July 23, 2026

A male black-necked skunk carrying a tiny data logger on its back, at the Eckingerzand research site in the Netherlands, June 9, 2026. Photo: Richard Obles, University of Groningen

The gardens and the environment direct songbirds to their wintering site in Africa

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An experiment in which Dutch elk eggs were hatched and raised in Sweden showed that the site of the African outbreak was determined by a combination of heredity and developmental environment. The birds raised by foster parents reached an intermediate destination between the population
An illustration of the Earth, Moon, and Mars against a background of space, marking the development of technologies for future space missions.

NASA has selected 41 technology projects for future missions to the Moon and Mars

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37 American companies will gain access to NASA facilities, hardware, software and experts to advance energy systems, navigation, landing, spacecraft maintenance and protection from lunar dust – but without direct funding from the agency
Rare supporting cells in the inner ear of mice began to transform into sensory hair cells

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Europe warns: Trump's grant rules could isolate American science

Europe warns: Trump's grant rules could isolate American science

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OMB proposal gives political appointees more power in funding decisions, limits collaborations with countries designated as adversaries, and makes it harder to publish articles and attend conferences. European research organizations fear long-term harm to collaboration
Illustration of Prompt, the leading artificial intelligence system for content creation

The magic prompt

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Does the chatbots' response sound familiar to you? To get more out of the bots, you can phrase the instructions a little differently.
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