Science
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Mutual aid and self‑sufficiency are key to life near USSR’s contaminated nuclear test zone in Kazakhstan
About a year into my field research in Kazakhstan, I went to the city of Kurchatov, once the secret command…
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AI can design and run thousands of lab experiments without human hands. Humanity isn’t ready for the new risks this brings to biology
Artificial intelligence is rapidly learning to autonomously design and run biological experiments, but the systems intended to govern those capabilities…
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I found a new meteor shower, and it comes from an asteroid getting broken down by the Sun
Across the Earth, every night, thousands of automated stargazers are waiting to take pictures of shooting stars. I am one…
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Artemis II moonshot reflects a spacefaring vision present in Jules Verne’s 19th‑century novel
With the launch of NASA’s Artemis II mission on April 1, 2026, human beings have finally returned to the Moon…
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How Iranian hackers pose a threat to US critical infrastructure
Michigan may be more than 6,000 miles away from the war in Iran, but, virtually speaking, it’s well within striking…
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From Artemis II to ‘Project Hail Mary’, spaceflight captures audiences when it centers on people because human space travel is hazardous
The central premise of the blockbuster film “Project Hail Mary” is a long-shot mission with a familiar goal: Save humanity…
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‘Project Hail Mary’ demonstrates how intellectual humility can be a guiding force for scientists and astronauts
Early in Phil Lord and Christopher Miller’s science fiction blockbuster “Project Hail Mary,” middle school teacher Ryland Grace, played by…
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Why Iran targeted Amazon data centers and what that does – and doesn’t – change about warfare
Before dawn on March 1, 2026, Iranian Shahed drones struck two Amazon Web Services data centers in the United Arab…
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Astronaut Victor Glover is the latest in a long line of Black American explorers − including York, the enslaved man who played a key role in the Lewis and Clark expedition
In April 2026, four astronauts are scheduled to fly around the Moon. As part of NASA’s Artemis II mission, they…
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New study measures titanium in Apollo rock to uncover Moon’s early chemistry
The Earth and the Moon may look very different today, but they formed under similar conditions in space. In fact,…
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From ‘Project Hail Mary’ to Artemis II, spaceflight captures audiences when it centers on people because human space travel is hazardous
The central premise of the blockbuster film “Project Hail Mary” is a long-shot mission with a familiar goal: Save humanity…
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Ultralightweight sonar plus AI lets tiny drones navigate like bats
To help small aerial robots navigate in the dark and other low-visibility environments, my colleagues and I developed an ultrasound-based…
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NASA wants to build a base on the Moon by the 2030s – how and why it plans to build up to a long‑term lunar presence
The next U.S. trip to the Moon isn’t about planting a flag. It’s about learning how to live and work…
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Sex test used in IOC’s new transgender ban more likely to exclude from Olympics intersex women who were assigned female at birth
The International Olympic Committee announced a new policy on March 26, 2026, for women’s competitions: Every athlete must be tested…
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Panicking scientists, canceled experiments – federal funding cuts turned my work as a research dean into crisis management
Fielding frantic faculty emails and panicked texts was not how I had hoped my 2025 would begin. Little did I…
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