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Creating hallucination-free, psychedelic-like molecules by shining light on life's basic building blocksDavis CA (SPX) Jan 08, 2026 UC Davis researchers have developed a new method that uses light to transform amino acids - the building blocks of proteins - into molecules that are similar in structure to psychedelics and mimic t ... more  
Drones take thermal readings to track dolphin healthSydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 07, 2026 Australia's dolphin populations are experiencing increasing pressure from environmental change and human activity, creating demand for non-invasive methods to assess their health and guide conservat ... more 
Giant amoeba virus ushikuvirus sheds light on how complex cells evolvedTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 08, 2026 Giant DNA viruses that infect amoebae are providing new evidence that viruses may have helped drive the evolution of complex life, according to researchers at Tokyo University of Science and the Nat ... more  
Hunga eruption reshaped stratospheric water and ozone with limited climate coolingSydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 05, 2026 A new international assessment details how the January 2022 eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haapai volcano in the South Pacific altered the stratosphere, atmospheric chemistry, and radiation while ... more |
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Moroccan fossils trace ancient African branch near origin of Homo sapiensBerlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 08, 2026 An international team has analyzed newly described hominin fossils from Thomas Quarry I near Casablanca, Morocco, identifying an African population close to the base of the lineage that later gave r ... more  
Oligocene deep ocean temperatures drove isotope swings in Antarctic climate recordBerlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 08, 2026 New analyses of oxygen isotopes in deep-sea microfossils indicate that large shifts in the mid Oligocene benthic foraminifera record primarily reflect temperature changes in the abyssal Southern Oce ... more  
Planet delivers first light image from Pelican 6 satellite capturing Lhasa Gonggar AirportLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 01, 2026 Planet Labs has released the first light image from its Pelican 6 Earth imaging satellite, highlighting Lhasa Gonggar International Airport in Tibet, China, and demonstrating the new spacecraft's im ... more 
Sentinel 1 decade long radar record tracks shifting Greenland and Antarctic iceBerlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 08, 2026 The Copernicus Sentinel 1 mission has delivered a 10 year record of how ice flows from Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets into the ocean, providing a consistent, high resolution view of a key driver ... more |
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Socializing alone: The downside of communication technologyColumbus OH (SPX) Jan 08, 2026 A review of more than 1,000 studies suggests that using technology to communicate with others is better than nothing - but still not as good as face-to-face interactions. Researchers found tha ... more |
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Third COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation radar satellite enters service ramp-upParis, France (SPX) Jan 06, 2026 The third satellite in the COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation radar constellation has been launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on a SpaceX Falcon 9 for the Italian Space Agency and t ... more  
'Hectic' bushfires threaten rural towns in Australian heatwaveSydney (AFP) Jan 9, 2026 Bushfires destroyed houses and razed vast belts of forest in southeast Australia on Friday, firefighters said, as hot winds fanned "hectic" conditions in the tinder-dry countryside. ... more  
Heavy wind, rain, snow batters Europe; Teens held as Dutch police probe 'snowball beating'London (AFP) Jan 8, 2026 Severe winds, snow and freezing temperatures buffeted Europe with the arrival of Storm Goretti on Thursday, prompting forecasters from Britain to Germany to issue weather warnings. ... more  
Rare gorilla twins born in conflict-hit DR Congo nature parkKinshasa (AFP) Jan 8, 2026 An endangered mountain gorilla has given birth to twins in the Virunga National Park in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, whose remarkable biodiversity has long been threatened by the region's litany of conflicts. ... more |
 
African Union reaffirms 'One China' policy in FM visitNairobi (AFP) Jan 8, 2026 The African Union reaffirmed its commitment to the "One China" policy, denying Taiwan's independence, during a visit by China's top diplomat Wang Yi to its headquarters in Ethiopia on Thursday. ... more  |
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Albanian floods turn deadly as downpours force more evacuationsTirana, Albania (AFP) Jan 8, 2026 The body of a man was pulled from floodwaters in Albania on Thursday, police said, as swollen rivers in the country's south forced more evacuations following days of heavy snow and torrential rain across the Balkans. ... more  
