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Out-of-balance bacteria is linked to multiple sclerosis − the ratio can predict severity of disease

Staff Writer - March 4, 2025

USAID was established by President John F. Kennedy in 1961 as a way to consolidate existing foreign aid programs. JAM STA ROSA/AFP via Getty Images

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USAID’s apparent demise and the US withdrawal from WHO put millions of lives worldwide at risk and imperil US national security

The creative process involves choices that lead artists to places they couldn’t have imagined. Eoneren/E+ via Getty Images

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Generative AI is most useful for the things we care about the least

Coronal mass ejections erupt from the Sun, as shown in this illustration of one from 2012. NASA/GSFC/SDO

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Colliding plasma ejections from the Sun generate huge geomagnetic storms − studying them will help scientists monitor future space weather

Skiers can sunburn easily for reasons that have nothing to do with the mountain’s elevation. Matt Bird/Stone via Getty Images

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Why do skiers sunburn so easily on the slopes? A snow scientist explains

National Institutes of Health indirect costs, which are under the knife, go toward managing laboratories and facilities. Fei Yang/Moment via Getty Images

Education

Cutting funding for science can have consequences for the economy, US...

Staff Writer - February 17, 2025

A student works on a design in a fashion merchandising lab. Fashion Merchandising Labs at Oklahoma State University, CC BY-ND

Education

How AI can help in the creative design process

Staff Writer - February 9, 2025

Seed oils have become a mainstay of the American diet. d3sign/Moment via Getty Images

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Seed oils are toxic, says Robert F. Kennedy Jr. – but...

Staff Writer - February 7, 2025

Immigrants to the U.S. increasingly arrive like these people, seeking asylum at a formal border crossing, rather than trying to sneak across the border. Carlos Moreno/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Education

Who are immigrants to the US, where do they come from...

Staff Writer - February 5, 2025

If approved, St. Isidore’s would be the first religious charter school. Jonathan Kirn/The Image Bank via Getty Images

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Can a charter school be religious? The Supreme Court decision about...

Staff Writer - February 2, 2025

AI coding handles the hard parts for nonprogrammers. Andriy/Moment via Getty Images

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AI gives nonprogrammers a boost in writing computer code

Staff Writer - February 2, 2025

A 1910 watercolor portrait of Belle da Costa Greene by Laura Coombs Hills. The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, gift of the Estate of Belle da Costa Greene.

Education

The Black librarian who rewrote the rules of power, gender and...

Staff Writer - February 1, 2025

When it comes to slowing down China’s tech rise, tariffs won’t do the trick. Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images

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China tech shrugged off Trump’s ‘trade war’ − there’s no reason...

Staff Writer - January 17, 2025

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Parts of the North Fork of the Kentucky River flooded in July 2022, and again in February 2025. Arden S. Barnes/For The Washington Post via Getty Images

Environment

Why people rebuild in Appalachia’s flood-ravaged areas despite the risks

Staff Writer - February 26, 2025

Kristina P. Brant, Penn State On Valentine’s Day 2025, heavy rains started to fall in parts of rural Appalachia....

In the toxic male technique, genetically engineered male insects would implant semen containing toxic venom into the female insects during mating. Madugrero/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

Making sex deadly for insects could control pests that carry disease...

February 23, 2025

Tech entrepreneur Bryan Johnson has made it his life’s mission to delay aging and death. Netflix

The quest to extend human life is both fascinating and fraught...

February 23, 2025

Greenland has large deposits of rare earth minerals along its coasts, but these are also geologically hazardous regions. Alex Hibbert/The Image Bank via Getty Images

Greenland’s rapidly melting ice and landslide-prone fjords make the oil and...

February 19, 2025

National Institutes of Health indirect costs, which are under the knife, go toward managing laboratories and facilities. Fei Yang/Moment via Getty Images

Cutting funding for science can have consequences for the economy, US...

February 17, 2025