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Cell & Microbiology Sep 15, 2026

Marine bacteria team up to break down one of the ocean's toughest carbon-storing molecules

Deep in the ocean, brown algae and diatoms produce a complex carbohydrate molecule called fucoidan, which helps form their protective outer layers. The fucoidan molecule is very difficult for microbes to break down because ...

Social Sciences Sep 15, 2026

Poorly fitting sports bras are forcing some women and girls away from sport

Australian sport has a participation problem, especially when it comes to girls and women.

Social Sciences Sep 14, 2026

Car owners beware! Lessons from the 'Kia Boys' crime spree

If you live in Los Angeles and own a Hyundai Sonata, Kia Optima or one of 18 other models from these vehicle lines, UCLA anthropologist Jeffrey Brantingham has some advice: Get a steering wheel locking device, take advantage ...

Space Exploration Sep 14, 2026

No cities on the moon—there isn't enough water, scientists say

The discovery of water in dark craters at the moon's poles has sparked a "moon rush" to establish bases there, followed by villages, cities and heavy industry. How sustainable is this rush?

Planetary Sciences Sep 13, 2026

JWST ruled out finding tiny moons around an exoplanet—that's great news

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has opened many wonders of the cosmos to scientists since it began science operations a few years ago. But one thing it hasn't done is find an "exomoon." These still-theoretical moons ...

Space Exploration Sep 13, 2026

NASA's next great observatory could spot oceans on distant worlds

We've found more than 5,500 exoplanets so far. Dozens of them are in the habitable zones of their parent stars, where, at least in theory, they could host an ocean. But we've never definitively found a liquid ocean on another ...

Planetary Sciences Sep 11, 2026

What's carving active gullies on Mars? It's not water

Scientists were shocked when they received the first images of Martian gullies. They were even more shocked as those gullies appeared to change over time. Their similarities to gullies seen on Earth were uncanny, but all ...

Social Sciences Sep 11, 2026

When AI designs the product, consumers have doubts

A new study from Georgia State University's J. Mack Robinson College of Business and the University of South Florida delivers a pointed warning to companies betting on AI to power their product design: The technology may ...

Environment Sep 10, 2026

Q&A: The overlooked networks of heat resilience within communities

As extreme heat becomes more frequent and severe, many people are turning to informal adaptation strategies—rigging up plastic sheeting overhead for shade, sharing water at a community tap and creating neighborhood cooling ...

Plants & Animals Sep 10, 2026

How to help your garden recover from a heat wave

UK gardens took a battering this summer as a heat dome settled over western Europe, and much of the green and pleasant land turned a dusty beige.

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