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US intelligence report on UFOs: No aliens, but government transparency and...
The new government report describes 144 sightings of unidentified aerial phenomena.U.S. NavyOn June 25, 2021, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence released a much-anticipated report on...
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An expert on search and rescue robots explains the technologies used in...
A drone flies above search and rescue personnel at the site of the Champlain Towers South Condo building collapse in Surfside, Florida.AP Photo/Wilfredo LeeTexas A&M’s Robin Murphy has deployed...
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Benjamin Franklin's fight against a deadly virus: Colonial America was...
As a printer's apprentice in 1721, Franklin had a front-row seat to the controversy around a new prevention technique.ClassicStock/Archive Photos via Getty ImagesExactly 300 years ago, in 1721,...
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New York City or Los Angeles? Where you live says a lot about what and when...
Tweeting from NYC? There's a good chance you're talking about art. LA? More likely health care.Times Square: farmboyted/Flickr, Sunset Boulevard: Doug Kerr/Flickr, CC BY-NCThe Big Apple versus The Big...
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US Black and Latino communities often have low vaccination rates – but...
With many vaccine-eligible people in the U.S. staying away, some vaccine sites have no lines. Mario Tama/Getty ImagesBy early July 2021, nearly two-thirds of all U.S. residents 12 years and older had...
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It's not just bad behavior – why social media design makes it hard to have...
Technology can trip people up on the road to finding common ground.Johanna Svennberg/iStock via Getty ImagesGood-faith disagreements are a normal part of society and building strong relationships. Yet...
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From flying boats to secret Soviet weapons to alien visitors – a brief...
The worldwide fascination with UFOs started in the late 1940s after a few incidents made the news in the U.S. David Zaitz/The Image Bank via Getty ImagesOn June 25, 2021, the U.S. government released a...
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What's a suborbital flight? An aerospace engineer explains
Virgin Galactic's Unity VSS spacecraft went on a suborbital test flight in May 2021.VIrgin Galactic, CC BY“Suborbital” is a term you’ll be hearing a lot as Sir Richard Branson flies aboard Virgin...
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Ancient shark teeth lost in Antarctica millions of years ago recorded Earth's...
Sharks' teeth carry clues about the oceans they swam in.Christina Spence MorganTens of million years ago, sand tiger sharks hunted in the waters off the Antarctic Peninsula, gliding over a thriving...
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Sharks that hunted near Antarctica millions of years ago recorded Earth's...
Sharks' teeth carry clues about the oceans they swam in.Christina Spence MorganTens of million years ago, sand tiger sharks hunted in the waters off the Antarctic Peninsula, gliding over a thriving...
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John Glenn’s fan mail shows many girls dreamed of the stars – but sexism in...
Glenn, in the NASA mailroom, received letters from fans of all ages.John Glenn Archives, The Ohio State University, CC BY-NDPioneering spacefarer John Herschel Glenn Jr. would have turned 100 on July...
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Mixed-ancestry genetic research shows a bit of Native American DNA could...
Alzheimer's, like many diseases, has a genetic component. Tek Images/Science Photo Library via Getty ImagesSince the human genome was first mapped, scientists have discovered hundreds of genes...
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We work with dangerous pathogens in a downtown Boston biocontainment lab –...
Security precautions, thoughtful facilities design, careful training and safe lab practices help keep pathogens isolated.Boston University Photography, CC BY-NDMicrobiologist Ronald Corley has gone to...
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Teens with secure family relationships 'pay it forward' with empathy for friends
Adolescence is a key stage of development for the growth of empathy.Tim Robberts/Stone via Getty ImagesThe Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.The big ideaTeens with more...
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Emmy Noether faced sexism and Nazism – 100 years later her contributions to...
Emmy Noether made significant contributions to theoretical mathematics. Konrad Jacobs, Erlangen/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SAWhen Albert Einstein wrote an obituary for Emmy Noether in 1935, he described...
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Kids aren't just littler adults – here's why they need their own clinical...
The freedom of going mask-free is still a ways off for kids under age 12. Juan Monino/E+ via Getty ImagesNow that two-thirds of all adults in the United States have received at least one dose of a...
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Are there any planets outside of our solar system?
Artist illustration of an exoplanet. dottedhippo/iStock via Getty ImagesCurious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to...
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World's coral scientists warn action is needed now to save even a few reefs...
Corals are made of hundreds to thousands of tiny living polyps.Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans FoundationThe Chagos Archipelago is one of the most remote, seemingly idyllic places on Earth....
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Low- and middle-income countries lack access to big data analysis – here's...
Statistical infrastructure can help improve everything from health care to politics. Andriy Onufriyenko/Moment via Getty ImagesThe ability to collect and learn from large amounts of data has been a...
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Coral reef scientists raise alarm as climate change decimates ocean...
Corals are made of hundreds to thousands of tiny living polyps.Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans FoundationThe Chagos Archipelago is one of the most remote, seemingly idyllic places on Earth....
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