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Scientific American

Why replacing Anthropic at the Pentagon could take months [3d]
NASA changed an asteroid’s orbital path around the sun, a first for humankind [3d]
NASA must delay deorbiting the ISS, U.S. lawmakers say [3d]
A quirk of geology explains Iran's oil—and why it's stuck in the Persian Gulf [3d]
Mumps infections reveal that vaccine-preventable illnesses are resurging in the U.S. [3d]
People who know more about AI art find it less ethical [3d]
Rampant growth of satellite mega constellations could ruin the night sky [3d]
Is AI conscious? Michael Pollan weighs in on the debate [3d]
Michael Pollan explains why AI will never replicate human consciousness [3d]
Notorious asteroid 2024 YR4 won't crash into the moon after all [3d]

Quanta Magazine

New Strides Made on Deceptively Simple ‘Lonely Runner’ Problem [3d]

New Scientist

NASA changed an asteroid's orbit around the sun for the first time [3d]
Chemistry clues could detect aliens unlike any life on Earth [3d]
Inflammation might cause Alzheimer's – here's how to reduce it [3d]
The best new popular science books of March 2026 [3d]
Shift in the Gulf Stream could signal ocean current collapse [3d]
Earth is now heating up twice as fast as in previous decades [3d]
The secret to guessing more accurately with maths [3d]
Why Yuri Gagarin wasn’t the first in space – and who beat him to it [3d]

ScienceDaily

Tiny clump of moss helped solve a shocking cemetery crime [3d]
Boosting a key brain protein could help treat Rett syndrome [3d]
Scientists say most of what you do each day happens on autopilot [3d]
Koalas survived a devastating population crash and their DNA is bouncing back [3d]
Scientists discover tiny ocean fungus that kills toxic algae [3d]
Cannabis compounds CBD and CBG may help reverse fatty liver disease, study finds [3d]
Scientists discover the brain protein that drives cocaine relapse [3d]
Eating less protein may slow liver cancer growth, study finds [3d]
This ancient sea creature may already have had a brain [3d]
Astronomers discover giant cosmic sheet around the Milky Way [3d]
Electrons catapult across solar materials in just 18 femtoseconds [3d]
AI blood test finds silent liver disease years before symptoms [3d]

Phys

'Just-shoring' puts justice at the center of critical minerals policy [3d]
New study reveals differences between 'Demon Slayer' bamboo muzzle and actual bamboo [3d]
Overshoot reshapes climate strategies—but the path to net zero remains unchanged [3d]
Why being nice matters in a complex world [3d]
Salt may have pushed us further into Snowball Earth 700 million years ago [3d]
Stars like our sun may maintain the same rotation pattern for life, contrary to 45 years of theoretical predictions [3d]
Study finds water oversight failures at California dairies [3d]
Largest known Mesozoic crocodyliform egg clutch discovered in Brazil [3d]
What's inside neutron stars? New model could sharpen gravitational-wave 'tide' clues [3d]
Villages: An underestimated habitat with potential for pollinators [3d]
Material previously thought to be quantum is actually a new, non-quantum state of matter [3d]
Many scientists now use AI but fail to disclose it, study finds [3d]
Water-window X-rays without a synchrotron: How graphite flakes could shrink bioimaging tools [3d]
Large area MoS₂ reduces energy loss in magnetic memory films [3d]
Landowner trust and experience influence feral hog management, researchers find [3d]
Simultaneously decoding the transcriptome, epigenome and 3D genome within a single cell [3d]
Starting point for a COVID drug is the 5000th protein structure decoded at BESSY II [3d]
Can we observe Earth-like exoplanets from our own planet? [3d]
Methanol-tolerant microbial strain could make sustainable biomanufacturing more economically viable [3d]
A new 'molecular switch' for inborn immunity identified [3d]
Gravitational waves reveal hidden structure of galactic centers [3d]
Light-guided 'optovolution' evolves proteins that switch states on schedule [3d]
Recreating the forms and sounds of historical musical instruments [3d]
Satellite images uncover new threat to emperor penguins during their annual molt [3d]
Can we design sports shoes that don't squeak? Here's what the science says [3d]
Meet 'Tous'—an entirely new genus of mammal [3d]
NASA rules out asteroid smashup on the moon in 2032 [3d]
X-raying rocks reveals their carbon-storing capacity [3d]
Carbon emissions now more than double the planetary boundary, analysis finds [3d]
Data reveal a significant acceleration of global warming since 2015 [3d]
A superradiant clock phase emerges when Rydberg atoms meet quantum light, simulations suggest [3d]
Researchers thought inbred koalas were at risk of extinction—what they discovered upends genetic conventions [3d]
Artificial feeding platform transforms study of ticks and their diseases [3d]
The 'Great Texas Freeze' killed thousands of purple martins: Biologists worry recovery could take decades [3d]
Fluorescent imaging reveals how a global parasite develops, opening new paths for drug treatment [3d]

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