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• Air inside your home may be more polluted than outside due to everyday chemical products February 18, 2025
  Bringing aromas indoors with the help of chemical products -- yes, air fresheners, wax melts, floor cleaners, deodorants and others -- rapidly fills the air with nanoscale particles that are small enough to get deep into your lungs, engineers have found over a series of studies.
• Near-complete skull discovery reveals 'top apex', leopard-sized 'fearsome' carnivore February 17, 2025
  A rare discovery of a nearly complete skull in the Egyptian desert has led scientists to the 'dream' revelation of a new 30-million-year-old species of the ancient apex predatory carnivore, Hyaenodonta.
• Does planetary evolution favor human-like life? Study ups odds we're not alone February 15, 2025
  Humanity may not be extraordinary but rather the natural evolutionary outcome for our planet and likely others, according to a new model for how intelligent life developed on Earth.
• Marine mystery solved: How anemonefish avoid stings from their sea anemone hosts February 15, 2025
  The clownfish-anemone living arrangement is one of the most widely recognized examples of symbiosis. Researchers have made a breakthrough in understanding how anemonefish can live safely among sea anemones without being stung by their venomous tentacles, solving a century-long mystery. Scientists have discovered that anemonefish have evolved to maintain very low levels of sialic acid […]
• Deposits found on a nearby asteroid point to salty water in the outer Solar System February 14, 2025
  Asteroids that orbit close to the Earth inevitably cause us some anxiety due to the even remote possibility of a collision. But their proximity also offers ample opportunities to learn more about the universe. Ryugu, a 900-meter diameter asteroid in the Apollo belt, has recently proven useful in our search for signs of life's precursors […]