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New Scientist says the planned AR7 reports will cover climate threats, adaptation and emissions cuts.
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New Scientist reports that a strong westerly wind event could raise sea levels further, increasing the risk of coastal flooding.
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New Scientist reports archaeologists found thumbnail-sized stone slivers used as hunting weapons beside the Penascosa engravings.
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New Scientist reports that almost half of Sudan is experiencing drought and crops are failing, citing the IPC.
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The company says its color-code test produced five errors per million operations, but scaling remains unproven.
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New Scientist reports that stands of dead trees are appearing around freshwater lakes, far from the sea.
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New Scientist reports nausea or vomiting within 48 hours in 35 percent wearing ear defenders, versus 52 percent without.
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New Scientist reports that 56 percent of dogs lingered on a rounded shape when they heard “bouba.”
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New Scientist reports maternal cells in 26 of 37 children’s brain samples taken during epilepsy surgery.
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New Scientist reports participants said their moods improved into the next day, despite no meaningful change in brain activity.
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New Scientist reports that the mission aims to return a sample that may reveal how Phobos and Deimos formed.
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New Scientist reports students at Skyview High School will learn quantum computing principles using a device made by XeedQ.
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New Scientist reports that glaciers in a satellite study retreated faster than models predicted, but none underwent unstable retreat.
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New Scientist reports that achieving the modeled cooling through carbon removal would require more than current technology can deliver.
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New Scientist reports that universal time will be allowed to drift up to an hour from astronomical time before correction.
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New Scientist reports the clock will drift from astronomical time, with a leap hour planned to realign them centuries later.
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New Scientist reports that neighboring Pine Island glacier would begin to grow in the models’ extreme-cooling scenario.
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New Scientist reports that all US service members aged 30 and older must undergo annual testosterone screening.
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Science News reports that a broken tooth suggests the same Neandertal survived a serious facial injury years earlier.
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New Scientist says the Chilean site's once fairly settled story became controversial again in 2026.
