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NASA's crew capsule had heat shield issues during Artemis I − an aerospace expert on these critical spacecraft components - Marcos Fernandez Tous, University of North Dakota

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Blood tests are currently one-size-fits-all − machine learning can pinpoint what's truly 'normal' for each patient -- Brody H. Foy, University of Washington

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When AI goes shopping: AI agents promise to lighten your purchasing load − if they can earn your trust -- Tamilla Triantoro, Quinnipiac University

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Pearl Young, the first woman to work in a technical role at NASA, overcame barriers and 'raised hell' − her legacy continues today -- Caitlin Milera, University of North Dakota

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What is the universe expanding into if it's already infinite? -- Nicole Granucci, Quinnipiac University

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What does the NASA administrator do? The agency's leader reaches for the stars while navigating budgets and politics back on Earth -- Wendy Whitman Cobb, Air University

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Extraterrestrial life may look nothing like life on Earth − so astrobiologists are coming up with a framework to study how complex systems evolve -- Chris Impey, University of Arizona

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What is Salt Typhoon? A security expert explains the Chinese hackers and their attack on US telecommunications networks -- Richard Forno, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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Appeals court upholds TikTok ban: 5 essential reads on the case and its consequences -- Eric Smalley, The Conversation and Matt Williams, The Conversation

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Some black holes at the centers of galaxies have a buddy − but detecting these binary pairs isn't easy -- Marco Ajello, Clemson University and Jonathan Zrake, Clemson University

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NEOWISE, the NASA mission that cataloged objects around Earth for over a decade, has come to an end -- Toshi Hirabayashi, Georgia Institute of Technology and Yaeji Kim, University of Maryland

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As the Taurid meteor shower passes by Earth, pseudoscience rains down – and obscures a potential real threat from space -- Mark Boslough, University of New Mexico

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Jupiter's moons hide giant subsurface oceans − Europa Clipper is one of 2 missions on their way to see if these moons could support life -- Mike Sori, Purdue University

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Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is a Halloween visitor from the spooky Oort Cloud − the invisible bubble that's home to countless space objects -- James Wray, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Bluesky isn't the 'new Twitter,' but its resemblance to the old one is drawing millions of new users -- Casey Fiesler, University of Colorado Boulder

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How right-wing media is like improv theater -- Danielle Lee Tomson, University of Washington and Kate Starbird, University of Washington

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The apocalypse that wasn't: AI was everywhere in 2024's elections, but deepfakes and misinformation were only part of the picture -- Bruce Schneier, Harvard Kennedy School and Nathan Sanders, Harvard University

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AI harm is often behind the scenes and builds over time – a legal scholar explains how the law can adapt to respond -- Sylvia Lu, University of Michigan

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Rethinking screen time: A better understanding of what people do on their devices is key to digital well-being -- Rinanda Shaleha, Penn State

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Fossilized footprints reveal 2 extinct hominin species living side by side 1.5 million years ago -- Anna K. Behrensmeyer, Smithsonian Institution; Kevin Hatala, Chatham University, and Purity Kiura, National Museums of Kenya

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Tiny laboratories that fit in your hand can rapidly identify pathogens using electricity -- Blanca H. Lapizco-Encinas, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Opioid-free surgery treats pain at every physical and emotional level -- Heather Margonari, University of Pittsburgh; Jacques E. Chelly, University of Pittsburgh, and Shiv K. Goel, University of Pittsburgh

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Transplanting insulin-making cells to treat Type 1 diabetes is challenging − but stem cells offer a potential improvement -- Vinny Negi, University of Pittsburgh

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Get chronic UTIs? Future treatments may add more bacteria to your bladder to beat back harmful microbes -- Sarguru Subash, Texas A&M University

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Hundreds of 19th-century skulls collected in the name of medical science tell a story of who mattered and who didn't -- Pamela L. Geller, University of Miami

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Cells have more mini 'organs' than researchers thought − unbound by membranes, these rogue organelles challenge biology's fundamentals -- Allan Albig, Boise State University

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The 27 Club isn't true, but it is real − a sociologist explains why myths endure and how they shape reality -- Zackary Okun Dunivin, University of California, Davis

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Adults grow new brain cells – and these neurons are key to learning by listening -- Aswathy Ammothumkandy, University of Southern California; Charles Liu, University of Southern California, and Michael A. Bonaguidi, University of Southern California

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Music can change how you feel about the past -- Yiren Ren, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Gen Z heads home: How to navigate the evolving parent-child relationship as kids become adults -- Amy Root, West Virginia University

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An upward spiral – how small acts of kindness and connection really can change the world, according to psychology research -- Liza M. Hinchey, Wayne State University

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Do Mom and Dad really know what's best? A psychologist explains why kids see their parents as bossier than they are -- Annie Pezalla, Macalester College

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Is it possible to dig all the way through the Earth to the other side? -- Andrew Gase, Boise State University

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Why do I feel better when I wake myself up instead of relying on an alarm? A neurologist explains the science of a restful night's sleep -- Beth Ann Malow, Vanderbilt University

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Why does everything look flat even though the Earth is round? -- Kelly R. MacGregor, Macalester College

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