Science
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How AI can lead to false arrests and wrongful convictions
In Baltimore on Oct. 20, 2025, a 17-year-old student named Taki Allen was sitting outside his high school after football…
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Delta‑8, delta‑9, THCA? What sets the different THC forms available in regulated cannabis products apart
Hemp products have exploded across the United States, even in the majority of states where recreational marijuana remains illegal. This…
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Why did Tyrannosaurus rex have such short arms?
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to…
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How Do Vaccines Work?
Imagine training your body’s army to defeat an enemy before the enemy ever shows up. That’s exactly what a vaccine…
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Why Do We Feel Weightless in Space?
Imagine letting go of a pen — and it just floats in mid-air. No string. No support. It simply hangs…
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Photographic memory is a myth – here’s what research really says about remembering
Hollywood loves a superpower. Not all involve capes or cosmic rays. Some are cognitive: characters who can remember everything. In…
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Galaxies of life are collecting dust in museums – digitizing microscope slides can uncover billions of fossils for natural history
Approximately 145 million: That’s the number of specimens – including plants, animals, minerals and human artifacts – curators estimate are…
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Why do you have to wear a helmet when you’re skateboarding?
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to…
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Mythos AI is a cybersecurity threat, but it doesn’t rewrite the rules of the game
The cybersecurity community went on alert when Anthropic announced on April 7, 2026, that its latest and most capable general-purpose…
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A quiet Alaska fault is missing the fluids scientists expected – and it’s changing what we know about earthquake zones
Not all earthquake faults behave the same. Some stick and snap, causing earthquakes. Others move slowly over time. For years,…
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Biological age tests reveal what slows or hastens aging – but they’re useful only for researchers, not consumers
Imagine receiving a test result that tells you your body is biologically five years older than your chronological age. You…
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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
Google tracks the vast majority of cellphones in the United States, collecting your location, usage and device data through installed…
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Seeing an eclipse from Earth is awe‑inspiring – for astronauts seeing one from space, the scene was even more grand
The astronauts on Artemis II’s trip to the Moon in April 2026 didn’t just have an amazing journey through space.…
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‘A study showed…’ isn’t enough – scientific knowledge builds incrementally as researchers investigate and revisit questions
Your goofy but lovable cousin just told you that you should stop eating eggs because he read somewhere that a…
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How much should politics influence science, and vice versa? National Science Board’s ousting resurrects an existential debate
“On behalf of President Donald J. Trump,” read 22 emails sent from the White House Presidential Personnel Office on Friday…
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