Telescope Detects Water Signatures on a Distant Exoplanet

Astronomers analysing light filtered through a distant exoplanet's atmosphere have found clear signatures of water vapour, the strongest such.
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Regional Exchanges Court Small Company Listings

Regional stock exchanges are courting small company listings with lighter rules, local investor events and market makers paid to keep shares trading.
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Whale Songs Are Becoming a Measure of Ocean Health

Hydrophones moored across ocean basins are turning whale songs into a continuous measure of ocean health.
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Blockchain Traceability Finds a Real Job in Supply Chains

After years of pilots that went nowhere, blockchain-based traceability has found durable work in supply chains where provenance is legally or.
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Your Phone and Your Focus: What Attention Research Shows

Attention researchers have a sobering finding: a phone sitting face down on the desk can still reduce available focus, because part of the mind.
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Sleep Science: Why a Regular Wake Time Beats a Lie-In

Sleep scientists increasingly argue that when you wake matters as much as how long you sleep.
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Historic Synagogues Draw a New Wave of Heritage Visitors

Restored historic synagogues are welcoming record numbers of visitors, as heritage tourism and family history searches revive interest in old congregations.
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Community Food Banks Brace for a Busy Winter

Neighbourhood food banks are stocking shelves and recruiting volunteers as demand climbs toward what organisers expect to be a record winter.
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Quantum Networks Leave the Lab Bench and Enter the Real World

Quantum communication has lived for years in the laboratory: delicate experiments, carefully shielded from vibration and noise, that worked for an ...
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The Housing Shortage Is a Supply Problem With Local Answers

In city after city, the housing conversation returns to the same arithmetic: for years, the number of new homes has lagged behind the number of new...
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