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Genome sequencing is rewriting the history of disease outbreaks – but without social context, it can tell only part of the story -- Marc Zimmer, Connecticut College

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

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How AI can lead to false arrests and wrongful convictions -- Maria Lungu, University of Virginia and Steven L. Johnson, University of Virginia

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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 Technology

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Delta-8, delta-9, THCA? What sets the different THC forms available in regulated cannabis products apart -- Aaron W. Harrison, Trinity University

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Why did Tyrannosaurus rex have such short arms? -- Sarah Sheffield, Binghamton University, State University of New York

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Thoreau the scientist – how environmental research informed 'Walden' and later works -- Robert M. Thorson, University of Connecticut

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Conspiracy theorists are building AI interfaces to the Epstein files – and presenting their views as data analysis -- Matthew N. Hannah, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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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

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Seeing an eclipse from Earth is awe-inspiring – for astronauts seeing one from space, the scene was even more grand -- Deana L. Weibel, Grand Valley State University

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Potential signs of life on distant planets sound exciting – but confirmation can take years -- Olivia Harper Wilkins, Dickinson College

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Artemis II crew brought a human eye and storytelling vision to the photos they took on their mission -- Christye Sisson, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Artemis II crew used modern photography to tell the visual story of their lunar journey – and update some classic Apollo images -- Jennifer Levasseur, Smithsonian Institution

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Artemis II moonshot reflects a spacefaring vision present in Jules Verne's 19th-century novel -- Anastasia Klimchynskaya, Illinois Wesleyan University

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White House wants to vet powerful AI models for risks − a computer scientist explains why AI safety is so difficult -- Ahmed Hamza, University of Colorado Boulder

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Mythos AI is a cybersecurity threat, but it doesn't rewrite the rules of the game -- Mohammad Ahmad, West Virginia University

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AI data center boom is leaving consumer electronics short of chips − even though they don't use the same kinds -- Vidya Mani, University of Virginia; Cornell University

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Supreme Court considers whether police can use Big Tech data to capture info from all cellphone users in a place and time -- Anne Toomey McKenna, Penn State

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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 Institution

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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 at Urbana-Champaign

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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 University

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Umbilical cord blood may hold clues for a child's risk of developing Type 1 diabetes -- Angelica P. Ahrens, University of Florida; Eric W. Triplett, University of Florida, and Johnny Ludvigsson, Linköping University

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Placebo effect can work as well as real medicine – but your body may need permission to use it -- Phil Starks, Tufts University

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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 Science

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Using atomic nuclei could allow scientists to read time more precisely than ever – what this research could mean for future clocks -- Eric R. Hudson, University of California, Los Angeles and Andrei Derevianko, University of Nevada, Reno

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How does spider venom damage human cells? Researchers uncover the killer mechanism of recluse spider toxin -- Matthew Cordes, University of Arizona

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Photographic memory is a myth – here's what research really says about remembering -- Gabrielle Principe, College of Charleston

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Why do basketball players miss shots they've made a thousand times before? Neuroscience has an answer -- David Van den Heever, Mississippi State University

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Irrational decision or helpful evolutionary adaptation? A philosopher on the rationality wars behind 'nudge' policy -- Alejandro Hortal-Sánchez, Wake Forest University; University of North Carolina – Greensboro

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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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Why do you have to wear a helmet when you're skateboarding? -- Christian Franck, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Why is water wet? -- Yunyao Li, University of Texas at Arlington

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Is the science that we do today truth, likely to be a lie, or is it undetermined? -- Greg Eghigian, Penn State

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A massive eruption 74,000 years ago affected the whole planet – archaeologists use volcanic glass to figure out how people survived -- Jayde N. Hirniak, Arizona State University

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A quiet Alaska fault is missing the fluids scientists expected – and it's changing what we know about earthquake zones -- Yinchu Li, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Why are some people mosquito magnets and others unbothered? A medical entomologist points to metabolism, body odor and mindset -- Jonathan Day, University of Florida

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