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Phys.org / Giant kangaroos survived until 6,500 years ago on the New Guinea coast

Roughly 50,000 years ago, a kangaroo unlike any alive today lived in the mountain rainforests of New Guinea.

Jul 10, 2026
Phys.org / China takes a page from SpaceX and recaptures the first stage of a rocket to reuse it

China successfully recaptured the first stage of a rocket after a launch on Friday in a breakthrough for the country's space program, state media said.

Jul 10, 2026
Phys.org / Ancient DNA challenges family assumptions in medieval Scandinavian graves

When archaeologists find adults and children buried together in medieval graves, it is often assumed that they were members of the same family. A new study from Stockholm University in Science Advances suggests otherwise.

Jul 10, 2026
Phys.org / Children back group claims over evidence, but privacy reduces bias, experiments reveal

As we move closer to Election Day 2026, voting preferences are moving back into focus—and with them, analyses of what drives partisanship at the polls. However, less frequently asked is when Americans show evidence of partisan ...

Jul 10, 2026
Phys.org / Could exoplanets locked in eternal day and endless night support life?

Ever so slightly bigger than Earth, the exoplanet LHS 3844b orbits its parent star, LHS 3844, a red dwarf 48.5 light-years from our solar system. Its rotational speed mirrors its orbital speed. The result? One side of LHS ...

Jul 10, 2026
Phys.org / Moderate warming rewires one-third of microalga's genes, study finds

Researchers have demonstrated for the first time that the microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii alters the activity of about one-third of its protein-coding genes in response even to moderate temperature changes. The study, ...

Jul 10, 2026
Phys.org / Researchers link the mass extinction of once-dominant marine groups to intolerable heat, diminished oxygen in oceans

A new Stanford-led study offers the clearest picture yet of how some ocean life survived our planet's biggest mass extinction while most animals did not. About 252 million years ago, 96% of marine species and 70% of land ...

Jul 10, 2026
Phys.org / New test certifies quantum measurements that simpler methods cannot mimic

Proving that one quantum measurement is more powerful than another has long been difficult. Physicists from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Lund University and the University of Innsbruck have now developed and demonstrated ...

Jul 10, 2026
Phys.org / NASA space telescope maps magnetic fields of 'Lighthouse' pulsar

For the first time, scientists have used NASA's IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) to directly measure the magnetic fields of PSR J1101−6101, a pulsar located within what is often referred to as the Lighthouse Nebula. ...

Jul 10, 2026
Phys.org / Does multitasking ability really differ by sex? Not in the way you'd think

Research simulates real-life multitasking performance to assess potential differences between men and women. When coordinating five different tasks, men ignored the conversational task more than twice as often as women, while ...

Jul 10, 2026
Phys.org / Visible light triggers three-step cascade to make 3D drug-like molecules

A team led by chemist Frank Glorius, a professor at the Institute of Organic Chemistry at the University of Münster, has developed a new light-driven reaction sequence. In this triple catalysis, one reaction step triggers ...

Jul 10, 2026
Phys.org / New 3D COF structure could help tune porous materials for batteries and cleanup

A research team synthesized and determined the structure of a borate-linked 3D crystalline covalent organic framework, TCTP-COF, via electron diffraction for the first time. These findings will help scientists determine the ...

Jul 10, 2026