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Education

Heritage algorithms combine the rigors of science with the infinite possibilities...

Staff Writer - August 10, 2023

Audrey G. Bennett, University of Michigan and Ron Eglash, University of Michigan The model of democracy in the 1920s...

EXPLORING NATURE

Bottlenose dolphins are social creatures that use whistles and clicks to communicate with each other. Brookfield Zoo Chicago's Sarasota Dolphin Research Program, taken under NMFS MMPA Scientific Research Permit

culture

How dolphins communicate – new discoveries from a long‑term study in...

Staff Writer - March 23, 2026

Laela Sayigh, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Human fascination with bottlenose dolphins goes back thousands of years, at least as...

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

Global copper demand outstrips supply, threatening electrification and industrial growth

March 20, 2026

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

Paleontologists uncover a new Spinosaurus species by following a clue from...

March 16, 2026

Treatment plants can capture over 95% of methane from food waste, compared to about 50% at landfills. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

How sewage treatment plants could handle food waste, sparing landfills and...

March 13, 2026

A study explored the evolution of several glacial lakes near Bering Glacier, Alaska. Google Earth, AirbusMaxar Technologies, CNES/Airbus

Alaska’s glacial lakes are expanding, increasing the risk of destructive outburst floods

March 9, 2026