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Briefing: What primate faces reveal about empathy: Humans mirror emotions across species

Strategic angle: Humans perceive emotional expressions displayed by non-human primates and spontaneously mimic these expressions, according to a study published in PLOS One.

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Briefing: Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Fatal Police Shootings Vary by State

Strategic angle: A new analysis reveals significant variations in racial and ethnic disparities in fatal police shootings across different U.S. states.

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Briefing: News media representations contribute to stigma around childlessness, study finds

Strategic angle: The news media shapes reproductive narratives, framing childlessness as a threat to national interests and cultural norms.

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Briefing: Still standing but mostly dead: Recovery of dying coral reef in Moorea stalls

Strategic angle: A marine heat wave in 2019 devastated coral populations in Moorea, and recovery efforts are currently stalled.

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Briefing: Biodegradable nanoparticles can seek and destroy diseased immune cells

Strategic angle: Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists have developed nanoparticles that educate the immune system to target disease-causing cells.

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Briefing: Flying 2,000 km to find a mate—meet Australia's most determined seabirds

Strategic angle: New genetic testing reveals the extraordinary lengths Queensland seabirds travel to find love.

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Briefing: Astronomers Capture Birth of a Magnetar, Confirming Link to Some of Universe's Brightest Exploding Stars

Strategic angle: For the first time, astronomers have observed the birth of a magnetar, shedding light on its role as the power source behind some of the cosmos' most luminous explosions.

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Briefing: 'Stealth' DNA circles safely insert gene-sized payloads into the genome

Strategic angle: New genome editing technology offers a promising approach to treat genetic disorders by accurately delivering gene-sized payloads.

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Briefing: Telescopes Team Up for New View of Cat’s Eye Nebula

Strategic angle: A stunning collaboration between ESA’s Euclid and NASA’s Hubble reveals the intricate beauty of the Cat’s Eye Nebula.

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Briefing: Ancient Filipino skeleton reveals a rare hip condition further complicated by scurvy

Strategic angle: New findings highlight the prevalence of scurvy in ancient Asia-Pacific populations.

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Briefing: Study captures single polymer segments sticking and slipping on surfaces

Strategic angle: Kyushu University researchers have directly observed how individual polymers behave when in contact with solid surfaces.

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Briefing: Scalable quantum batteries can charge faster than their classical counterparts

Strategic angle: Researchers have developed advanced quantum batteries that outperform traditional battery technologies in charging speed.

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Briefing: Telesat expands Canadian landing station footprint for Lightspeed

Strategic angle: Telesat has gained access to more land across Canada to set up landing stations ahead of plans to deploy pathfinders for its Lightspeed broadband constellation in December.

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Briefing: California communities' recovery time between wildfire smoke events is shrinking

Strategic angle: A study reveals that increasing wildfire intensity is impacting public health in California.

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Briefing: DNA Barcoding Unveils Targeting Efficiency of Gene-Therapy Nanoparticles

Strategic angle: A groundbreaking study enhances drug delivery methods for genetic therapies using DNA barcoding techniques.

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Briefing: Watching quantum behavior in action: MagnetoARPES reveals time-reversal symmetry breaking in a kagome superconductor

Strategic angle: Rice University researchers uncover new insights into superconductors using advanced quantum techniques.

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Briefing: A massive asteroid hit the North Sea and triggered a 330-foot tsunami

Strategic angle: Scientists confirm the Silverpit Crater was formed by a 160-meter asteroid impact 43–46 million years ago.

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Briefing: Curiosity Blog, Sols 4825-4831: Exploring the Borderlands

Strategic angle: Curiosity is in the last stage of its exploration of the spiderweb-like boxwork unit.

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Briefing: A Most Unusual Lake

Strategic angle: Lake Unter-See in Antarctica, sealed beneath thick ice, contains unusually high levels of dissolved oxygen and cone-shaped microbial reefs resembling some of Earth’s oldest fossils.

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Briefing: Anduril to acquire space-tracking firm ExoAnalytic Solutions

Strategic angle: Deal adds ground-based telescope network and space surveillance data to defense tech company’s expanding space business.

editorial-staff Mar 11