Tall trees are not doomed by drought: hydraulics alone don't explain failure, study finds
A new paper challenges the long-held assumption that tree height automatically raises drought risk by changing water transport.

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A new paper challenges the long-held assumption that tree height automatically raises drought risk by changing water transport.

A new study shows human DNA can persist in cave art surfaces for thousands of years, opening a fresh window on past behavior.
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A new trial starts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to evaluate an antiviral drug and an antibody cocktail against Ebola Bundibugyo.
Rubin Observatory starts LSST operations, with 80-plus Japanese researchers already contributing, linking wide-area surveys to Subaru follow-up.

A South Pole neutrino event ties back to a galaxy that produced stars when the Universe was young.
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Exoplanet hunting is not just about the habitable zone. Stellar activity and rotation can mislead missions, and the catalog helps fix that.
Hospital samples from decades ago reveal how resistance tightened gradually, then surged, with global implications for infection control.

After Sony says it will stop producing PS5 discs in 2028, the Video Game History Foundation calls current legal options empty.

A partly self-replicating cell prototype uses existing genes, yet it stops short of a fully living organism.

A 500-year cold case gets a DNA verdict: malaria killed Cardinal Giovanni and Grand Duke Francesco I.