India climate activist firm denies misuse of foreign funds; Turkish eco journalist beaten to deathNew Delhi (AFP) Jan 8, 2026 An Indian climate advocacy firm led by a prominent activist has denied allegations by authorities that it misused foreign funds to influence policy and threaten the country's energy security. ... more 
Dogsleds, China and independence: Facts on GreenlandCopenhagen (AFP) Jan 8, 2026 US President Donald Trump has stepped up his designs on taking over Denmark's autonomous territory Greenland, but questions abound about why he has taken an aggressive stance when the US already has extensive access to the Arctic island. ... more 
China FM visiting four African countries on annual tourBeijing (AFP) Jan 7, 2026 China's top diplomat kicks off a New Year trip to Africa on Wednesday, the foreign ministry said, seeking to boost trade on a four-country circuit that includes several recent political hotspots. ... more |
 
Trump pulls US out of key climate treaty, deepening global pullbackWashington, United States (AFP) Jan 8, 2026 President Donald Trump is withdrawing the United States from a foundational climate treaty as part of a sweeping exit from collective global action, the White House announced Wednesday. ... more  
Australia heatwave stokes risk of catastrophic bushfiresSydney (AFP) Jan 8, 2026 Firefighters warned millions of Australians of "catastrophic" bushfire dangers on Thursday as they battled multiple blazes stoked by a heatwave blanketing the country. ... more
3,000 tourists evacuated as Argentine Patagonia battles wildfiresEpuyen, Argentina (AFP) Jan 7, 2026 Argentine authorities have evacuated some 3,000 tourists from a sparsely populated Patagonian district ravaged by wildfires for days, officials said Wednesday. ... more  
Clearing small areas of rainforest has outsized climate impact: studyParis, France (AFP) Jan 7, 2026 Think of the destruction of Earth's rainforests and a familiar image may come to mind: fires or chainsaws tearing through enormous swathes of the Amazon, releasing masses of planet-warming carbon dioxide. ... more |
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Europe faces transport chaos as cold snap toll rises Paris, France (AFP) Jan 7, 2026 Snow, ice and high winds brought transport chaos to swathes of Europe for a third day on Wednesday, with hundreds of flights cancelled and passengers stranded. ... more  
Markets reshape daily life in North Korea but an uprising remains unlikely Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 03, 2026 North Korea's informal markets have become central to daily survival and are quietly changing how people relate to the state, yet analysts say the country still lacks the conditions needed for a popular uprising against the Kim regime. ... more  
Hydrogen from organic carbon in deep sediment hosted hydrothermal systemsBerlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 07, 2026 Hydrothermal vent fields along mid-ocean ridges form where seawater penetrates the oceanic crust, heats to more than 400 degrees Celsius, and then rises back to the seafloor with dissolved chemicals ... more  
Japan nuclear plant operator may have underestimated quake risksTokyo (AFP) Jan 6, 2026 A Japanese nuclear plant operator said it may have presented data underestimating earthquake risks to regulators, as Japan moves to revive nuclear power nearly 15 years after the Fukushima disaster. ... more |
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Greenland shark study may lead to new ways to preserve vision as we ageIrvine CA (SPX) Jan 06, 2026 Dorota Skowronska-Krawczyk sits in her office, eyes fixed on the computer monitor in front of her. "You see it move its eye," says the UC Irvine associate professor of physiology and biophysics, poi ... more |
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Greenland's Prudhoe Dome ice cap was completely gone only 7,000 years ago, first GreenDrill study findsBuffalo NY (SPX) Jan 06, 2026 The first study from GreenDrill - a project co-led by the University at Buffalo to collect rocks and sediment buried beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet - has found that the Prudhoe Dome ice cap was com ... more  
Satellite and model fusion boosts China solar radiation forecastsTokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 31, 2025 The intermittent output of solar power creates challenges for grid operators who must keep supply and demand in balance. Traditional numerical weather prediction models often handle cloud initializa ... more  
Drone phenomics sharpen genetic signals and automate field trait extraction in maize and peanut breedingLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 01, 2026 Remote sensing and artificial intelligence are reshaping how breeders measure crop performance in the field, with new studies in maize and peanut showing how drone-based phenomics can both strengthe ... more  
Biochar layer boosts hydrogen rich gas yields from corn strawTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 01, 2026 Biochar can help convert agricultural residues such as corn straw into hydrogen rich gas while limiting carbon deposits on metal catalysts, according to a study in the journal Biochar. Researchers d ... more |
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