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Scientists discover new jellyfish species in waters off Alicante in Spain

The Mediterranean Sea still holds species unknown to science. One of them is Copula lucentia, a tiny jellyfish measuring just a few millimeters. Discovered off El Campello, in Alicante, it was formally described in 2024 by a research team at the University of Alicante (UA) Marine Laboratory in Dénia, which forms part of the university's Ramón Margalef Multidisciplinary Institute for Environmental Research.

📅 2026-11-07 16:00:01 • Phys.org

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Heavy rain can more than double glacier speeds in Alaska

Glaciers are often thought of as unyielding blocks of ice that slowly carve out the landscape as they move downhill by gravity. But sometimes their slow crawl becomes a surge that sees them move orders of magnitude faster than their usual speed.

📅 2026-11-07 15:40:05 • Phys.org

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The introduction of a medieval public health system exposed the population to roundworm

Medieval health and sanitation efforts involved deliberate interventions; however, some of these measures had the opposite effect, leading to an increased spread of disease in Trondheim.

📅 2026-11-07 14:30:01 • Phys.org

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Theory predicting an older universe without dark matter or dark energy passes key cosmological tests

An alternative model in which the universe is 26.7 billion years old and needs neither dark matter nor dark energy has held up against several major cosmology tests, according to a new University of Ottawa study. The research, titled "A Big Bang Nucleosynthesis Consistency Test of the CCC+TL Cosmology," is published in the journal Universe.

📅 2026-11-07 14:00:02 • Phys.org

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Why treating soil acidity crop by crop is no longer enough for prairie farmers

To protect their future harvests, Western Canadian farmers need to manage soil acidity across their entire multiyear rotation rather than crop by crop, long-term research from the University of Alberta suggests.

📅 2026-11-07 13:00:01 • Phys.org

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Earth's rocks have a missing layer spanning up to a billion years. Scientists finally know what happened to it

The 'Great Unconformity' has puzzled scientists since its discovery in the 1870s

📅 2026-11-07 13:00:00 • Scientific American

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The mathematical trick that explains how to find a needle in a haystack

We asked a statistics expert how difficult it would be to find a needle in a haystack—the answer is: just as hard as you think

📅 2026-11-07 12:00:00 • Scientific American

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Diwali celebrations coincide with worsening air. Here's how to stay safer

For people across South Asia, especially in northern India, Diwali celebrations coincide with the return of hazardous winter air, raising concerns about how to celebrate safely.

📅 2026-11-07 11:40:01 • Phys.org

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Nothing can be fully transparent, physicists discover

Quantum researchers show how materials inevitably absorb light

📅 2026-11-07 11:30:00 • Scientific American

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Polar vortex faltering weeks earlier than ever recorded

Meteorologists said Friday they were observing an unprecedented early disruption of the polar vortex, raising the risk of cold snaps across the Northern Hemisphere, though there remains significant uncertainty.

📅 2026-11-07 11:20:04 • Phys.org

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Pakistani astronaut to board Shenzhou 24 and become the first foreigner on China's space station

A Pakistani astronaut will join the crew of China's Shenzhou 24 spacecraft on a mission that would make him the first foreign national to board Beijing's space station, state media reported Saturday.

📅 2026-11-07 11:20:01 • Phys.org

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Scientists discovered an unknown baby right whale off Canada. They say it's a cause for joy

It would seem difficult to miss a 15,000-pound (6,804-kilogram) baby, but for months scientists who study rare whales did just that, and now they couldn't be happier.

📅 2026-11-07 11:04:43 • Phys.org

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