Scientists warn that human activities are “eroding nature to the point of extinction” after releasing a list of new species named in 2025....
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China overcomes human spaceflight emergency and makes leaps with lunar hardware tests...
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The galaxy cluster appears hotter and more mature than it should for its young age, challenging what we think we know about how these cities of galaxies form....
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US Representative Warren Davidson said the stablecoin-focused GENIUS Act may backfire on Americans by stripping them of their financial freedom and privacy....
The microwave-sized sensor detects 'spectral fingerprints' of important minerals....
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Nature, Published online: 08 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00007-y A giant functional atlas of immune cells in a Chinese cohort reveals crucial differences with European and Japanese data sets....
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Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and his wife, Wendy, could help make history with a new project unveiled on Wednesday, the Lazuli Space Observatory. As reported by Science , the telescope was announced...
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