Crack! Boom! We're entering the daily summer thunderstorm season in Florida. The clouds roll in and, with them, you sometimes see lightning in the distance. Then you hear thunder.
Environment
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A team of conservation and wildlife specialists affiliated with several institutions in China has successfully released two Yangtze finless porpoises back into the wild after moving them to a protected area for two years. ...
In a new study published in Scientific Reports, Osaka Metropolitan University researchers have gained clearer insights into the natural behavior of medaka, small fish that are useful as model organisms in the lab.
Plants & Animals
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The wildest trampoline in the world swings sideways and "around corners." Yet, no one can jump on it, because it's not even a millimeter tall. Physicists from the University of Konstanz, the University of Copenhagen, and ...
Nanophysics
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Scientists have uncovered new evidence to suggest that Earth is leaking gases from deep inside its mantle—even in regions without any volcanic activity.
Earth Sciences
Jun 5, 2025
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Nematodes are the most abundant animal on Earth, but when times get tough, these tiny worms have a hard time moving up and out. So, they play to the strength of their clade. If food runs out and competition turns fierce, ...
Plants & Animals
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To Shakespeare's Hamlet, we humans are "the paragon of animals." But recent advances in genetics are suggesting that humans are far from being evolution's greatest achievement.
Evolution
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From its vantage point outside Earth's atmosphere, more than 36,000 km above Earth's surface, the Copernicus Sentinel-4 mission will detect major air pollutants over Europe in unprecedented detail. It will observe how they ...
Planetary Sciences
Jun 5, 2025
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As the summer shopping season kicks off, all eyes are on Gen Z—those born between 1997 and 2012 and whose purchasing power wields significant influence over market trends.
Social Sciences
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A widely debated topic in biology and fisheries sciences is the role of oxygen in the growth of fish and other water-breathing animals. According to new research, developmental changes in individual fish and experimental ...
Plants & Animals
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