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Sonic booms from meteors can release the energy of hundreds of tons of TNT – here's how they work - Shawn Laatsch, University of Maine

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Who was the first transgender person? -- Ky Merkley, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Nick Winters, Northwestern University

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Killing cancer requires immune cells to infiltrate tumors' hostile microenvironment – sugar shields can help them break in -- Charles J. Dimitroff, Florida International University and Lee Seng Lau, Florida International University

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Trump's AI security order acknowledges risks but stops short of regulating industry -- Anjana Susarla, Michigan State University

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Drone use poised to soar as FAA homes in on rule change allowing pilots to fly them out of sight -- Agamemnon Crassidis, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Glucosamine supplements may speed memory loss from Alzheimer's, new research shows -- Ramon Sun, University of Florida

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Butter or margarine? A food scientist describes their subtle chemical deviations and how they can affect your baked goods -- Rosemary Trout, Drexel University

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Kids learn to bully from adults' threats, manipulation and criticism – a child psychologist explains how parents can model better tactics -- Angela J. Narayan, University of Denver

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Upcoming telescopes could shed light on dark matter – astronomers are looking for these 'fingerprints' of the elusive substance -- Marco Ajello, Clemson University and Christopher Karwin, Clemson University

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Methane rocket fuel is easier to handle and convenient but, as Blue Origin saw, it can be very explosive -- Ryan C. Fortenberry, University of Mississippi

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HIV enters the brain and doesn't leave – paradoxically, drugs intended to reduce brain inflammation increase virus levels -- Smita S. Iyer, University of Pittsburgh

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Blue Origin rocket exploded on launchpad, throwing the future of NASA's Artemis program into question -- Wendy Whitman Cobb, Air University

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Scientists used a method from ecology to identify whether icy moons could hold conditions for life -- Gideon Yoffe, Weizmann Institute of Science

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Could aliens ever visit Earth? An aerospace scientist unpacks the challenges of interstellar spaceflight -- Kai James, Georgia Institute of Technology

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SpaceX is poised to go public and test the latest version of its massive Starship rocket amidst criticism about its environmental impact -- Scott Solomon, Rice University

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Solar activity follows an 11-year cycle – here's how it controls eruptions and solar flares -- Yeimy J. Rivera, Smithsonian Institution

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Powerful AI is making facial recognition better at identifying you -- Vijayan Asari, University of Dayton

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Your phone screen doesn't have the same color range as the human eye – and AI widens the gap between digital images and the real thing -- Douglas Goodwin, University of California, Los Angeles; California Institute of the Arts

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Privacy isn't dead – it's just that tech companies have made it inconvenient -- Sandra Matz, Columbia University

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AI is replacing humans in responding to some surveys – but simulated opinions are not the same as public opinion -- Ambuj Tewari, University of Michigan

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Should AIs be required to report a human user contemplating violence? -- Anat Lior, Drexel University

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Fossil fishes buried in the desert reveal a missing chapter in marine history -- Sanaa El-Sayed, University of Michigan

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We analyzed paper money printed by Ben Franklin to uncover his anti‑counterfeiting techniques and materials innovations -- Khachatur Manukyan, University of Notre Dame

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Breakthrough drug nearly doubles survival with advanced pancreatic cancer – an oncologist explains how daraxonrasib overcame an 'undruggable' disease -- Christopher Lieu, University of Colorado Anschutz

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PFAS leave fingerprints in your blood – researchers are figuring out how forever chemicals transform in your body to read these clues -- Carrie McDonough, Carnegie Mellon University

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Self-censorship, more stress, tougher recruiting – we asked US researchers how the Trump administration's science policies have affected them -- Eric Welch, Arizona State University and Timothy P. Johnson, University of Illinois Chicago

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How a shifting Nile landscape shaped the rise of the ancient empire of Kush in Sudan -- Geoff Emberling, University of Michigan

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Teens aren't as disengaged as you may think: What adults get wrong about adolescents' civic contributions -- Kimia Shirzad, Penn State and Jen Agans, Penn State

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Galaxies of life are collecting dust in museums – digitizing microscope slides can uncover billions of fossils for natural history -- Ingrid C. Romero, Smithsonian Institution and Scott L. Wing, Smithsonian Institution

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Eroding a virtue: AI trains people to expect instant answers – and that's bad news for patience -- Christian B. Miller, Wake Forest University

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Is my brain wired to never see a ghost? A psychologist on three factors that make a paranormal experience more likely -- Melissa Maffeo, Wake Forest University

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How you map numbers in your mind isn't universal, even among people who read the same language -- Olga Lazareva, Drake University and Reggie Gazes, Bucknell University

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You can change your emotions – but it's a 2-step process that takes some effort -- Christian Waugh, Wake Forest University

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Can kids go to prison? A legal expert explains how young people can be tried and sentenced as adults -- Jay Blitzman, Northeastern University

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What happens to debt when someone dies? -- James Malm, College of Charleston

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Why are buttons and zippers on different sides of men's and women's clothes? -- JuYoung Lee, Mississippi State University and Caroline Kobia, Mississippi State University

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What are those orange balls on some power lines? -- Rui Bo, Missouri University of Science and Technology

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