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Monday, March 09, 2026 1:12 PM ET

Live Science - Weird

Wildfire season is shifting, but its new time windows vary across Canada and the US drought-prone West - By - Stephanie Pappas - published - 9 March 26 - New research finds that climate-driven shifts in wildfire seasons in North America are different depending on the ecosystem.

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World's smallest QR code can store data for thousands of years ‪-‬ but you need an electron microscope to see it - By - Fiona Jackson - published - 9 March 26 - Scientists created a tiny matrix that stores data by etching its grid into a thin ceramic film with a focused ion beam.

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Scientists tracked faint signals from the stars - and may have turned up hundreds of undiscovered planets - By - Abha Jain - published - 8 March 26 - A new study shows that stars with low magnetic activity are likely to support exoplanetary systems, making the hunt for these celestial objects less random.

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Enormous 3D map of the universe shows brilliant 'sea of light' near the cosmic dawn - By - Ivan Farkas - published - 7 March 26 - A unique technique allowed astronomers to see the early universe as a "sea of light" and explore the effects of gravity and dark energy on cosmic evolution.

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'The warming trend nearly doubled after 2014': The rate of global warming has accelerated more in the past decade than ever before - By - Pragathi Ravi - published - 7 March 26 - A new analysis finds that global warming has significantly accelerated since 2015, but not everyone agrees.

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Anthropic collides with the Pentagon over AI safety - here's everything you need to know - By - Deni Ellis Bechard - published - 7 March 26 - As Anthropic releases its most autonomous agents yet, a mounting clash with the military reveals the impossible choice between global scaling and a "safety first" ethos.

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Chinese EV maker claims it's engineered the world's first semi-solid-state EV battery with huge 620-mile range - By - Alan Bradley - published - 5 March 26 - The experimental manufacturing process could one day deliver a vehicle with a 1,000-plus mile range, researchers say.

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