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Earth-size stars and alien oceans – an astronomer explains the case for life around white dwarfs - Juliette Becker, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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When the government can see everything: How one company – Palantir – is mapping the nation's data -- Nicole M. Bennett, Indiana University

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Escaped slaves on St. Croix hid their settlements so well, they still haven't been found – archaeologists using new mapping technology are on the hunt -- Justin Dunnavant, University of California, Los Angeles

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The first stars may not have been as uniformly massive as astronomers thought -- Luke Keller, Ithaca College

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Chaos gardening – wild beauty, or just a mess? A sustainable landscape specialist explains the trend -- Deryn Davidson, Colorado State University

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Most air cleaning devices have not been tested on people − and little is known about their potential harms, new study finds -- Amiran Baduashvili, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and Lisa Bero, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

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AI is about to radically alter military command structures that haven't changed much since Napoleon's army -- Benjamin Jensen, American University School of International Service

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NASA wants to put a nuclear reactor on the Moon by 2030 – choosing where is tricky -- Clive Neal, University of Notre Dame

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Some pro athletes keep getting better as they age − neuroscience can explain how they stay sharp -- Fiddy Davis Jaihind Jothikaran, Hope College

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Do people dream in color or black and white? -- Kimberly Fenn, Michigan State University

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Genomics can help insect farmers avoid pitfalls of domestication -- Christine Picard, Indiana University and Hector Rosche-Flores, Indiana University

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NASA plans to build a nuclear reactor on the Moon – a space lawyer explains why, and what the law has to say -- Michelle L.D. Hanlon, University of Mississippi

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Meet 'lite intermediate black holes,' the supermassive black hole's smaller, much more mysterious cousin -- Bill Smith, Vanderbilt University; Karan Jani, Vanderbilt University, and Krystal Ruiz-Rocha, Vanderbilt University

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Water recycling is paramount for space stations and long-duration missions − an environmental engineer explains how the ISS does it -- Berrin Tansel, Florida International University

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Light pollution is encroaching on observatories around the globe – making it harder for astronomers to study the cosmos -- Richard Green, University of Arizona

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Older Americans are using AI − study shows how and what they think of it -- Robin Brewer, University of Michigan

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How poisoned data can trick AI − and how to stop it -- M. Hadi Amini, Florida International University and Ervin Moore, Florida International University

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Transgender, nonbinary and disabled people more likely to view AI negatively, study shows -- Oliver L. Haimson, University of Michigan

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How states are placing guardrails around AI in the absence of strong federal regulation -- Anjana Susarla, Michigan State University

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'AI veganism': Some people's issues with AI parallel vegans' concerns about diet -- David Joyner, Georgia Institute of Technology

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My research team used 18 years of sea wave records to learn how destructive 'rogue waves' form – here's what we found -- Francesco Fedele, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Moose have lived in Colorado for centuries – unpacking the evidence from history, archaeology and oral traditions -- William Taylor, University of Colorado Boulder; John Wendt, Oklahoma State University, and Joshua Miller, University of Cincinnati

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Iron nanoparticles can help treat contaminated water – our team of scientists created them out of expired supplements -- Ahmed Ibrahim Yunus, Georgia Institute of Technology and Joe Frank Bozeman III, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Quantum scheme protects videos from prying eyes and tampering -- Yashas Hariprasad, California State University, East Bay and S. S. Iyengar, Florida International University

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To better detect chemical weapons, materials scientists are exploring new technologies -- Olamilekan Joseph Ibukun, Washington University in St. Louis

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Imaginary athletes: Creating make-believe teammates, competitors and coaches during play -- Tracy Gleason, Wellesley College and Stephanie Madsen, McDaniel College

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Examining mushrooms under microscopes can help engineers design stronger materials -- Mohamed Khalil Elhachimi, Binghamton University, State University of New York

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Why it can be hard to warn people about dangers like floods – communication researchers explain the role of human behavior -- Keri K. Stephens, The University of Texas at Austin and Hamilton Bean, University of Colorado Denver

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Expansion of marriage rights to same-sex couples also expanded access to the psychological benefits that come with tying the knot -- Alana L. Riso, Binghamton University, State University of New York and Matthew D. Johnson, Binghamton University, State University of New York

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Your brain learns from rejection − here's how it becomes your compass for connection -- Begüm Babür, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

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Why is the object of golf to play as little golf as possible? -- Patrick Tutka, Purdue University

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If everyone in the world turned on the lights at the same time, what would happen? -- Harold Wallace, Smithsonian Institution

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