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"If I needed to fly on another vehicle, what would that look like?"
A clock based on radioactive thorium atoms realises a long-held ambition, demonstrating a technology that could eventually beat the accuracy of today’s best atomic clocks
Article URL: https://sseh.uchicago.edu/doc/roauss.htm
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Article URL: https://www.construction-physics.com/p/biological-evolution-and-information
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Article URL: https://news.utexas.edu/2026/06/11/this-jacket-pulls-drinking-water-from-thin-air/
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Our soils are teeming with networks of fungi, and we're starting to understand how important they are
It was widely thought that the movement of water through Venus flytrap cells caused the trap to close, but detailed experiments have led scientists to propose an alternative mechanism
So-called indirect greenhouse gases, including carbon monoxide and volatile organic compounds, aren’t covered by climate policies even though they heat the planet
Global weather agencies have declared that El Niño has begun, and models show it is more likely than not to be a "super" El Niño. The climate pattern boosts extreme weather around the world, and could lead to record temperatures
"Some missions are using more than what their paperwork would say."
Archaeologists found apparent scrape marks inside a skull; long bones may have been sharpened into tools.
Article URL: https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/research-highlights/galaxy-killing-wind-discovered-early-universe
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Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/11/solar-energy-us-coal
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An experiment with a toy universe made up of extremely cold atoms shows how time can emerge from quantum interactions, instead of existing by default
Article URL: https://spectrum.ieee.org/orbital-data-centers-heat
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An El Niño event has officially started, say US scientists, raising fears of extreme weather and higher temperatures.
Alaska's multibillion-dollar fishing industry and vulnerable coastal communities at risk.
Our ancestors' genomes were built through successive waves of gene transfers.
Student Gunnar Hartmann wins Nature’s 2026 Scientist at Work photography competition for this shot of migrating northern bald ibis in Spain
A study of 4.5 million people suggests that ex-smokers who take up vaping are more at risk of dying from lung cancer than people who quit without the use of e-cigarettes
A study of 4.5 million people suggests that ex-smokers who take up vaping are more at risk of dying from lung cancer than people who quit without the use of e-cigarettes
Cortical Labs connected 200,000 human neurons grown from blood-derived stem cells to its CL1 silicon interface, teaching the culture to navigate and shoot in Doom.
Climate change-induced weather events are pushing orangutan populations to extinction, says a study.
Article URL: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/man-created-written-language-cherokee-did-efficiently-elegantly-peers-thought-magic-180988850/
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Article URL: https://news.immunologic.org/p/organic-foods-are-not-healthieror
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Article URL: https://www.sas.upenn.edu/~cavitch/pdf-library/Nagel_Bat.pdf
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The Indian Ocean site is "far beyond anything we had imagined", one researcher says.
Researchers suggesting that the keto diet could treat mental health conditions find themselves uncomfortably aligned with people like vaccine-sceptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr, but that is not a reason to reject the idea
A photo essay from Tommy Trenchard explores efforts to protect the fragile ecosystems of oases in Chad
Feedback is alarmed by a study that explored how funny people think they are, and that discovered certain traits in those who rate themselves the most humorous