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How AI English and human English differ – and how to decide when to use artificial language -- Laura Aull, University of Michigan

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Hundreds of hungry mosquitoes, a student volunteer and a mesh suit helped us figure out how these deadly insects reach their targets -- David Hu, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Gender conformity starts young – and boys and girls fall in line in different ways -- Adam Stanaland, University of Richmond and Andrea Vial, New York University Abu Dhabi

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With Artemis II facing delays, NASA announces big structural changes to the lunar program -- Marcos Fernandez Tous, University of North Dakota

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Constant technology changes throw seniors a curve – and add to caregivers' load -- Debaleena Chattopadhyay, University of Illinois Chicago

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Will AI accelerate or undermine the way humans have always innovated? -- R. Alexander Bentley, University of Tennessee

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AI doesn't 'see' the way that you do, and that could be a problem when it categorizes objects and scenes -- Arryn Robbins, University of Richmond; Eben W. Daggett, New Mexico State University, and Michael Hout, New Mexico State University

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Fat cells burn energy to make heat – making them the next frontier of weight loss therapies -- Claudio Villanueva, University of California, Los Angeles

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I study why zebrafish larva prefer to circle left or right, to understand how and why human brains encode right- and left-handedness -- Eric Horstick, West Virginia University

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Making good choices when life gets messy – practical wisdom relies on human judgment, not rules -- Tim Hulsey, University of Tennessee

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