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  • How infighting led the Maya civilization to catastrophic collapse

    How infighting led the Maya civilization to catastrophic collapse0

    The Four Heavens: A New History of the Ancient Maya David Stuart Princeton Univ. Press (2026) Before the 1970s, ancient Maya history was impenetrable. The civilization’s grand ceremonial buildings and striking art, created in parts of Mesoamerica during the Classic Maya period (ad 150–900) had tantalized foreign visitors since the arrival of Spanish conquistadors in

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  • How fertilizer shortages caused by the energy crisis threaten food security

    How fertilizer shortages caused by the energy crisis threaten food security0

    Since March, war in the Middle East has disrupted global fertilizer markets. Urea prices jumped by nearly 46% in a month, as geopolitical and energy shocks hit nitrogen supply chains1. The disruptions caused by blocked maritime bottlenecks, including the Strait of Hormuz, limiting tanker movements and flows of oil and liquefied natural gas, underscore the

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  • How Diabetes Affects Fertility: Insights for Better Health

    How Diabetes Affects Fertility: Insights for Better Health0

    Diabetes is a health condition that affects millions of people worldwide, with approximately 38.4 million people in the United States alone living with the disease as of 2021. This metabolic disorder occurs when blood glucose levels are consistently too high due to insufficient insulin production or the body’s inability to use insulin effectively. Given its

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  • How bioRxiv changed the way biologists share ideas – in numbers

    How bioRxiv changed the way biologists share ideas – in numbers0

    Neuroscience is the most represented field on the life-sciences preprint server bioRxiv.Credit: TEK Image/Science Photo Library A comprehensive analysis of submissions to the preprint server bioRxiv has revealed a steady growth in the number of scientists uploading their findings to the platform — while neuroscientists have cemented their place as its the top users. In

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  • How big is Big G? Mystery deepens after ten-year effort to measure gravity’s strength

    How big is Big G? Mystery deepens after ten-year effort to measure gravity’s strength0

    Stephan Schlamminger (left) and colleague Vincent Lee with the equipment used to measure big G.Credit: R. Eskalis/NIST The value of the constant that describes the gravitational pull between objects, Big G, continues to baffle scientists. A decade-long replication experiment1 that involved moving equipment across the Atlantic has resulted in a number that disagrees with previous

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  • How AI is about to transform the C-suite for small businesses

    How AI is about to transform the C-suite for small businesses0

    Good morning. Mastercard is betting the next wave of AI won’t just analyze transactions — it will help run companies. The payments giant is building what it calls a “Virtual C-Suite,” a group of AI agents designed to give small businesses the kind of financial and operational insights typically reserved for large corporations. The first

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