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What does it mean to 'control' for variables in a scientific study? A statistician explains - Mark Louie Ramos, Penn State

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An overlooked era of cosmology is stealing the show in the quest to understand the cosmos -- Cara Giovanetti, University of California, Berkeley

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Cholesterol control gets personalized – a cardiologist explains how new guidelines tailor treatment to your unique risk profile -- William Cornwell, University of Colorado Anschutz

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Finding homes for whales and dolphins when parks like Marineland Canada close isn't easy – a biologist explains why sea sanctuaries aren't the answer -- Jason Bruck, Stephen F. Austin State University

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The higher your body fat percentage, the less accurate your smartwatch is at measuring calories you burn when exercising – new study -- Jason Kostrna, Florida International University

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How to know if you can trust an AI's answer to your question -- Leo S. Lo, University of Virginia

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Your robotic vacuum is a witness: What home robots mean for evidence, privacy and the law -- Henry F. Fradella, Arizona State University; George Grispos, Arizona State University, and Jihun Joun, Arizona State University

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At an old steel site in Pittsburgh, bacteria evolved to survive – and eat – industrial pollution -- Catherine Armbruster, Carnegie Mellon University

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Is science journalism dying? Comparing a 'science crash' 40 years ago to today -- Bruce Lewenstein, Cornell University and Chris Mooney, University of Tennessee

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Why an overactive immune system attacks the bodies of people with lupus but still leaves them vulnerable to infection -- Andrew Monteith, University of Tennessee

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No, AI systems don't have a drive to survive – a developmental psychologist explains why it only looks that way -- Peter J. Marshall, Temple University

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Physicists zoom into the birth of cosmic rainstorms with new CERN study -- Jesse Liu, New York University

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NASA's Roman Space Telescope will use gravity as a magnifying glass to find distant planets -- Thomas Fauchez, American University

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Space weather can cause both beautiful auroras and infrastructure challenges – 5 essential reads on protecting life and technology -- Mary Magnuson, The Conversation

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'Star Trek' and NASA have intertwined legacies – the show championed diversity and inspired generations of real space scientists -- Deana L. Weibel, Grand Valley State University

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Trump is proposing a US Space Academy – if created, it could blur the lines between NASA and the military -- Wendy Whitman Cobb, Air University

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What the settlement left out: Meta can still collect data from kids -- Randolph A Robinson II, University of Illinois Chicago

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American women in communities with ample broadband access lose less time waiting for services, reducing time poverty -- Mattia Caldarulo, Rochester Institute of Technology; Andrea Hetling, Rutgers University, and Gregory Porumbescu, Rutgers University - Newark

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Essential digital technologies are critical infrastructure – they are not always built and managed that way -- Francine Berman, UMass Amherst

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Daejon Love case highlights online romance scams: Research reveals scammers' tactics – and how to defend against them -- Fangzhou Wang, University of Texas at Arlington

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Changes to Facebook and Instagram are key part of Meta's $17B settlement with the states over harm to teens -- Carolina Rossini, UMass Amherst

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Shingles can cause severe chronic pain – new research on how exosomes alter neurons offers pathways to treatment -- Andrew Bubak, University of Colorado Anschutz

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Learning without a brain – how bacteria store memories and remember the past like artificial neural networks -- Shiladitya Banerjee, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Tiny backpacks reveal the secret, sometimes circuitous migrations of small songbirds -- Stephanie Szarmach, Smithsonian Institution

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Compared to driving, flying is extraordinarily safe – but why doesn't it feel that way? -- Mihhail Berezovski, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and Alex Chaparro, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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Caterpillar twitches in an ultraquiet chamber are helping biologists understand how these insects hear without ears -- Aishwarya Sriram, Binghamton University, State University of New York; Carol Miles, Binghamton University, State University of New York; Ronald Miles, Binghamton University, State University of New York, and Sara Aghazadeh, Binghamton University, State University of New York

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Worms navigate narrow paths faster than wide ones – these findings could inform robot design -- K. R. Prathyusha, University of Colorado Boulder

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FDA approves breakthrough pancreatic cancer drug – an oncologist explains how daraxonrasib nearly doubles survival -- Christopher Lieu, University of Colorado Anschutz

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'Male' and 'female' plugs and connectors – gendered language for the ends of garden hoses, electrical cords and pipe fittings sparks debate -- Jo Mackiewicz, Iowa State University and Jordan Smith, University of Northern Colorado

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Why does your brain mix up memories? A new study examines how memories are misplaced in your brain's filing cabinets -- Ian McDonough, Binghamton University, State University of New York

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Your memories of how you heard about 9/11 may well be wrong – we've been asking the same people what they remember for 25 years -- Elizabeth A. Phelps, Harvard University and William Hirst, The New School

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Decades after 9/11, toxic dust and PTSD may be accelerating brain aging among first responders -- Roberto Lucchini, Florida International University

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I'm part of the team writing the next bible of psychiatry – for the first time, the DSM will use biology to understand mental disorders -- Anand Kumar, University of Illinois Chicago

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What happened at the end of the Revolutionary War? Here's how Americans set up a brand-new country once the fighting ended -- Sandra Slater, College of Charleston

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Why do I talk in my sleep? A sleep psychologist explains -- Michael R. Nadorff, Mississippi State University

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Do you need to worry about the Sun turning into a black hole? -- Anuradha Gupta, University of Mississippi

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What would you see if you had one eye on the back of your head and the other in the front? -- Abigail Witmer, The Ohio State University

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