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Biology

The Hidden Ingredient Making Webs Stronge

Every day, millions of spiders hang their survival on a single thread—literally. What’s astonishing is that this thread is stronger, stretchier, and tougher than many human-made materials. But here’s the surprise: scientists just discovered that a newly evolved tiny peptide—only a few dozen amino acids long—secretly boosts the power of spider silk. And it evolved […]

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Biology

Hidden Ecosystems of the Ordovician

Every fossil story begins with loss. Sediment buries life, time hardens it, and chance decides what survives. For the Ordovician Period—roughly 485 to 444 million years ago—that loss has long been severe. While the Cambrian Explosion left us famous sites like the Burgess Shale, its Ordovician successors seemed strangely quiet. Paleontologists saw only fragments of […]

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Announcements

Next Week in Science, December 4, 2025

And what’s in the news The role of theory of mind in how increasing preschoolers’ self-esteem affects their materialism: an experimental study A new study involving 239 Polish preschoolers shows that enhancing self-esteem in areas of competence and peer acceptance can reduce materialistic tendencies, but only in those with a well-developed Theory of Mind. This […]

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Biology

What Really Drives Support for India’s Cheetah Comeback?

Less than a century ago, the cheetah vanished from India—hunted to extinction by 1947. Today, the species is back, but the biggest challenge isn’t only ecological. It’s emotional. A new study shows that whether the cheetah thrives again in India may depend as much on people as on prey. Across India’s towns and villages—from Jaipur […]

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Environment

How Biodiversity Can Make the 15-Minute City Thrive

Every year, more of us trade fields for freeways. Today, over half the world’s population lives in cities. But as our urban footprints expand, the homes of countless plants, birds, and animals disappear beneath concrete and glass. What if the same city planning ideas designed to improve our lives could also rebuild nature’s foothold? A […]

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Environment

Transform Desert Energy Systems in Qatar

Summer power demand in Qatar can soar to nearly 8,000 megawatts—more than twice the country’s winter lows. But here’s the twist: some renewable technologies produce the least energy at the very moment Qatar needs them most. That mismatch is the puzzle that a team of researchers set out to solve. Their study is not just […]

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Computing

AI Meets Blockchain for Cloud Security

Every minute, millions of files move through the cloud — photos, medical scans, research data, government reports. And every minute, someone is trying to break in. For years, cybersecurity experts have been playing catch-up, patching holes faster than hackers can find them. But what if our data could learn to protect itself? That’s the bold […]

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Environment

How This Study Could Improve Qatar’s Air Quality

It’s Qatar-week! المعرفة منفعة عامة. Every decade, Qatar’s skyline grows taller, its population expands, and its energy use climbs. But behind this progress sits a startling pattern: the country remains one of the world’s highest per-capita emitters of greenhouse gases. A new study digs into why—and the surprises the researchers uncovered challenge some long-held assumptions […]

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Psychology

Three Smart Ways to Fix Missing Data (and Why One Wins)

Ever tried running an analysis only to find half your spreadsheet is blank? You’re not alone—missing data haunts nearly every researcher, data scientist, and machine learning model. But a new study from Northwestern University suggests a surprisingly powerful fix: borrow a trick from psychology called Item Response Theory (IRT). Here are the top 3 takeaways […]

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