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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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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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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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From oversight to coercion: How authoritarian governments are twisting AI safety to get tech companies to fall in line -- Michael Gregory, Clemson University

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

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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

4 days ago

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

5 days ago

Dr. ChatGPT is getting remarkably good at diagnosing health problems - but actual doctors are still better at weighing treatment options -- Andrew Parsons, University of Virginia

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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

8 days ago

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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

8 days ago

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

10 days ago

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

15 days ago

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

16 days ago

Will future missions to the Moon be sustainable? It may depend on whom you ask -- Marco A. Janssen, Arizona State University; Afreen Siddiqi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and Parvathy Prem, Johns Hopkins University

22 days ago

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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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Dark patterns on the web are designed to manipulate you – why aren't they all illegal? -- Gregory M. Dickinson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Institute for Humane Studies

19 days ago

AI interviewers can't connect with people the way human researchers can – they can produce only data, not meaning -- Kelley Cotter, Penn State; Ankolika De, Penn State, and Priya C. Kumar, Penn State

18 days ago

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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

17 days ago

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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Biological age tests reveal what slows or hastens aging – but they're useful only for researchers, not consumers -- Idan Shalev, Penn State and Abner Apsley, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

25 days ago

Tapping your genome with AI and quantum computing could deliver on the promise of personalized medicine – but practical and ethical hurdles remain -- Gary Skuse, Rochester Institute of Technology and Sherry Dadgar, George Washington University

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Placebo effect can work as well as real medicine – but your body may need permission to use it -- Phil Starks, Tufts University

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It's a myth that baby boys are less social than girls – a new look at decades of research shows all babies are born to connect -- Lise Eliot, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science

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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

8 days ago

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

17 days ago

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

25 days ago

How does your brain decide between the road not taken or the same old route? Resolving conflicting memories is key to navigation -- Paulina Maxim, Georgia Institute of Technology

26 days ago

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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

15 days ago

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

19 days ago

Why did Tyrannosaurus rex have such short arms? -- Sarah Sheffield, Binghamton University, State University of New York

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