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5 Highlanders receive 2026 NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

Five UC Riverside Highlanders have been selected for the 2026 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program, or NSF GRFP.
By Malinn Loeung |

Birds clap in the dark to flirt

In northern Argentina, one bird courts romance by snapping its wrists together, producing a sound scientists have puzzled over for decades. Now, researchers have captured the behavior in detail, revealing how scissor-tailed nightjars create one of the most curious sounds in the avian world.
By Jules Bernstein |
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