Scientists get peacock feathers to emit laser beams – but why would they want to?
Peacock feathers are famous for vivid iridescent colors, yet a new...
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Earth’s fastest-warming forests are falling behind in the fight against climate change
Northern Eurasia holds roughly a fifth of the planet’s forests, and those forests are doing...
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Mountain soils store twice as much carbon as scientists thought
Hilly and mountainous landscapes store significantly more carbon in their soil than...
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Scientists are close to creating plants and crops that can fertilize themselves
03-08-2026 Two tiny changes inside a plant immune protein have been shown to convert a...
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Birds react to wildfire smoke in very unexpected ways
Wildfire seasons keep stretching longer across much of the world. The smoke that rides along with...
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Scientists demonstrate for the first time that plants and animals interact using sound
Female moths don’t rely on sight or smell alone. They can also hear stressed plants. Scientists...
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A bird thought to be extinct for 94 years is photographed alive in the African savanna
When a field team arrived at the Abou Telfane wildlife reserve in central Chad last...
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Rainwater stored on rooftops could help cities beat extreme heat
A Tokyo model suggests stored rainwater could cool hot roofs, reduce air conditioning demand, and...
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China grows more than a third of its vegetables on a tiny slice of farmland
Fly over northern China in January and the farmland glitters. That sheen is China...
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Tropical forests are absorbing far less carbon than we thought
The world’s tropical forests are absorbing significantly less carbon dioxide than the models...
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4,000-year-old stone preserves a symbol ancient voyagers carried across the sea
Archaeologists found a 4,000-year-old painted stone in Indonesia that may trace the shared beliefs...
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Why do some people need only 4 hours of sleep? Scientists may have the answer
The number of hours a person sleeps was long thought to be regulated by the interactions of...
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Tropical forests store carbon differently across continents
A massive satellite study reveals that tropical forests across the Amazon, Africa, and Southeast...
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Climate change is turning northern farmlands into nitrogen pollution hotspots
Climate change could unleash nitrogen stored in dry soil, turning northern farmlands into...
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Birds masturbate more in the wild than in captivity
Bird masturbation is natural and widespread, occurring more often in wild birds than captive...
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Every owner trains their dog to listen, but some of that ability may already be wired in
Dog owners spend years teaching a puppy to listen. Breeding for life alongside people has already...
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Climate change could slash rice harvests twice as much as scientists predicted
Rice kernels swell over a few short weeks. For every day above 86°F (30°C) in that window, a rice...
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Japan’s famous cherry blossoms are fading as winters grow too warm
Some of Japan’s cherry trees are no longer reaching full bloom, with entire displays...
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Climate change is pushing owls to hunt different prey
Researchers tracking owls in a dry corner of northern Chile have found that a changing climate is...
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Scientists program human cells to make decisions like tiny computers
Living cells can already sense their surroundings, but turning that information into...
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