1. Mammals were adapting from life in the trees to living on the ground before dinosaur-killing asteroid, research reveals
6. South Africans flush toilets with drinkable water. Study in Cape Town looked at using seawater instead
10. Bees actively adjust flower choice based on color and distance: Updating ''flower constancy'' beyond Darwin''s theory
13. Enhanced westerly winds lead to increased ocean heat transport to the East Antarctic Ice Sheet, study finds
34. Tree rings from Canada''s Gaspésie mountains reveal effects of global warming dating back almost a century
41. Giving up on photosynthesis: How a borrowed bacterial gene allows some marine diatoms to live on a seaweed diet
48. Dogs see their world through smell, and scientists are starting to translate it like never before
49. Land reparations are possible, and more than 225 US communities are already working to make amends
55. Global warming of more than 3C this century may wipe 40% off the world''s economy, new analysis reveals
56. From barriers to belonging: How supporting inclusivity enhances the well-being of people with disabilities
65. Torrential rains created devastating inland seas in outback Queensland. Soon, they will fill Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre
66. Food and fuel that farms itself: Genome sequences of five duckweed species reveal basis for unique plant traits
69. Vincent van Gogh''s ''The Starry Night'' is not a masterpiece when it comes to flow physics, researchers say
71. From trading nutrients to storing carbon: Five things you didn''t know about our underground fungi
75. A starting signal for cell division: Molecular switch ensures that cells divide at the right time
78. Thanks to social media platforms, election interference is more insidious and pervasive than ever
83. The battle between resilient plants and cunning viruses: Study discovers a novel RNA silencing mechanism
96. First layers of soil to be laid on 101 Freeway wildlife crossing in California, the world''s largest
100. Revolutionizing 3D vision: How miniaturized snapshot polarization imaging is transforming depth sensing
103. Scientists develop ultraprecise, efficient and flexible technique for counting and analyzing nanoplastics
104. ''Superhuman vision'': Powerful 3D imaging technology paves way for next-generation eye-tracking
105. Authorities in Iceland evacuate southwestern town and Blue Lagoon spa over fear of volcanic eruption
106. New flexible nanofiber material combines strong microwave absorption with exceptional thermal insulation
107. Urban U.S. hate crime declined slightly in 2024, but anti-Jewish and anti-Muslim crimes rose, says report
113. Biomechanical ''size matching'' explains floral isolation in bumblebee-pollinated elephant-nose flowers
117. Mountaintops contain many diverse clusters of butterfly species, but climate change may turn habitats into traps
122. Costa Rica''s mudball meteorite: A cosmic survivor that avoided collisions in the pinball world of asteroids
123. Real-time analysis reveals a much higher proportion of harmful substances in particulate matter than assumed
130. Groundwater gains show Arizona''s policies are working, yet climate risks still threaten water supply
135. Small extracellular vesicles engineered using click chemistry show promise for targeting liver failure
151. Researcher finds insights into social media, activism and journalism by exploring unrest in Egypt
154. Chance discovery improves stability of bioelectronic material used in medical implants, computing and biosensors
164. Jets from powerful black holes can point astronomers toward where to look for life in the universe
165. Bird flu could be on the cusp of transmitting between humans—but there are ways to slow down viral evolution
171. Brisbane 2032 is no longer legally bound to be ''climate positive.'' Will it still leave a green legacy?
173. Some Gen Zs are taking a ''micro-retirement.'' It''s one way to address burnout—but it comes with risks
175. Applying a magnetic field to rod-like viruses induces them to form disks of tunable shape and size
176. Time-resolved photoluminescence unlocks nanoscale insights into surface-modified metal oxide semiconductors
177. City trees respond to higher temperatures differently than those in forests, potentially masking climate impacts
184. Simulation shows trawling and dredging impact the processes behind natural ocean alkalinity production
188. Machine learning model uses host characteristics and virus genetics to predict potential reservoirs
202. ''She loves me, she loves me not'': Physical forces encouraged evolution of multicellular life, scientists propose
208. Uganda''s lions in decline, hyenas thriving: New findings from country''s biggest ever carnivore count
209. Plant stomata pressure dynamics illuminated by laser-based method offer water efficiency insights
218. Palladium-liquid gallium catalyst transforms chemical manufacturing, boosting speed, safety and sustainability
222. Saturday Citations: When the universe was young and cute. Plus: Southern Ocean cooling trend explained
234. Safer seafood could be on the way—cell-cultivated fish offers hope for seafood allergy sufferers
237. Physicist revisits the computational limits of life and Schrödinger''s essential question in the era of quantum computing
246. How climate and barriers shape global patterns in seed plant distribution over millions of years
247. Cruciferous plants'' pungent defense mechanism: How repurposed stomatal genes also fend off herbivores
259. Scientists uncover how microswimmers move faster in groups, paving way for tiny drug-delivering robots
267. Fitting the ''missing puzzle pieces''—research sheds light on the deep history of social change in West Papua
270. After 7,000 years without light and oxygen in Baltic Sea mud, researchers bring prehistoric algae back to life
272. Experiment shows theory describing formation of interstellar benzene does not actually produce benzene
276. Hot wheels: Researcher cycles through Mississauga to map air temperature differences across the city
280. The first comprehensive characterization of unconventional superconductivity arising from multipolar moments
287. 19 New England sea turtles are back in the Atlantic Ocean off Florida after rehabbing in Missouri
288. Earth''s storage of water in soil, lakes and rivers is dwindling. And it''s especially bad for farming
290. Not just the Internet: Foresight uses fiber optics to detect structural damage after earthquakes
293. Research weighs question of how the US should engage with other countries when it comes to tariffs and trade
295. By 2100, more than 80% of amphibian species in and around the Pantanal in Paraguay projected to lose suitable habitat
297. Dirac''s Plate Trick, the Hairy Ball Theorem and more: Research probes physics of irregular objects on inclined planes