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![[Science] Forest Lizards Gained About 2°C of Heat Tolerance in a Decade](https://www.xsciens.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/anole-heat-featured.png)
[Science] Forest Lizards Gained About 2°C of Heat Tolerance in a Decade
Lizards living deep in Caribbean forests can now tolerate about 2°C more heat than their counterparts a decade ago, while species that can step into cooler spots barely changed. The contrast, reported by a Yale-led team in PNAS, suggests that an animal’s habitat and its ability to regulate body temperature through behavior may influence how quickly its heat tolerance changes in a warming world. 原論文情報 / Original Paper Title: “Thermal ecology drives alternate responses to rising temperatures in Caribbean anoles” Authors: Saúl F. Domínguez-Guerrero et al. Journal: Proceedings of the…
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![[Economy] The 2026 Economics Nobel — How Expectations Shape Recession Policy](https://www.xsciens.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/hero-1.png)
[Economy] The 2026 Economics Nobel — How Expectations Shape Recession Policy
On October 12, 2026, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences to Robert E. Hall of Stanford University and Michael Woodford of Columbia University, splitting the 12-million-krona prize between them. Their prize-winning idea sounds…
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![[Science] Why Letting AI Help Can Erode Your Grit, Berkeley Study Finds](https://www.xsciens.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/hero.png)
[Science] Why Letting AI Help Can Erode Your Grit, Berkeley Study Finds
A chatbot that hands you the answer can make a hard problem feel easy — until the chatbot is gone. A new study from researchers at five universities found that people who solved problems with an AI assistant performed worse…
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![[Science] Earth’s Climate Indicators Hit Record Extremes in 2026 as Warming Speeds Up](https://www.xsciens.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/featured_climate_vitalsigns.png)
[Science] Earth’s Climate Indicators Hit Record Extremes in 2026 as Warming Speeds Up
A new annual climate report finds that seven of Earth’s sixteen tracked climate indicators, including ocean heat, sea level, and ice loss, have reached record extremes in 2026. Just as notable, the authors estimate that the rate of global surface…
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![[Science] A Retinal Chip Restores Reading Vision in Macular Degeneration — Gains Hold 3 Years Later](https://www.xsciens.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/intro_illustration-1.png)
[Science] A Retinal Chip Restores Reading Vision in Macular Degeneration — Gains Hold 3 Years Later
A chip about the size of a pinhead, implanted beneath the retina, is still giving some people with an advanced, largely untreatable form of vision loss enough artificial central vision to read letters and words three years after surgery. New…
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![[Science] A ‘DNA Typewriter’ Maps How One Cell Becomes a Mouse — Clues to Birth Defects, Cancer](https://www.xsciens.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/hero_dna_typewriter.png)
[Science] A ‘DNA Typewriter’ Maps How One Cell Becomes a Mouse — Clues to Birth Defects, Cancer
Every mammal begins life as a single fertilized egg. Through repeated divisions and a long sequence of developmental decisions, that one cell gives rise to the many specialized cells that build an animal’s body. Reconstructing exactly how those cells are…
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AI Summaries Can Distort Human Memory — A Warning for Police and Witnesses
You watch a short video of a car approaching an intersection, notice the traffic sign, and see it strike a pedestrian. The next day, you read an AI-generated summary of that video, one that happens to get the sign wrong.…
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![[Science] A Sulfur Crystal Turns Sunlight Into Hydrogen — A Step Toward Cheaper Fuel](https://www.xsciens.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/lead_illustration.png)
[Science] A Sulfur Crystal Turns Sunlight Into Hydrogen — A Step Toward Cheaper Fuel
Chemists at Oregon State University have built a new crystalline material that uses sunlight to produce hydrogen from water, without bolting on a separate, expensive metal catalyst to make the reaction run. The work, published in the Journal of the…
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![[Science] MIND Diet Linked to Years of Slower Brain Aging, 12-Year Study Finds](https://www.xsciens.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/mind_diet_chart.png)
[Science] MIND Diet Linked to Years of Slower Brain Aging, 12-Year Study Finds
A diet designed around brain health may actually be protecting it. A 12-year study of nearly 1,650 American adults found that people who more closely followed the MIND diet — a hybrid of the Mediterranean and DASH diets — showed…
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[Economy] Engineers Who Skip the Patent System Are Leaving Pay and Credit on the Table: A Practical Guide
Do you think of patents as “the IP department’s job” or “something for patent attorneys”? In reality, an engineer who doesn’t understand the patent system can end up missing out on compensation and career credit they’re legally entitled to —…