that bending diamond nanostructures can tune the light they emit without doping.
Groups of genetically identical fish follow different behavioral paths as they mature
Schooling fish have long fascinated us with their mesmerizing collective movements and seemingly perfect coordination. But a new study on clonal mollies suggests that this behavior is not innate. During their first days of ...
Plants & Animals
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Stratospheric observatory Sunrise-III reveals intricate solar magnetic structures
A team of researchers led by the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan discovered unexpectedly intricate magnetic structures above quiet-sun regions by observing the sun with the balloon-borne solar observatory Sunrise-III ...
Astronomy
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NASA satellite can monitor most of world's irrigation canals, study finds
Irrigation canals form a sort of circulatory system for global agriculture. Across the world, millions of kilometers of human-made canals carry water from lakes, rivers and reservoirs downhill to farmland. Canals are vitally ...
Earth Sciences
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New magnetic computing system could tackle complex optimization problems
When designing new computer chips, engineers need to make various decisions about how to connect their underlying components while efficiently using limited space. Planning these connections involves combinatorial optimization, ...
Feeling sick may reflect widespread changes in brain activity, mouse study suggests
We are all familiar with that dreaded sensation: whole-body achiness and fatigue, waves of both bone-chilling cold and intense sweating that cause us to pull cozy blankets closer and only moments later kick them away. A loss ...
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Tech Xplore
AI animation slider enables fine control of nuances in character motion
Researchers offer three ways to alert users to AI hallucinations with 'embodied' agents
Far-UVC LEDs transmit data at record speed
The tests that grade AI may be getting it wrong
Researchers test AI on real-world infrastructure
Q&A: Expert says people often confuse behavior with intention with AI
Trump touts AI boss pledge to self-regulate
ChatGPT maker wants to be the App Store for AI as safety concerns grow
Atlas of immune cells explains how genetic variants cause disease
Scientists have identified thousands of genetic differences that change a person's risk of disease, but working out how they actually affect biology—an important step toward creating new treatments—has been much more challenging. ...
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Astronomers link mysterious cosmic flashes to collisions of dead stars
For decades, astronomers have identified collisions between two neutron stars through bursts of gamma rays that can disappear in less than two seconds. But some of these violent encounters may also reveal themselves through ...
Astronomy
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Inhibitory brain cells balance memory detail and stability, study suggests
A team from the Plasticity of Brain Networks laboratory at the Institute for Neurosciences (IN), a joint center of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and the University Miguel Hernández of Elche (UMH), has identified ...
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Soft material that selectively transports lithium ions could improve solid-state batteries
Rice University researchers in the departments of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Chemistry and Materials Science and Nanoengineering and at the Rice Advanced Materials Institute have developed a relatively soft, flexible ...
Engineering
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Stretchable sensory device converts underwater ultrasound into artificial neural signals
A research team led by Nae-Eung Lee, a professor at the School of Advanced Materials Science and Engineering at Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), has developed a material that can stretch like rubber while generating electricity. ...
Engineering
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Longer lives despite mitochondrial defects? Worms rely on calcium-triggered 'cages'
If your car's engine develops a stutter, that's generally a sign that you should go to a mechanic before it stops running. We tend to think the same way about our bodies: When something's broken, something bad usually follows. ...
Cell & Microbiology
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Hidden star cluster discovered in Milky Way's crowded disk defies easy classification
Astronomers have discovered a stellar cluster hidden in the crowded disk of the Milky Way. The object, named Garro 04, was first identified as an unusual collection of stars in observations from the VVVX survey and was later ...
AI-enhanced petitions on Change.org: More text, less success
The change was obvious—but in the end, things stayed about the same. Cornell researchers took advantage of online petition website Change.org's gradual rollout of an artificial intelligence writing tool to gauge AI-enhanced ...
Social Sciences
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New click beetle species named after Dominican Republic's Indigenous Arawak people
A new species of click beetle with a glossy and highly domed black body has been described from cloud forest sites in the mountains of the Dominican Republic and named in honor of the Arawak peoples who lived on the island ...
Plants & Animals
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Mysterious oarfish's fins inspire large underwater robot design
When designing a large underwater robot that could swim silently to avoid startling sea creatures, roboticist Rob Shepherd considered the unusual swimming system of oarfish, the meters-long fish whose ribbon-like dorsal fin ...
Biotechnology
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Tracking the fin whale and the sperm whale in the Mediterranean
Where are the great marine animals of the Mediterranean, such as the fin whale, the sperm whale or the bottlenose dolphin? How does their distribution change over a few weeks? All indications suggest that these species shift ...
