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Why can't people regenerate limbs like salamanders? Junsu Kang, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Hunter-gatherer societies are often put on a pedestal as paragons of equality – but the reality is more complicated -- Duncan Stibbard Hawkes, Baylor University and Christopher von Rueden, University of Richmond

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How pond algae led to a Nobel prize and a new way to study the brain -- Robert Lucas, University of Manchester

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Physicists who uncovered the first particle accelerator were honored with a Nobel Prize 75 years ago – their work shaped physics, medicine and even art research -- Artemis Spyrou, Michigan State University and Andrea Richard, Ohio University

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Dozens of men failed to stop an alleged gang rape at Cornell – here's the misperception that keeps bystanders from intervening and how to short-circuit it -- Catherine A. Sanderson, Amherst College

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Florida's limited ban on Flock cameras only scratches the surface of widespread surveillance concerns -- Abigail Hall, University of Tampa

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Too many males to choose from can overwhelm female frogs – and change who gets to mate -- Claire Therese Hemingway, University of Tennessee; Smithsonian Institution

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100 years ago, Schrödinger's equation shed light on quantum physics – scientists use it today to fine-tune chemical reactions -- Sophya Garashchuk, University of South Carolina

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Want to use AI to improve your work? Have it disagree with you -- Monideepa Tarafdar, UMass Amherst

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The 'WarGames' problem: Computer science has long understood what it takes to keep AI under control -- Deven Desai, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Starship's first orbital flight put its heat shield to the test – how it fares could determine if SpaceX's vision is possible -- Sven Bilén, 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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Physicists zoom into the birth of cosmic rainstorms with new CERN study -- Jesse Liu, New York University

21 days ago

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

20 days ago

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

26 days ago

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As AI political deepfakes go viral, lawmakers struggle to keep up – 2 states' laws show limits of what they can do -- Stefani Langehennig, University of Denver

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Trump frames unregulated AI as a way to keep ahead of China – but in fact, it harms US national security -- Stephen Collins, Kennesaw State 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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What the settlement left out: Meta can still collect data from kids -- Randolph A Robinson II, University of Illinois Chicago

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Hibernating bacteria can invade hospitals and survive outer space – but their high energy bill is a weakness that scientists can strike -- Canan Karakoç, Georgia Institute of Technology

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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

20 days ago

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

21 days ago

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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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

20 days ago

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 was the original first-person shooter? Two largely forgotten computer games from the 1970s ushered in the genre -- Mark J. P. Wolf, Concordia University Wisconsin

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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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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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