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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 University4 hours 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 University4 hours ago
Could aliens ever visit Earth? An aerospace scientist unpacks the challenges of interstellar spaceflight -- Kai James, Georgia Institute of Technology2 days ago
Privacy isn't dead – it's just that tech companies have made it inconvenient -- Sandra Matz, Columbia University1 day ago
AI is replacing humans in responding to some surveys – but simulated opinions are not the same as public opinion -- Ambuj Tewari, University of Michigan2 days ago
Should AIs be required to report a human user contemplating violence? -- Anat Lior, Drexel University2 days ago
Your bank's AI just blocked your payment – what can you do? -- Pragati Awasthi, Drexel University3 days ago
How does your body lose weight? An obesity doctor explains why one size doesn't fit all in weight loss -- Kim Pfotenhauer, Michigan State University3 days ago
Today's bans on DIY repairs of everything from cell phones to tractors grew out of Hollywood's fear of videotaping -- Oana Godeanu-Kenworthy, Miami University7 days ago
How natural selection helps design antennas, cancer treatments and adhesives -- Owen D. Jones, Vanderbilt University3 days ago
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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 University7 days ago
Solar activity follows an 11-year cycle – here's how it controls eruptions and solar flares -- Yeimy J. Rivera, Smithsonian Institution8 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 University14 days ago
Astrophysicists use 'space archaeology' to trace the history of a spiral galaxy -- Lisa Kewley, Smithsonian Institution15 days ago
Falling space debris poses an escalating risk as spacecraft get stronger and more heat resistant -- Matthew Ray, University of Wisconsin-Stout and Reese Hufnagel, University of Wisconsin-Stout16 days ago
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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 Studies11 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 State10 days ago
You can persuade AI models to accept falsehoods as truth, study shows -- Ashique KhudaBukhsh, Rochester Institute of Technology14 days ago
Button-pushing explorers: How to grasp that AI agents can do amazing things while knowing nothing -- Ji Y. Son, California State University, Los Angeles and Alice Xu, University of California, Los Angeles16 days ago
How AI can lead to false arrests and wrongful convictions -- Maria Lungu, University of Virginia and Steven L. Johnson, University of Virginia17 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 Chicago9 days ago
How a shifting Nile landscape shaped the rise of the ancient empire of Kush in Sudan -- Geoff Emberling, University of Michigan10 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 State21 days ago
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 Institution24 days ago
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-Champaign16 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 University1 month ago
Placebo effect can work as well as real medicine – but your body may need permission to use it -- Phil Starks, Tufts University1 month ago
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 Science1 month 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 University9 days ago
You can change your emotions – but it's a 2-step process that takes some effort -- Christian Waugh, Wake Forest University17 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 Technology18 days ago
Photographic memory is a myth – here's what research really says about remembering -- Gabrielle Principe, College of Charleston23 days ago
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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 University7 days ago
What are those orange balls on some power lines? -- Rui Bo, Missouri University of Science and Technology11 days ago
Why did Tyrannosaurus rex have such short arms? -- Sarah Sheffield, Binghamton University, State University of New York18 days ago
Why do you have to wear a helmet when you're skateboarding? -- Christian Franck, University of Wisconsin-Madison25 days ago
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