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07-23-2025

An astonishing number of trees are killed by lightning every year

Lightning is shaping our forests more than anyone expected. Every year, about 320 million trees...

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07-23-2025

Newly discovered 'sixth sense' plays a vital role in human behavior and appetite

07-23-2025

Bad decisions aren’t always a choice - they’re built into your brain

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07-23-2025

Octopuses are tricked by the 'rubber hand illusion' like humans, suggesting self-awareness

07-23-2025

Animals

Deep sea life is more connected than we ever realized

For years, the deep ocean has been painted as Earth’s...

07-23-2025

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Arctic winters are no longer frozen - and that’s a problem

The Arctic has always been a place where nature sets...

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07-23-2025

Science

Scientists finally know how wrinkles form when skin ages

Wrinkles don’t just appear because you’re growing older. Beneath every...

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07-23-2025

Most extreme "rogue wave" ever recorded was so big it's difficult to comprehend

07-23-2025

How a marine heatwave transformed life along the Pacific coast

07-22-2025

Jaguars offer a glimpse of survival in a changing world

07-22-2025

Environment News

How the Dead Sea builds 'salt giants' beneath its waters

The Dead Sea is one of the most unique bodies of water on the planet....

07-21-2025

Science

Rocket launches threaten Earth's ozone recovery

The growing number of rocket launches may pose a threat to Earth’s ozone layer. While...

TRENDING ENVIRONMENTAL TITLES

Humpback whales now migrate weeks early, signaling big ocean changes

Angelsharks are skipping the mating season due to ocean warming

Restored wetlands cut carbon fast - without the methane problem

Centuries-old trees are dying at a shocking rate in Oregon

Some ecosystems collapse quietly without warning signs

SCIENCE TOP STORIES

07-23-2025

Animals

Leadership can be incredibly stressful, even for birds

Animals often work together to survive. But taking the lead,...

07-23-2025

Science

Drinking alcohol helped ancient people build better societies, according to a new study

People have been drinking alcohol for thousands of years. From...

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07-23-2025

Science

Quantum internet technology takes on Einstein and the space-time continuum

For more than a century, physicists have relied on two...

07-23-2025

Fifth planet discovered in a nearby star system, this one is in the habitable zone

07-23-2025

Most extreme "rogue wave" ever recorded was so big it's difficult to comprehend

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07-23-2025

How do ant colonies crown a queen? Scientists found out

07-23-2025

Land-use change is hurting bird diversity far more than we realized

07-23-2025

How a marine heatwave transformed life along the Pacific coast

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STORY OF THE DAY

07-23-2025

Leadership can be incredibly stressful, even for birds

Animals often work together to survive. But taking the lead, even for birds, comes with...

07-23-2025

How do ant colonies crown a queen? Scientists found out

07-23-2025

Land-use change is hurting bird diversity far more than we realized

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07-23-2025

Plants and animals captured "talking" to each other using sound for the first time

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Strange link discovered between body temperature and depression

Sadness and depression can feel heavy enough to cause your shoulders to slump and even cause you to feel a faint flush on your face, as if someone turned up...

07-22-2025

Optimists share similar brain patterns - but what about pessimists?

07-22-2025

Why astronauts get blurry vision in space

07-22-2025

Japanese food traditions held strong despite the arrival of farming

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07-22-2025

New genetic test can identify children who are at risk of obesity well before it occurs

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07-22-2025

Obesity is much more complicated than we thought, manifesting in 11 different forms

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07-22-2025

Children and smartphones: What we now know about the hidden impacts

Scientists identify a new subtype of diabetes that will change how the disease is treated

Four biologically distinct types of autism discovered in major new study

Sleep begins as brain cells experience energy overload

THC variant marketed as 'harmless' is worrying public health experts due to its popularity

PLANTS TOP STORIES

07-23-2025

Plants News

Plants and animals captured "talking" to each other using sound for the first time

Female moths don't rely on sight or smell alone. They...

07-22-2025

Lifestyle News

Japanese food traditions held strong despite the arrival of farming

Recent archaeological discoveries challenge the idea that new technologies inevitably...

07-22-2025

Plants News

Nitrogen exposure is changing the way plants defend themselves

Goldenrod plants swaying in the breeze may not strike us...

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07-21-2025

Tropical weed discovered that contains the same CBD compound as cannabis plants

07-20-2025

Not all artificial sweeteners are bad for you, and this one might also fight cancer

07-20-2025

Restored wetlands cut carbon fast - without the methane problem

07-20-2025

Centuries-old trees are dying at a shocking rate in Oregon

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07-19-2025

MIT scientists invent new technology that grows much healthier fruits and vegetables

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