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

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Quantum sensors use atoms, electrons and light as ultra‑steady rulers – detecting faint motion, magnetism and gravity for navigation, medicine and science

Staff Writer - May 20, 2026

Formula 1 drivers maneuver for position during the 2026 Miami Formula One Grand Prix in Florida. Chandan Khanna / AFP via Getty Images

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Formula 1 racing shows the hard part of reaching net‑zero carbon emissions isn’t the engineering

Jebel Barkal mesa and the archaeological site at its base in the Nile Valley. Sami Elamin

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How a shifting Nile landscape shaped the rise of the ancient empire of Kush in Sudan

Mifepristone is one of two drugs typically used in medication abortions. Carl Lokko/iStock via Getty Images Plus

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Supreme Court preserves access to mifepristone via telehealth – at least for now

You can make AI chatbots spout information that’s not true. Nicoletaionescu/iStock via Getty Images

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You can persuade AI models to accept falsehoods as truth, study shows

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Infrastructure matters for wildlife too – here’s how aging culverts are...

Staff Writer - November 16, 2021

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COP26 leaves too many loopholes for the fossil fuel industry. Here...

Staff Writer - November 14, 2021

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Genetic GPS system of animal development explains why limbs grow from...

Staff Writer - November 11, 2021

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Another problem with daylight saving time: The time change raises your...

Staff Writer - November 6, 2021

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Evacuations ordered as a powerful storm heads for California’s wildfire burn...

Staff Writer - October 24, 2021

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Five years after largest marine heatwave on record hit northern California...

Staff Writer - October 10, 2021

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California’s latest offshore oil spill could fuel pressure to end oil...

Staff Writer - October 6, 2021

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Mexican communities manage their local forests, generating benefits for humans, trees...

Staff Writer - October 3, 2021

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Emphasizing the sounds of certain words to young children can help them retain language, not confuse them about speaking properly. MoMo Productions/DigitalVision via Getty Images

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Is baby talk bad? Why ‘parentese’ actually helps babies learn language

Staff Writer - May 16, 2026

Karen Stollznow, University of Colorado Boulder; Griffith University Many parents have heard the warning: Don’t use baby talk with...

Colorado’s peach industry is threatened by a fungal disease. Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via Getty Images

A fungal disease, along with climate change, threatens Colorado’s prized peaches

May 15, 2026

Earth draws closer to passing behind the Moon in this image captured by the Artemis II crew during their lunar flyby. NASA

Will future missions to the Moon be sustainable? It may depend...

May 14, 2026

Tarot readings can encourage self-reflection. But what happens when you turn to AI to interpret the cards? Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images for Sally Hansen

How tarot readers are using AI – and what it says...

May 13, 2026

MP Materials’ Mountain Pass mine and processing facility in California was for years the only U.S. rare earth elements mine. Tmy350/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

The missing link in America’s critical minerals push isn’t mining –...

May 11, 2026