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Could dinosaurs still exist somewhere in the world? A paleontologist explains
The extinction event that killed the dinosaurs, 66 million years ago. Mark Stevenson/UIG via Getty ImagesCurious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert...
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Mammary glands in a dish − what miniature organs reveal about evolution,...
This is an image of a rabbit mammary gland organoid. Organoids are made of stem cells pushed to become specific types of organ cells.Rauner Lab/Tufts University, CC BY-NDAll mammals have mammary glands...
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SpaceX’s Elon Musk endorsed Donald Trump for president – what this could mean...
Elon Musk's ties with Donald Trump could affect how the former president would approach U.S. space policy. Saul Martinez via Getty ImagesElon Musk officially endorsed Donald Trump for president of the...
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Fluid keeps your brain from crushing itself and shields your spine from shock...
Your brain produces around a pint of cerebrospinal fluid each day.Archibald Church, Diseases of the nervous system (1908)/Internet Archive via FlickrCerebrospinal fluid, or CSF, is a clear, colorless...
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Offensive names dot the American street map − a new app provides a way to...
Clear County, Colo., had three roads using the word 'sq—' until May 2024, when officials renamed them.Tom Hellauer/Denver GazetteThe racially motivated tragedy in Charleston, South Carolina, in 2015,...
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Wildfires can create their own weather, including thunderstorms and...
A large pyrocumulus cloud forms over a wildfire near Redding, Calif., in 2018. Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty ImagesWildfire blowups, fire whirls, towering thunderstorms: When fires get large and hot...
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Real-time crime centers are transforming policing – a criminologist explains...
A bank of video monitors allows the police department in Albuquerque, N.M., to keep an eye on surveillance cameras throughout the city.AP Photo/Susan Montoya BryanIn 2021, a driver in Albuquerque, New...
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What is mpox? A microbiologist explains what’s known about this smallpox cousin
Mpox causes lesions that resemble pus-filled blisters, which eventually scab over.CDC/Getty ImagesOn Aug. 14, 2024, the World Health Organization declared mpox a public health emergency of...
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Complicated app settings are a threat to user privacy
It's not you: App privacy settings really can be complicated.Drazen Zigic/iStock via Getty ImagesDefault privacy settings in popular mobile apps seem like a convenience, allowing you to use a single...
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Editing fetal genomes is on the horizon − a medical anthropologist explains...
The development of gene-editing technology has led to many ethical questions. PhonlamaiPhoto/iStock via Getty Images PlusWith their primary goal to advance scientific knowledge, most scientists are not...
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Banana apocalypse, part 2 – a genomicist explains the tricky genetics of the...
_Fusarium oxysporum_ spores can remain hardy in soil for decades.Andrii Volosheniuk/iStock via Getty Images PlusDid you know that the bananas you eat today are not the same type as the ones people were...
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Astronomers have warned against colonial practices in the space industry − a...
Considering regulation for the space industry now could prevent the proliferation of colonial practices later. gremlin/iStock via Getty Images PlusThe past decade has seen a rapid expansion of the...
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The mystic and the mathematician: What the towering 20th-century thinkers...
André Weil (left, in 1956) and Simone Weil (in 1922) were siblings who became prominent in mathematics and philosophy, respectively.Konrad Jacobs (right) and Anonymous (left) via Wikimedia Commons, CC...
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Squid have tiny teeth in their suckers − scientists could use their unique...
An electron-microscopy image of the teeth inside a squid sucker.Abdon Pena-FranceschWhen you think of a fearsome, sharp-toothed predator, a squid probably isn’t the first animal that comes to mind. But...
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Space missions are getting more complex − lessons from Amazon and FedEx can...
As companies develop satellite constellations as shown in this illustration, they'll need to repair satellites in orbit. NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/P. Marenfeld, CC BY-NDMost space mission systems historically...
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China leans into using AI − even as the US leads in developing it
The Chinese government has made extensive use of existing AI technologies, including for surveillance.Peter Parks/AFP via Getty ImagesIn the competitive arena of global technology, China’s ambitions in...
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Thwaites Glacier won’t collapse like dominoes as feared, study finds, but...
The calving front of Thwaites' ice shelf. The blue area is light reflecting off ice below the water.James Yungel/NASA IcebridgeAntarctica’s Thwaites Glacier got its nickname the “Doomsday Glacier” for...
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From thoughts to words: How AI deciphers neural signals to help a man with...
Casey Harrell, who has ALS, works with a brain-computer interface to turn his thoughts into words.Nicholas CardBrain-computer interfaces are a groundbreaking technology that can help paralyzed people...
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What links aging and disease? A growing body of research says it’s a faulty...
Aging is inevitable, but there are some ways to slow down decline.Dimitri Otis/Stone via Getty ImagesAging is a biological process that no one can avoid. Ideally, growing old should be a time to relax...
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The Polaris Dawn mission to Earth’s orbit will test SpaceX’s capabilities for...
SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission aims to test newly designed spacesuits. SpaceX, CC BY-NC-NDSpaceX’s upcoming Polaris Dawn mission aims to be historic in more ways than one. Polaris Dawn plans to not only...
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