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AI is here – and everywhere: 3 AI researchers look to the challenges ahead in...
AI has arrived. How will it change society in the year ahead?Pavel_Chag/iStock via Getty Images2023 was an inflection point in the evolution of artificial intelligence and its role in society. The year...
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Radiation therapy takes advantage of cancer's poor DNA repair abilities – an...
Advances in radiotherapy involve combining new technologies with clinical expertise. Kateryna Kon/Science Photo Library via Getty ImagesNearly half of all cancer patients undergo radiation therapy as...
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Drugs of the future will be easier and faster to make, thanks to mRNA – after...
Two hurdles mRNA drugs face are a short half-life and impurities that trigger immune responses.BlackJack3D/iStock via Getty Images PlusVaccines have been reliably and affordably protecting people from...
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Focus on right now, not the distant future, to stay motivated and on track to...
The fresh flavors taste good now – a here-and-now reward that's more motivating than potentially avoiding health problems in the future.kajakiki/E+ via Getty ImagesIt’s a familiar start-of-the-year...
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Jan. 6 was an example of networked incitement − a media and disinformation...
Social media and cellphones connected President Trump to the Jan. 6 insurrectionists.Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty ImagesThe shocking events of Jan. 6, 2021, signaled a major break from the...
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What happens to the ocean if we take out all the fish? A marine ecologist...
Fish swim in a reef at Pearl and Hermes Atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.AP Photo/Jacob Asher 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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Rabies is an ancient, unpredictable and potentially fatal disease − two...
Rabies virus (red) has an incubation period that can last from days to months.NIAID/Flickr, CC BYA feral kitten in Omaha, Nebraska, tested positive for rabies in November 2023. It died of the raccoon...
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I set out to investigate where silky sharks travel − and by chance documented...
Rather than a tracking tag telling scientists where this shark traveled, its violent removal let them observe an unexpected regeneration process.Josh Schellenberg, CC BY-NDI made an accidental and...
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Why don't fruit bats get diabetes? New understanding of how they've adapted...
Fruit bats have honed their sweet tooth through adaptive evolution.Keith Rose/iStock via Getty Images PlusPeople around the world eat too much sugar. When the body is unable to process sugar...
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Cannabis products may harbor fungal toxins harmful to human health, but...
The potential health benefits of cannabis are appreciable only when its products are safe to consume.Krit of Studio OMG/Moment via Getty ImagesHemp and cannabis host many fungi inside and outside the...
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Earth isn't the only planet with seasons, but they can look wildly different...
Nearby planets can affect how one planet 'wobbles' on its spin axis, which contributes to seasons. Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library via Getty ImagesSpring, summer, fall and winter – the seasons on...
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Otters, beavers and other semiaquatic mammals keep clean underwater, thanks...
Otters and other semiaquatic mammals can keep clean even in dirty water. AP Photo/Kirsty WigglesworthUnderwater surfaces can get grimy as they accumulate dirt, algae and bacteria, a process scientists...
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Tahoe avalanche: What causes seemingly safe snow slopes to collapse? A...
A skier at Palisades Tahoe, home of the 1960 Winter Olympics and site of a small but deadly avalanche in 2024.AP Photo/Rich PedroncelliAn avalanche swept up skiers at Lake Tahoe’s largest ski resort on...
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Tahoe avalanches: What causes innocent-looking snow slopes to collapse? A...
A skier at Palisades Tahoe, home of the 1960 Winter Olympics and site of a small but deadly avalanche in 2024.AP Photo/Rich PedroncelliAn avalanche swept up skiers at Lake Tahoe’s largest ski resort on...
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I wrote a play for children about integrating the arts into STEM fields −...
Scenes from 'The STEAM Plays,' performed in Michigan schools. Thalia LaraOften, science and art are described as starkly different things. That narrative can start early on, with kids encouraged to...
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Data brokers know everything about you – what FTC case against ad tech giant...
The data collectors see all.DrAfter123/DigitalVision Vectors via Getty ImagesKochava, the self-proclaimed industry leader in mobile app data analytics, is locked in a legal battle with the Federal...
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What if every germ hit you at the exact same time? An immunologist explains
Your immune system encounters a legion of potential pathogens every day.Klaus Vedfelt/DigitalVision via Getty ImagesCurious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like...
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Your fingerprint is actually 3D − research into holograms could improve...
Fingerprints have been used as unique identifiers for decades. AP Photo/Patrick SemanskyWhen you use your fingerprint to unlock your smartphone, your phone is looking at a two-dimensional pattern to...
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Your body already has a built-in weight loss system that works like Wegovy,...
Weight loss pills aren't a replacement for a healthy diet and lifestyle.JW LTD/Stone via Getty ImagesWegovy, Ozempic and Mounjaro are weight loss and diabetes drugs that have made quite a splash in...
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Congress is failing to deliver on its promise of billions more in research...
Federal funding was essential to the development of the COVID-19 vaccine.AP Photo/Vincent ThianThe battle to keep the government open may feel just like the crisis of the day. But these fights pose...
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