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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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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 University3 hours ago
AI and 3D printing help researchers create heat- and pressure-resistant materials for aerospace and defense applications -- Houlong Zhuang, Arizona State University and Vitor Rielli, UNSW Sydney3 hours ago
Are heroes born or made? Role models and training can prepare ordinary people to take heroic action -- Catherine A. Sanderson, Amherst College1 day ago
A Plan B for space? On the risks of concentrating national space power in private hands -- Svetla Ben-Itzhak, Johns Hopkins University1 day ago
What are HeLa cells? A cancer biologist explains -- Ivan Martinez, West Virginia University1 day ago
Nanoparticles and artificial intelligence can help researchers detect pollutants in water, soil and blood -- Andres B. Sanchez Alvarado, Rice University5 days ago
Will AI accelerate or undermine the way humans have always innovated? -- R. Alexander Bentley, University of Tennessee5 days ago
Tiny recording backpacks reveal bats' surprising hunting strategy -- Leonie Baier, Naturalis Biodiversity Center2 days ago
Why does pain last longer for women? Immune cells may be the culprit -- Geoffroy Laumet, Michigan State University8 days ago
'Probably' doesn't mean the same thing to your AI as it does to you -- Mayank Kejriwal, University of Southern California8 days ago
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Living in space can change where your brain sits in your skull – new research -- Rachael Seidler, University of Florida and Tianyi (Erik) Wang, University of Florida20 days ago
NASA's Artemis II plans to send a crew around the Moon to test equipment and lay the groundwork for a future landing -- Margaret Landis, Arizona State University1 month ago
NASA's Artemis II crewed mission to the Moon shows how US space strategy has changed since Apollo – and contrasts with China's closed program -- Michelle L.D. Hanlon, University of Mississippi1 month ago
From a new flagship space telescope to lunar exploration, global cooperation – and competition – will make 2026 an exciting year for space -- Grant Tremblay, Smithsonian Institution1 month ago
Rural areas have darker skies but fewer resources for students interested in astronomy – telescopes in schools can help -- Emma Marcucci, Smithsonian Institution1 month ago
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Algorithms that customize marketing to your phone could also influence your views on warfare -- Justin Pelletier, Rochester Institute of Technology8 days ago
Swarms of AI bots can sway people's beliefs – threatening democracy -- Filippo Menczer, Indiana University20 days ago
Fears about TikTok's policy changes point to a deeper problem in the tech industry -- Casey Fiesler, University of Colorado Boulder25 days ago
AI-generated text is overwhelming institutions – setting off a no-win 'arms race' with AI detectors -- Bruce Schneier, Harvard Kennedy School and Nathan Sanders, Harvard University27 days ago
Law that built the internet turns 30 – a legal expert explains what would happen if efforts to repeal Section 230 succeed -- Daryl Lim, Penn State1 month ago
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1 PROTEIN TO RULE THEM ALL – WHY CROWNING THE PROTEIN THAT MAKES JELLYFISH GLOW GREEN AS A MODEL CAN HELP SCIENTISTS STREAMLINE BIOLOGY -- Marc Zimmer, Connecticut College8 days ago
Picky eating starts in the womb – a nutritional neuroscientist explains how to expand your child's palate -- Kathleen Keller, Penn State9 days ago
Coffee crops are dying from a fungus with species-jumping genes – researchers are 'resurrecting' their genomes to understand how and why -- Lily Peck, University of California, Los Angeles15 days ago
3D scanning and shape analysis help archaeologists connect objects across space and time to recover their lost histories -- Carlo Rindi Nuzzolo, University of California, Los Angeles19 days ago
Infusing asphalt with plastic could help roads last longer and resist cracking under heat -- Md S Hossain, University of Texas at Arlington23 days ago
Overactive immune cells can worsen heart failure – targeting them could offer new treatments -- Shyam Bansal, Penn State27 days ago
'Inoculation' helps people spot political deepfakes, study finds -- Bingbing Zhang, University of Iowa27 days ago
Aerial lidar mapping can reveal archaeological sites while overlooking Indigenous peoples and their knowledge -- Christopher Hernandez, Loyola University Chicago1 month ago
Hesitation is costly in sports but essential to life – neuroscientists identified its brain circuitry -- Eric Yttri, Carnegie Mellon University19 days ago
A human tendency to value expertise, not just sheer power, explains how some social hierarchies form -- Thomas Morgan, Arizona State University1 month ago
Certain brain injuries may be linked to violent crime – identifying them could help reveal how people make moral choices -- Christopher M. Filley, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus; Isaiah Kletenik, Harvard University, and Patricia Churchland, University of California, San Diego1 month ago
Can shoes alter your mind? What neuroscience says about foot sensation and focus -- Atom Sarkar, Drexel University1 month ago
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Why are so many statues naked? An art historian explains this tradition's ancient roots -- Anna Swartwood House, University of South Carolina2 days ago
What is Bluetooth and how does it work? -- Shreyas Sen, Purdue University9 days ago
How do people know their interests? The shortest player in the NBA shows how self-belief matters more than biology -- Greg Edwards, Missouri University of Science and Technology15 days ago
How do scientists hunt for dark matter? A physicist explains why the mysterious substance is so hard to find -- David Joffe, Kennesaw State University23 days ago
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