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An exquisitely preserved fossil found in China shows that many anatomical features seen in birds also evolved independently ...

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In cities such as London, trees are already struggling with hot and dry summers. Botanists warn that we need to start ...

In the Pacific Northwest, from Oregon and Washington and into Canada, El Niño is expected to bring drier-than-normal weather, ...

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Physicists have long struggled with their goal of making gravity a quantum force. A radical post-quantum approach might solve ...

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When scientists were asked to review papers for a conference without using AI tools, many of them ignored the request and ...

An endless stream of distractions, from email notifications to overlapping deadlines, can make focus slip away. Columnist ...

The enigmatic tiger cats of South America now encompass a new species – the tilcayo – bringing the number of known tiger cat ...

Watching a river flow via a virtual-reality headset while listening to classical music seems to quickly bring people's blood ...