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K'gari's iconic lakes have existed for tens of thousands of years--but they haven't always been full. New research shows that about 7,500 years ago, during a time of high rainfall, several of the island's deepest lakes mysteriously vanished. ...

Even in the ultra-dry Atacama Desert, tiny soil-dwelling nematodes are thriving in surprising diversity. Scientists found that biodiversity increases with moisture and altitude shapes which species survive. In the most extreme zones, many nematodes . ...

For the first time ever, scientists have uncovered a vast field of tektites in Brazil -- mysterious glassy fragments forged when a powerful extraterrestrial object slammed into Earth about 6.3 million years ago. Named "geraisites" after Minas Gerais, ...

Scientists in Brazil have transformed cocoa waste into a functional chocolate-infused honey packed with antioxidants and natural stimulants. Using ultrasound waves, they enhanced honey's ability to pull beneficial compounds from cocoa shells--no ...

Jupiter's icy moons may have been seeded with the chemical ingredients for life from the very beginning. An international team of scientists modeled how complex organic molecules--essential building blocks for biology--could have formed in the ...

Scientists have built a massive cellular atlas showing how aging reshapes the body across 21 organs. Studying nearly 7 million cells, they found that aging starts earlier than expected and unfolds in a coordinated way throughout the body. About a ...

A popular climate theory suggested that melting Antarctic glaciers would release iron into the ocean, sparking algae blooms that pull carbon dioxide from the air. New field data from West Antarctica reveal that meltwater provides far less iron than . ...

Sponges may be ancient, but their timeline has been murky. New research suggests the earliest sponges were soft and skeleton-free, explaining why their fossils don't appear until much later. By analyzing hundreds of genes and modeling how skeletons . ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising new way that giant embryonic cells divide--without relying on the classic "purse-string" ring long thought essential for splitting a cell in two. Studying zebrafish embryos, researchers found that instead of ...

Drug-resistant bacteria are becoming harder to treat, pushing scientists to look for new antibiotic targets. Researchers have now discovered that several unrelated viruses disable a key bacterial protein called MurJ, which is essential for building . ...