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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 National Center for Atmospheric Research, or NCAR, hosts a supercomputer that scientists rely on for weather and climate research. National Science Foundation

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Making sense of a chaotic planet: How understanding weather and climate...

Staff Writer - February 25, 2026

Antonios Mamalakis, University of Virginia Have you ever stopped to wonder how forecasters can predict the weather days in...

Backcountry skiing can be risky, particularly after heavy, wet snow. AscentXmedia/E+ via Getty Images

Tahoe avalanche: What causes snow slopes to collapse? A physicist and...

February 19, 2026

Warmer winters in normally snowy places can interfere with the important activities of microbes in the soil. Seogi/500px via Getty Images

Warming winters are disrupting the hidden world of fungi – the...

February 17, 2026

Coffee farming is critical to the economies of several African countries. Wang Guansen/Xinhua via Getty Images

Coffee crops are dying from a fungus with species-jumping genes –...

February 17, 2026

Rising global temperatures are increasing the risk of heat stroke on hot days, among many other human harms. Ronda Churchill/AFP via Getty Images

Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the...

February 12, 2026