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Building data centers in space is an intriguing idea on paper, but major engineering challenges must be solved - Sven Bilén, Penn State and Wangda Zuo, Penn State

9 hours ago

Asteroid or comet? Meteor or meteorite? How to identify and classify the rocks you see streaking through the sky -- Adam Lark, Hamilton College

9 hours ago

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

9 hours ago

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

5 days ago

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

6 days ago

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

7 days ago

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

7 days ago

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

8 days ago

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1 year ago

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

9 days ago

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

15 days ago

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

19 days ago

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

21 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

26 days ago

More articles about space

1 year ago

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

14 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

16 days ago

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

20 days ago

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

21 days ago

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

22 days ago

More articles about artificial intelligence

1 year ago

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

9 days ago

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

13 days ago

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

13 days ago

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

15 days ago

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

19 days ago

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

28 days ago

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

29 days ago

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

1 month ago

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

12 days ago

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

19 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

28 days ago

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

1 month ago

More articles about psychology

1 year ago

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

9 days ago

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

13 days ago

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

26 days ago

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

30 days ago

More Curious Kids articles

1 year ago

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

2 days ago

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

2 days ago