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James Woodford

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We may finally know why birds sing at dawn

Zebra finches are commonly studied in captivity by biologistsAlamy The dawn chorus…

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Hand-powered device disinfects drinking water with nanoparticles

Access to clean water can be difficult in remote regionskornienko alexandr/Alamy A…

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DNA cassette tape can store every song ever recorded

The DNA cassette resembles music cassette tapesJiankai Li et al. 2025 Retro…

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Volcanic eruptions may have helped spark the French Revolution

An illustration of an uprising that preceded the French RevolutionStefano Bianchetti/Corbis via…

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Ancient crocodile relative could have ripped dinosaurs apart

Artist’s illustration of the ancient reptile Kostensuchus atroxGabriel Diaz Yanten, CC-BY 4.0…

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The way we train AIs makes them more likely to spout bull

Certain AI training techniques may encourage models to be untruthfulCravetiger/Getty Images Common…

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DNA analysis reveals what really killed Napoleon’s army in 1812

The Retreat of Napoleon’s Army from Russia in 1812 by Ary SchefferIanDagnall…

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Ancient mass extinction shows how Earth turned into a super-greenhouse

Global warming is causing forest die-offs today, just as it did during…

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Cyberattacks could exploit home solar panels to disrupt power grids

A third of homes in Australia now have rooftop solar panelszstockphotos/iStockphoto​/Getty Images…

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Enigmatic lizards somehow survived near Chicxulub asteroid impact

A yellow-spotted tropical night lizard (Lepidophyma flavimaculatum)Dante Fenolio/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY A small,…

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