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Scientific American

New Research Shows How AI Could Transform Math, Physics, Cancer Research and More [63d]
Halted NIH Clinical Trials List Reveals Slashed Treatments for Cancer, COVID and Minority Health [63d]
Lost Planet Theia that Created the Moon Came From the Inner Solar System [63d]
CDC Vaccine Website Promotes Antiscience Claims of Autism Ties [63d]
These Are the Weird Life-forms That Can Survive in Space [63d]
When Susan Wojcicki Discovered She Had Lung Cancer, She Decided to Find Out Why [63d]
AI Uncovers Oldest-Ever Molecular Evidence of Photosynthesis [63d]
How Much Protein Do You Need? Experts Explain [63d]
Every AI Breakthrough Shifts the Goalposts of Artificial General Intelligence [63d]

Quanta Magazine

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New Scientist

Common type of inflammatory bowel disease linked to toxic bacteria [63d]
Moss spores survive and germinate after 283-day 'space walk' [63d]
Mouse 'midwives' help their pregnant companions give birth [63d]

ScienceDaily

New research uncovers hidden divide in West Coast killer whales [62d]
Scientists warn heatwaves will intensify for 1,000 years even after net zero [62d]

Phys

Elites wield huge influence over deepening polarization—now we can tell exactly how much [62d]
Is social media subjecting Black women to radicalized digital policing? [62d]
Ancient retrovirus structure reveals link to modern respiratory viruses [62d]
Can theater performance skills help teachers in the classroom? [62d]
How children learn to be good [62d]
Cloth diapers can inspire a feelgood factor that is the secret of long-term behavior change [63d]
New collection of bacteria-eating viruses to tackle hospital superbug [63d]
840 million women: The rate of violence against women has barely changed in 25 years [63d]
A new type of lion roar could help protect the iconic big cats [63d]
Mindfulness could help strengthen relationships [63d]
Mystery of how turtles read their magnetic map solved—they feel the magnetism [63d]
Want to make new friends? Take a lesson from these birds [63d]
Quantum calculations expose hidden chemistry of ice [63d]
Q&A: Euclid mission's quest to reveal hidden patterns of cosmic evolution [63d]
All flow directions scheme can boost weather forecast accuracy in complex terrain [63d]
Light-controlled embryos reveal power of mechanical forces in human development [63d]
Generative chatbots promise personalized education at scale but struggle with accuracy issues [63d]
Rethinking where language comes from: Framework reveals complex interplay of biology and culture [63d]
Theoretical framework for electrocatalysis expands clean energy production opportunities [63d]
Conductive hydrogel mimics brain softness for flexible bioelectronic devices [63d]
Cellular crowding in fruit fly embryos triggers a critical DNA reorganization, biologists find [63d]
Airborne sensors map ammonia plumes in California's Imperial Valley [63d]
Multicellular cyanobacteria switch gene activity between day and night cycles [63d]
Researchers uncover the source of widespread 'forever chemical' contamination in North Carolina [63d]
Understanding bacteria's role in transforming steroids to pharmaceuticals [63d]
Not just stomata: Hidden water regulation mechanism could help crops survive drought [63d]
Non-contact detection method to identify trace fentanyl [63d]
Experts urge canceling fossil fuel contracts to meet Paris climate goals [63d]
The cave of forgotten species [63d]
NASA's Roman could bring new waves of information on galaxy's stars [63d]
Watching gold's atomic structure change at 10 million times Earth's atmospheric pressure [63d]
Humans bring gender bias to their interactions with AI, finds study [63d]
Scientists map the hidden cellular 'postal codes' that shape every human face [63d]
Housing hardships during childhood may influence housing insecurity in young adults [63d]
Pain research reveals new detail of how synapses strengthen [63d]
Theia and Earth were neighbors, new research suggests [63d]
Hidden process behind 2025 Santorini earthquakes uncovered [63d]
Subverting plasmids to combat antibiotic resistance [63d]
Extinct rocket frog species identified from single 62-year-old museum specimen [63d]
From light to logic: First complete logic gate achieved in soft material using light alone [63d]
Back to the beach: Why did evolution return some animals to the water? [63d]
Isotope-based method can detect unknown selenium compounds [63d]
Bright squeezed vacuum reveals hidden quantum effects in strong-field physics [63d]
Climate change is now warming the deepest parts of the Arctic Ocean [63d]
As US government cuts weather forecasting, vulnerable places like Puerto Rico risk losing vital early warnings [63d]
Who wins and who loses as the US retires the penny [63d]
AI won't replace you, but it will redefine what makes you valuable at work [63d]
Study sheds new light on reaction dynamics of weakly bound nuclei [63d]
Metal-phase protection enables durable acidic CO₂ electroreduction to formic acid [63d]
Scientists map mitochondrial DNA and nuclear mitochondrial DNA segment landscape in Chinese population [63d]
Hormone-free plant regeneration method works for multiple crops [63d]
In pursuit of Bigfoot: The people searching for the truth behind the mystery [63d]
'Worms in space' experiment aims to investigate the biological effects of spaceflight [63d]
Why some farmers make use of EU biodiversity funding and others don't [63d]
Where pepper grows: A post-glacial history [63d]
How fish embryos first regulate their genes [63d]

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