A 3,000-year high: Alaska’s Arctic is entering a dangerous new fire era
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Jan 14, 2026, 2:34 am By NULLResearchers studying cyanobacteria from hot springs in Thailand have discovered a new natural…Extreme heat is breaking honey bees’ natural cooling system
Jan 13, 2026, 8:31 am By NULLHoney bees can normally keep their hives perfectly climate-controlled, but extreme heat can…Scientists discover what’s linking floods and droughts across the planet
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Jan 12, 2026, 7:01 am By NULLA groundbreaking cattle genome has given researchers their clearest look yet at what makes Wagyu…This wild fruit is getting a CRISPR makeover
Jan 11, 2026, 7:08 am By NULLScientists have used CRISPR to give the goldenberry a modern makeover, shrinking the plant by about…When the oceans died and life changed forever
Jan 11, 2026, 6:15 am By NULLA rapid climate collapse during the Late Ordovician Mass Extinction devastated ocean life and…A never-before-seen creature has been found in the Great Salt Lake
Jan 11, 2026, 2:38 am By NULLScientists have identified a brand-new species of worm living in the Great Salt Lake, marking only…3. 7-billion-year-old rocks reveal how Earth and the Moon were born
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Jan 9, 2026, 6:28 am By NULLCoral reefs appear to run a daily timetable for microscopic life in nearby waters. Scientists found…A hidden world inside DNA is finally revealed
Jan 9, 2026, 2:16 am By NULLDNA doesn’t just sit still inside our cells — it folds, loops, and rearranges in ways that shape…A new study casts doubt on life beneath Europa’s ice
Jan 8, 2026, 3:32 am By NULLEuropa’s buried ocean has made it one of the most exciting places to search for life beyond Earth.…Ancient skeletons reveal viruses embedded in human DNA
Jan 7, 2026, 12:07 pm By NULLResearchers have reconstructed ancient herpesvirus genomes from Iron Age and medieval Europeans,…Breakthrough lets scientists watch plants breathe in real time
Jan 7, 2026, 7:17 am By NULLScientists have created a new way to watch plants breathe—live and in high definition—while…
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