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Chile Puts Injured Humboldt Penguins in Copper Vests
Zoo veterinarians in Chile are fitting injured, vulnerable Humboldt penguins with copper-and-zinc vests to speed healing during a brutal El Niño.
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190-Year-Old DNA Confirms Nepal's Pangolin as a New Species
A pangolin skin collected in Nepal in 1836 and stored at London's Natural History Museum held the answer: the Himalayan pangolin is its own distinct species, hidden in plain sight for two centuries.
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10,000 Endangered Frogs Released Across California Mountains
San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance has returned over 10,000 mountain yellow-legged frogs to California this year — a 20-year conservation program hitting its highest single-season total.
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46 Lynx Later: Kittens Born in Washington's Kettle Range
Trail cameras caught Washington State's first lynx kittens in over 40 years — proof that the Colville Tribes' five-year effort to bring wápupxn home is working.
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500 Bat Species Have a Secret Double Immune System
Scientists found 500+ vesper bat species carry two separate antibody gene sets — an immune arrangement found in no other mammal on Earth.
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Rocky Planets Could Form 100M Years After the Big Bang
University of Portsmouth simulations reveal planet-building ingredients and even water existed just 100 million years after the Big Bang.
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China Creates Material 6× Harder Than Diamond
Chinese scientists have synthesized a material six times tougher than diamond, with potential uses from precision drilling and manufacturing to space elevator cables.
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CAR T-Cell Therapy Puts Rheumatoid Arthritis into Remission
Three of six severely ill patients achieved drug-free remission after CAR T-cell therapy reprogrammed their immune systems to stop attacking their own joints.
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HRT Reduces Alzheimer's Risk by 16% in Study of 180,000 Women
A 13-year UK study of postmenopausal women found those taking hormone replacement therapy had a 16% lower risk of Alzheimer's and 10% lower risk of dementia overall.
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Powder Vaccines Stay Stable for 1 Year Without a Fridge
UK researchers created a powder tetanus vaccine inspired by desert plants — it needs no fridge, stays viable for a year, and passed its first human trial.
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Missing LED Color Could Stop the Myopia Epidemic
A wavelength absent from indoor LEDs may be driving the global myopia surge. New research shows indigo light completely prevented nearsightedness in animal models.
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Whale Sightings Surge 40 Years After the Hunting Ban
95% of Antarctic blue and fin whale sightings off South Africa have occurred since 2012 — the most visible sign of recovery since the 1986 whaling moratorium.
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mRNA Cancer Vaccine Halts Melanoma in Phase 3 Trial
Moderna and Merck's personalized mRNA vaccine stopped melanoma returning post-surgery in a landmark Phase 3 trial of 1,000 high-risk patients.
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Ospreys Nest in England for First Time Since Victorian Era
A breeding pair raised three chicks at RSPB Campfield Marsh in Cumbria — the first confirmed osprey breeding in England since the 19th century.
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Spain's Total Eclipse: First Over Europe in 11 Years
On August 12, a total solar eclipse swept across Spain and the Arctic — the first visible from European mainland since 1905, drawing millions of spectators.
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Scientists Spot a Glueball: The Particle Made of Pure Force
Researchers at Beijing's BESIII confirm strong evidence for the glueball — a particle made entirely of gluons, fulfilling a 50-year prediction of quantum physics.
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Scientists Spot New Cosmic Object: a 'Black Hole Star'
Astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope to find MoM-BH*-1, a cosmic body the size of our solar system that glows like a star but releases energy like a black hole.
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For 15,000 Years, Humans and Dogs Have Shaped Each Other
A sweeping new work by Oxford archaeologist Peter Mitchell reveals how dogs and humans transformed each other across 15 millennia — from Arctic sled dogs to tiny chihuahuas.
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Great Barrier Reef Recovers: Coral Cover Up 16% After Monsoon
A 2026 monsoon gave the reef critical relief: AIMS data shows coral cover grew 16.7% in the Northern Region and 10.2% in the Central Region.
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DMD Drug Nearly Doubles Motor Scores in Boys Under 4
Boys under 4 with Duchenne muscular dystrophy nearly doubled their gross motor test scores after just 12 weeks on Vamorolone in a promising early-intervention trial.
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Science Confirms: Dogs Can Tell If You're Scared or Sad
New fMRI brain scans show dogs have distinct neural responses to happiness, fear, sadness, and anger — confirming what millions of dog owners have always suspected.
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Fridge-Free Vaccine Passes First Human Trial
UK biotech Stablepharma's powder tetanus vaccine needs no refrigeration — and a world-first trial with 60 volunteers showed encouraging results.
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Sun's Magnetic 'Whirlpools' Seen for First Time
The NSF Inouye Solar Telescope has captured the highest-resolution solar surface images ever taken, revealing spinning magnetic vortices that power space weather.