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Earliest long-snouted fossil crocodile from Egypt reveals the African origins of seagoing crocs
Reconstruction of the life of Wadisuchus kassabi from the Late Cretaceous of Egypt, showing an adult catching a lungfish in ...

White oak genome reveals genetic markers for climate adaptability and pest resistance
Meg Staton (left), assistant professor of bioinformatics and computational genomics in the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, and Scott ...

4MOST telescope facility captures first light
Sky region of the first observations with 4MOST with an example spectrum. In the Sculptor Galaxy (top right), 4MOST took ...

Disaster was wake-up call for US on dangers of underground gas
Impact zone map. Credit: Science Advances (2025). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adr6684 On an evening 10 years ago, Porter Ranch resident Matt Pakucko ...

‘Destructive’ swans in the crosshairs as California allows hunting
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Hunters will soon be allowed to kill mute swans as part of an effort to cull ...

Space weather drill simulates Carrington-level solar storm, challenging satellite safety and mission control response
Vigil space weather reporter in deep space. Photo: European Space Agency. No communication or navigation, faulty electronics and risk of ...

The pollution court case that could reach far beyond the banks of the River Wye
River Wye, Herefordshire. Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The River Wye was once full of wild salmon. Today there is a ...

New molecular strategy achieves complete synthesis of anti-MRSA natural product
The new 16-step process allows the complete synthesis of (-)-spiroaspetrion A from a known intermediate. Credit: Science (2025). DOI: 10.1126/science.adz7593. ...

The history of erasing Black cemeteries in the United States
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The burial site looks like an abandoned site. Holding the remains of over 22,000 enslaved and ...

Retreating glaciers may send fewer nutrients to the ocean, study finds
Ice collected in the fjord of the Northwestern Glacier, with sediment frozen inside. Photo: Kiefer Forsch/Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Turbid, ...






