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AI literacy is a lot more than simply knowing how to prompt an AI chatbot. DNY59/E+ via Getty Images

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AI literacy: What it is, what it isn’t, who needs it and why it’s hard to define

Staff Writer - June 12, 2025

A worker deices an airplane at the airport in Brussels. AP Photo/Virginia Mayo

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The science behind airplane deicing – a mechanical engineer explains how chemistry and physics make flying a more uplifting experience

The lunar south pole’s terrain is rugged, and it can reach extreme temperatures. Michael Karrer/Flickr, CC BY-NC

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Astronauts on NASA’s Artemis mission to the Moon will need better boots − here’s why

As this illustration of the Apollo VIII command module reentering Earth shows, heat shields protect the crew capsule from high temperatures. NASA Johnson Space Center

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NASA’s crew capsule had heat shield issues during Artemis I − an aerospace expert on these critical spacecraft components

Protein molecules can have complicated structures that dictate their functions. Christoph Burgstedt/Science Photo Library via Getty Images

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Machine learning cracked the protein-folding problem and won the 2024 Nobel Prize in chemistry

Keith Krach with his hands up at the Perdue Commencement

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Krach Delivers Powerful Purdue Commencement Address with Proof of Equation: Transformation...

Staff Writer - January 14, 2022

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Purdue Forms World’s First Institute for Tech Diplomacy Through Transformation and...

Staff Writer - January 14, 2022

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Protecting the American Investor by Championing Human Rights

Michael Mink - January 18, 2021

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The Catalyst for Stronger US-Taiwan Ties

Michael Mink - January 2, 2021

The Clean Network, an alliance of democracies to address the threats to data privacy, security, human rights, and trusted collaboration

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How the Clean Network Alliance of Democracies Turned the Tide on...

Michael Mink - December 2, 2020

EXPLORING NATURE

The Democratic Republic of Congo is scaling up health operations to contain the Ebola epidemic. Michel Lunanga/Getty Images

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What’s wrong with how US and Uganda plan to stop Ebola spreading

Staff Writer - May 30, 2026

Katrine L. Wallace, University of Illinois Chicago As public health workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo work to...

When you experience something that can’t easily be explained, do you think of the supernatural? Zeferli/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Is my brain wired to never see a ghost? A psychologist...

May 28, 2026

But women continue to die from causes related to pregnancy and childbirth until one year after birth. Goodboy Picture Company/E+ Collection via Getty Images

Nearly half of maternal deaths in Pennsylvania occur more than 6...

May 27, 2026

Across the U.S., people are calling for companies to pay for the damage they have done to the environment. Alex Kent/AFP via Getty Images

The US Constitution and laws do not protect oil companies from...

May 24, 2026

This device measures acceleration and rotation by shining lasers into small clouds of rubidium atoms. Sandia National Laboratories

Quantum sensors use atoms, electrons and light as ultra‑steady rulers –...

May 20, 2026