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Cambridge academics reject university’s attempt to end row over Jason Arday
Cambridge academics reject the university’s response to Jason Arday’s resignation, demanding an independent investigation into his appointment and the circumstances surrounding it.
Cruise ship with hantavirus outbreak heads to Canary Islands after 3 are evacuated
A cruise ship with a hantavirus outbreak evacuated three infected or suspected patients off Cape Verde before heading to Spain’s Canary Islands with roughly 150 people isolated in cabins.
‘I never thought I’d fall for a scam’: the fake Spotify emails that put you at risk of fraud
Fraudsters are sending convincing fake Spotify payment update emails that direct victims to cloned websites designed to steal login credentials and payment information for unauthorized purchases.
Some high-earning investors will soon owe taxes on years of deferred capital gains
Investors in Opportunity Zone funds face a tax bill on $75 billion in deferred capital gains by the end of 2026, when a decade-long deferral period expires under rules established by the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
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Michigan winemakers have a new climate worry: More wildfire smoke
Wildfire smoke from distant fires blanketed northern Michigan skies last month, raising concerns among winemakers about potential impacts on the region’s $9 billion wine industry.
In rural communities, fears amplified by ‘AI slop’ and social media hamper solar boom
Rural Louisiana communities are rejecting solar farms due to widespread misinformation amplified by social media groups and AI-generated content, despite expert evidence showing solar poses no health or environmental risks.
Unprecedented images may explain one of greatest mysteries of the sun
Unprecedented solar telescope images reveal swirling vortices on the sun’s surface, potentially explaining why its outer atmosphere is millions of degrees hotter than its surface.
567-million-year-old fossils rewrite the dawn of animal life
Scientists discovered a rich fossil site in Canada’s Northwest Territories containing 567-million-year-old specimens that push back the timeline of early animal movement and sexual reproduction by 5-10 million years.
Claude Fable 5 AI finds a tiny formula that topples an 87-year-old math conjecture
A mathematician at Anthropic used Claude Fable 5 AI to discover a counterexample to the Jacobian conjecture, an 87-year-old problem in algebraic geometry that had resisted proof attempts for decades.
‘Spectral lines’ and a giant plume: what science saw when the SpaceX rocket hit the moon
A SpaceX rocket stage collided with the moon at high speed, creating a visible plume of dust captured by a Chilean telescope showing sodium and lithium gas signatures.
The dodo bird had a secret sensory world scientists are only now discovering
Scientists used CT scans of rare dodo skulls to reconstruct the extinct bird’s brain cavity, revealing it likely had enhanced smell and touch sensitivity and may have been active during dawn and dusk hours.
Dinosaurs became giants — so why did they never become tiny?
Researchers find dinosaurs never evolved to extremely small sizes despite reaching enormous proportions, suggesting ecological competition with early mammals may have prevented miniaturization.
Chemists set electrons free and break a decades-old chemistry barrier
Chemists have developed a catalyst that releases electrons directly into solution, overcoming a decades-old limitation in controlling chemical reactions and enabling previously inaccessible molecular coupling pathways.
Scientists discover bacteria that lock toxic uranium into a stable form
Scientists discovered bacteria can transform dissolved uranium into a stable chemical compound when glycerol is available, potentially enabling bacterial-based environmental cleanup methods.
60,000-year-old ostrich eggshell engravings reveal a surprisingly sophisticated human mind
Archaeologists analyzing over 60,000-year-old engraved ostrich eggshells from southern Africa discovered geometric patterns suggesting humans possessed organized abstract thought and sophisticated visual planning abilities.
‘You’re hit with a slam of shadow’: Nasa’s air mission to capture rare eclipse data
NASA researchers will pilot a high-altitude aircraft to observe a rare solar eclipse, extending the duration of totality to nearly three minutes to capture detailed data on solar phenomena.