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August 31, 2026
Raindrops are tiny lightning bolts, and they’re corroding cars, study finds
Finding reveals an overlooked way that water can damage surfaces.
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August 31, 2026
El Niño is now stronger than at any point in the last 1,000 years, study finds
“One more warning sign here of what we're facing in a warmer world.”
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August 22, 2026
Putting mice into hibernation causes a major loss of synapses
Hibernation cuts down on synapses, but mice seem to retain memories anyway.
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August 13, 2026
We've flown a radiation-blocking vest to the Moon and back, and it worked
Let's shield the astronauts instead of the spacecraft.
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August 9, 2026
Mount Toba eruption doesn't seem like it could nearly kill our species
The massive Toba eruption seems to have had little climate impact.
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August 7, 2026
The world's biggest solar telescope caught vortexes on the Sun's surface
We expected them to be there, but they had previously been too small to see.
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August 1, 2026
How fruit flies chase invisible ribbons of smell to get to their source
Tracking smells in turbulent air takes a keen sense of direction and sharp memory.
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July 31, 2026
Researchers devise a full-color night vision goggle
Wavelength and intensity in the infrared are translated into colors in the visible.
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July 21, 2026
Naked mole-rat queens use a chemical signal to suppress fertility in rivals
A single chemical made by mole-rat queens enforces the social order.
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July 11, 2026
A Jupiter-size planet that escaped its star's death
It's unclear how the planet avoided its star's bloated red giant stage.
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July 10, 2026
An orbiting disco ball gave Einstein’s theory its most precise test yet
The Earth may not be that massive, but it still distorts space-time.
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July 5, 2026
The missing 500 million: Cosmic bombardment melted Earth's first crust
The heat of the Hadean may have come from impacts as well as the interior.
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July 4, 2026
A martian rock has lots of carbon on it, and it's not clear why
Biology could explain the find, but there are other potential explanations.
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June 23, 2026
Early land animals skipped the tadpole phase
Current amphibian development may not have been typical of early land vertebrates.
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