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The week in Science
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The week connected persistent ocean warming, an imminent 1.5°C breach, a strengthening El Niño, record European heat, and emergency drought in Puerto Rico. These developments show climate stress spreading across ecosystems, weather systems, public health, agriculture, and water supplies.
Melting Himalayas appeared alongside evidence that soot is accelerating glacier loss and satellite observations that detected a collapsing glacier-rock mass before a deadly flood. The focus shifted from long-term ice loss to hazards that may be monitorable and preventable in the near term.
Roman began a broad cosmic survey while detectors reported rare or unexplained signals in possible dark-matter regions. The search gained new avenues and anomalies, but none yet establishes a particle discovery.
Researchers directly observed an Asgard archaeon connected to a bacterium and exchanging compounds, providing evidence for a symbiosis that could resemble an early step toward complex cells. The finding supports a plausible evolutionary mechanism without proving that it reproduces the ancient transition.
Researchers showed that RNA polymerase can accurately read DNA with an expanded eight-letter alphabet. The result demonstrates transcription compatibility, while replication and broader cellular function remain unresolved.
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