1 in 2 Florida residents live in HOAs—how these private governments are reshaping the American Dream
As she sat across from me drinking tea, Coretta—a pseudonym to protect her identity—shared her dismay about living in a central Florida community because of the control exercised by her homeowners association, or HOA.
Classifying groundwater systems by their ability to recover from drought
A few days of rain do not change low groundwater levels after a long drought. To better determine how groundwater systems recover after a drought and which groundwater reserves are most vulnerable, hydrologist Sandra Hauswirth ...
Mouse study reveals magnetic nanoparticles' potential for ectopic pregnancy diagnosis and treatment
A research team led by an Oregon State University scientist has demonstrated in a mouse model a potentially better way to care for women facing the life-threatening condition of ectopic pregnancy.
UV light locks radiation-detecting materials into durable, water-resistant films
Florida State University researchers have developed a method to make a class of materials more robust and potentially easier to manufacture for advanced radiation detection devices, including those used in medical imaging ...
How New World blackbirds conquered the Americas
Where did the roughly 100 species of New World blackbirds alive today originate, and how did they spread across the Americas? Dr. Axel Arango Garcia and professor Chaitanya S. Gokhale from the Chair for Computational and ...
Your home's energy performance is already affecting your mortgage––soon climate risk will too
Few consumers realize that a property's poor energy rating can directly affect their ability to obtain a mortgage. In the future, flood and other climate-related risks will also play a greater role in lending decisions.
Research collaboration helps Gulf Coast communities plan for the unpredictable
For communities along the Gulf Coast, hurricane season presents a recurring challenge: knowing when, where and how to evacuate before a major storm hits. To tackle this, researchers at Texas A&M University have spent more ...
International study identifies key childhood experiences that predict happiness and well-being in adulthood
A new study, led by the University of Nottingham and conducted across three countries, has identified a set of key childhood experiences that predict multiple measures of well-being in adulthood—including health, happiness, ...
Women leave psychology research more often than men, especially early in their careers
Today, women are more likely than men to begin an academic career in psychology. Nevertheless, they leave research substantially more often, particularly during the first years after entering the field.
Antarctica's ice loss is locked in, and extra snowfall won't save it—low‑lying coastal areas elsewhere to suffer
Sea-level rise is one of the most visible signs of climate change, one that is threatening low-lying coastal communities around the world. Today, about 1 billion people live in coastal areas; about 100 million live within ...
Poverty in the EU declined in the last decade, but disparities persist among nations
Despite differences among nations, poverty in the European Union declined between 2015 and 2023, according to a study published in PLOS One by Silvia Megyesiova and Cecilia Olexova of the Bratislava University of Economics ...
Why the nor'easter's storm surge was so high, and what it says about the El Niño winter ahead
As a powerful nor'easter hit the U.S. Atlantic coast in late September 2026, the ocean poured into coastal neighborhoods from North Carolina to New York. Water from the storm surge and heavy rain filled streets and surrounded ...
Criminal conspiracy to steal used cooking oil shows how trash can become treasure
Federal prosecutors recently described an interstate criminal enterprise with all the trappings of organized crime: clandestine warehouses, money laundering and stolen goods transported across state lines. The mid-September ...
Polar oceans transformed as warming melts ice habitats: Research
Climate change is increasingly reshaping the polar oceans, with Arctic waters warming rapidly, sea ice shrinking and wildlife losing habitat at both ends of the planet, an annual report said Wednesday.
Using an AI chatbot to practice new languages can be helpful, but it doesn't replace speaking with an actual person
Approximately 30% of U.S. adults who were learning a language in 2025 reported that they were using artificial intelligence as a resource.
Stoicism isn't just for men—despite what the manosphere suggests
Stoicism has attracted all sorts of fans in recent years, but one group whose interest in this ancient philosophy has attracted a good deal of comment is the "manosphere."
Dark kitchens are popping up everywhere, but what are they and why does it matter?
When you order food through an app, how much do you know about where you're buying it from? It could be a restaurant on the local main street or one located in a warehouse in a faraway industrial park.
Cities across the world are sinking because of groundwater depletion, but the process can be reversed
Many cities around the world are sinking because too much water is extracted from the groundwater reservoirs beneath them. This sinking makes these coastal cities more exposed to rising seas as the climate warms. But as our ...
Q&A: The safety and sterilization of pharmaceuticals manufacturing
Manufacturing modern medicines is a multistage process, and each step introduces the opportunity for contamination, which can be both deadly and expensive. Recently, epinephrine injections, used for severe allergic reactions, ...
