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What Are Zombie Fires and Why They Threaten the Climate Science

What Are Zombie Fires and Why They Threaten the Climate

Underground peat fires can smolder invisibly for months, re-igniting across entire seasons and releasing carbon stored for thousands of years — creati...

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Why Tropical Insects Are Nearing Their Heat Limit Science

Why Tropical Insects Are Nearing Their Heat Limit

A landmark study of more than 2,000 insect species reveals that tropical insects already live dangerously close to their thermal ceiling — and unlike...

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How Directed Evolution Engineers Better Proteins Science

How Directed Evolution Engineers Better Proteins

Directed evolution mimics Darwinian natural selection in the lab to create powerful new enzymes — tools that are already cleaning up plastics, making...

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Antarctic Hektoria Glacier Retreats 8 km in Two Months Science

Antarctic Hektoria Glacier Retreats 8 km in Two Months

Antarctica's Hektoria Glacier lost eight kilometres of ice in just 60 days — the fastest glacier retreat ever recorded in modern history — forcing sci...

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How AI Data Centers Consume So Much Energy Technology

How AI Data Centers Consume So Much Energy

Every AI query uses far more electricity than a standard web search. As data centers multiply globally, AI is becoming one of the fastest-growing driv...

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How Synthetic Fertilizers Feed Half the World Science

How Synthetic Fertilizers Feed Half the World

Behind every loaf of bread and bowl of rice lies an invisible chemical revolution. Synthetic fertilizers, born from a century-old process, now sustain...

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China Solar Outpaces Wind in Historic Energy Shift Science

China Solar Outpaces Wind in Historic Energy Shift

For the first time ever, China generated more electricity from solar panels than from wind turbines in 2025, marking a pivotal moment in the global cl...

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Three Hottest Years in History Stump Climate Scientists Science

Three Hottest Years in History Stump Climate Scientists

The years 2023, 2024 and 2025 were the three hottest on record — and they exceeded scientific forecasts by a margin that has left leading climate rese...

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NYU Study: Microplastics Found in 9 out of 10 Prostate Tumors Health

NYU Study: Microplastics Found in 9 out of 10 Prostate Tumors

Researchers at NYU Langone Health have discovered microplastics in 90% of prostate cancer samples. Tumor tissue contained an average of 2.5 times more...

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Microplastics Found in 90% of Prostate Cancer Tumors Health

Microplastics Found in 90% of Prostate Cancer Tumors

A landmark NYU Langone Health pilot study presented at the ASCO Genitourinary Cancers Symposium found microplastics in 90% of prostate tumor samples,...

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Brazil's Amazon Nears Historic Deforestation Record Low Science

Brazil's Amazon Nears Historic Deforestation Record Low

Satellite data shows Amazon deforestation in Brazil fell to its lowest level since 2014, with Environment Minister Marina Silva predicting 2026 could...

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Earthquake near Bratislava: Magnitude 4.6 Science

Earthquake near Bratislava: Magnitude 4.6

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck near Šamorín, about 21 km from Bratislava, on Saturday. Thousands of people within a hundred-kilometer radius felt t...

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