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Capstone Copper’s Pinto Valley Mine in Miami, Arizona. Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

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Global copper demand outstrips supply, threatening electrification and industrial growth

Staff Writer - March 20, 2026

An estimated 85% of K-12 public school teachers recently reported that they used AI during the 2024-2025 school year. ismagilov/iStock/Getty Images Plus

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More and more teachers and students are using AI – even though it might do more harm than good

In this illustration, Spinosaurus mirabilis fight over a carcass some 95 million years ago in what is now the Sahara Desert in Niger. Dani Navarro

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Paleontologists uncover a new Spinosaurus species by following a clue from a decades‑old book into the Sahara Desert

If you aren’t working at it, you’re not learning it − something college students need to understand as AI makes producing work easier. Sam Edwards via Getty Images

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A writing professor’s new task in the age of AI: Teaching students when to struggle

A famous UAP video shows an unexplained object as it soars high along the clouds, traveling against the wind. Department of Defense via AP

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While the US government is investigating unidentified anomalous phenomena, academic researchers studying them face stigma

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Brain activity predicts which mice will become compulsive drinkers

Staff Writer - November 21, 2019

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Tons of acorns? It must be a mast year

Staff Writer - November 17, 2019

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Curious Kids: Why do people look into space with telescopes but...

Staff Writer - November 14, 2019

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Apollo 12: Fifty years ago, a passionate scientist’s keen eye led...

Staff Writer - November 12, 2019

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World’s deadliest inventor: Mikhail Kalashnikov and his AK-47

Staff Writer - November 9, 2019

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Curious Kids: Why do feet stink by the end of the...

Staff Writer - November 4, 2019

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Website privacy options aren’t much of a choice since they’re hard...

Staff Writer - November 3, 2019

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Rabies’ horrifying symptoms inspired folktales of humans turned into werewolves, vampires...

Staff Writer - October 30, 2019

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Open pit gold mines have spread across large areas of the Orinoco Mining Belt in recent years. Magda Gibelli / AFP via Getty Images

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Venezuela’s fragile environment faces rising risks as US pushes for oil...

Staff Writer - March 6, 2026

Antonio Machado Allison, Wesleyan University Venezuela’s Orinoco River Basin is a wild land of lush forests, grasslands and a...

Pennsylvania legalized online gambling in 2017. Tatiana Maksimova/Moment Collection via Getty Images

Nearly a third of Pennsylvania gamblers are at risk of problem...

March 5, 2026

Mabel Stark tamed tigers – and even wrestled with them. Circus and Allied Arts Collection, Illinois State University's Special Collections, Milner Library

The inspiring and tragic story of Mabel Stark, America’s most famous...

March 3, 2026

Nanoparticles on a glass slide amplify the sensitivity of a microscope to detect trace amounts of hazardous pollutants. Brandon Martin/Rice University

Nanoparticles and artificial intelligence can help researchers detect pollutants in water,...

February 28, 2026

When species are described as ‘destructive’ or ‘harmful’ without sufficient context, it can shape how people perceive and treat them. Beata Whitehead/Moment via Getty Images

The cost of casting animals as heroes and villains in conservation...

February 26, 2026