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Portland cement, widely used for concrete, is responsible for about 8% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Photovs/iStock/Getty Images Plus

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Polymers from earth can make cement more climate-friendly

Staff Writer - February 12, 2026

Generative AI is enabling people to swamp all manner of institutions with documents, forms and messages. sekulicn/E+ via Getty Images

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AI-generated text is overwhelming institutions – setting off a no-win ‘arms race’ with AI detectors

AI is making it hard for the music industry to embrace innovation while keeping it real. elenabs/iStock via Getty Images

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Grammys’ AI rules aim to keep music human, but large gray area leaves questions about authenticity and authorship

As part of the Artemis II mission, humans will fly around the Moon for the first time in decades. Roberto Moiola/Sysaworld via Getty Images

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NASA’s Artemis II crewed mission to the Moon shows how US space strategy has changed since Apollo – and contrasts with China’s closed program

Many workers feel helpless – and anticipate widespread economic displacement – as companies scramble to incorporate AI into their business models. imagedepotpro/iStock via Getty Images

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Feeling unprepared for the AI boom? You’re not alone

Caveat emptor. Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images

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$2B Counter-Strike 2 crash exposes a legal black hole: Your digital...

Staff Writer - November 21, 2025

These faces are fake – generated by artificial intelligence – but useful for training other AI systems about human faces. David Beniaguev

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When fake data is a good thing – how synthetic data...

Staff Writer - November 18, 2025

A wider look at ethical questions around generative AI brings in much more than academic integrity. Huaxia Zhou via Getty Images

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Student cheating dominates talk of generative AI in higher ed, but...

Staff Writer - November 17, 2025

The icon has various iterations, but all convey the same meaning: an image should be here. Christopher Schaberg, CC BY-SA

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Why two tiny mountain peaks became one of the internet’s most...

Staff Writer - November 15, 2025

Closely examining the claims companies make about a product can help you separate hype from reality. Flavio Coelho/Moment via Getty Images

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New technologies like AI come with big claims – borrowing the...

Staff Writer - November 12, 2025

Being able to follow and contribute to a live group conversation is the gold standard of language learning. Zinkevych/iStock via Getty Images

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What AI earbuds can’t replace: The value of learning another language

Staff Writer - November 10, 2025

People feeling that their data is being collected at every turn leaves many numb to the issue of data privacy. J Studios/DigitalVision via Getty Images

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Why people don’t demand data privacy – even as governments and...

Staff Writer - November 5, 2025

Amazon Web Services, hosted in data centers like this one in Virginia, supports thousands of websites, apps and online services – but not during its recent DNS outage. Nathan Howard/Getty Images

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What is DNS? A computer engineer explains this foundational piece of...

Staff Writer - November 2, 2025

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

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

Staff Writer - February 12, 2026

Jonathan Levy, Boston University; Howard Frumkin, University of Washington; Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Vijay Limaye, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Portland cement, widely used for concrete, is responsible for about 8% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Photovs/iStock/Getty Images Plus

Polymers from earth can make cement more climate-friendly

February 12, 2026

There is still a great deal unknown about RNA and its modifications. Christoph Burgstedt/Science Photo Library via Getty Images

RNA is key to the dark matter of the genome −...

February 10, 2026

A farmer near Quemado, Texas, prepares to take hay to cattle amid the drought in June 2022. Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Sixth year of drought in Texas and Oklahoma leaves ranchers bracing...

February 9, 2026

A baby orangutan was seized by Thai police in an anti-trafficking operation in May 2025. Thai police Central Investigation Bureau via AP

New technologies are stepping up the global fight against wildlife trafficking

February 8, 2026