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Blasting Virtual Aliens Could Help Dyslexic Kids Parse Words Children at risk of dyslexia who played Space Invaders Extreme 2 showed improvement at a word-identification task

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Blasting Virtual Aliens Could Help Dyslexic Kids Parse Words

Children at risk of dyslexia who played Space Invaders Extreme 2 showed improvement at a word-identification task

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Astronauts Would Need an Unusual Pot to Boil Food in Space Astronauts still survive on freeze-dried meals. Could better food, aided by cooking gadgets designed to be used in microgravity, help them to thrive?

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Boiling Macaroni in Space? You’ll Need a Weirdly Shaped Pot

Astronauts still survive on freeze-dried meals. Could better food, aided by cooking gadgets designed to be used in microgravity, help them to thrive?

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Puerto Rico Files $1-Billion Climate Lawsuit against Oil Companies Puerto Rico is suing fossil fuel companies over climate damages, saying that the industry knew about the dangers of its products and that the island is paying the price

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Puerto Rico Sues Oil Companies for $1 Billion in Climate Damages

Puerto Rico is suing fossil fuel companies over climate damages, saying that the industry knew about the dangers of its products and that the islan...

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After Falcon 9 Rocket Anomaly, SpaceX Seeks Rapid Return to Flight SpaceX has filed a request with the Federal Aviation Administration to determine whether the company can resume launches of its recently grounded workhorse rocket

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After Falcon 9 Rocket Anomaly, SpaceX Seeks Rapid Return to Flight

SpaceX has filed a request with the Federal Aviation Administration to determine whether the company can resume launches of its recently grounded w...

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ChatGPT Isn’t ‘Hallucinating’—It’s Bullshitting! It’s important that we use accurate terminology when discussing how AI chatbots make up information

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It’s important that we use accurate terminology when discussing how AI chatbots make up information

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ChatGPT Isn’t ‘Hallucinating’—It’s Bullshitting! It’s important that we use accurate terminology when discussing how AI chatbots make up information

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It’s important that we use accurate terminology when discussing how AI chatbots make up information

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In Case Bird Flu Becomes a Pandemic, Countries Are Preparing Virologists say that the bird flu strain that is infecting cattle in the U.S. is unlikely to cause a pandemic in humans, but countries are gathering vaccines and stepping up surveillance just in case

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How Countries Are Preparing for a Potential Bird Flu Pandemic

Virologists say that the bird flu strain that is infecting cattle in the U.S. is unlikely to cause a pandemic in humans, but countries are gatherin...

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How Twisters Brought the Science of Storm Chasing to the Big Screen Sean Waugh, a professional storm chaser and meteorologist, talks about his role in advising Hollywood on tornado science and the awe-inspiring experience of chasing twisters

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Meet the Real-Life Storm Chaser behind Twisters

Sean Waugh, a professional storm chaser and meteorologist, talks about his role in advising Hollywood on tornado science and the awe-inspiring expe...

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How Twisters Brought the Science of Storm Chasing to the Big Screen Sean Waugh, a professional storm chaser and meteorologist, talks about his role in advising Hollywood on tornado science and the awe-inspiring experience of chasing twisters

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Meet the Real-Life Storm Chaser behind Twisters

Sean Waugh, a professional storm chaser and meteorologist, talks about his role in advising Hollywood on tornado science and the awe-inspiring expe...

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Asteroid Apophis is Target of Europe’s New Ramses Mission ESA’s Ramses spacecraft will scout out Apophis before and after the asteroid’s super-close flyby of Earth in 2029

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Europe Announces New Mission to Infamous Asteroid Apophis

ESA’s Ramses spacecraft will scout out Apophis before and after the asteroid’s super-close flyby of Earth in 2029

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A Weird, Midsize Black Hole May Lurk in Omega Centauri Images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope point to an elusive intermediate-size black hole in the star cluster Omega Centauri

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Astronomers May Have Just Found a Midsize Black Hole Lurking in the Milky Way

Images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope point to an elusive intermediate-size black hole in the star cluster Omega Centauri

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Lab-Grown Meat Is Getting Closer to Tasting Like Real Beef Cultured meat that tastes and smells more appetizing could enhance public perception of artificial steaks

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Lab-Grown Meat Is Getting Closer to Tasting Like Real Beef

Cultured meat that tastes and smells more appetizing could enhance public perception of artificial steaks

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Methane’s Climate Crisis Needs More than Satellites to Stop Emissions New regulations, and satellites like MethaneSat, very likely will not cut methane emissions. Natural gas industry economics will instead continue delaying their needed reduction

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We Can Solve Climate’s Methane Crisis—And Without New Satellites or Regulations

New regulations, and satellites such as MethaneSat, very likely will not cut methane emissions. Natural gas industry economics will instead continu...

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How Was the S’More Created? The gooey, chocolatey s’more couldn’t have been popularized without the technological advances of the Industrial Revolution, which brought cheap sweets to the masses

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How Technology Made the S’more Possible

The gooey, chocolatey s’more couldn’t have been popularized without the technological advances of the Industrial Revolution, which brought chea...

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Facing Heat Waves, Cities Ask Scientists to Help Them Protect People Miami and New York City officials say they need more insight into how searing temperatures affect homeless people and other vulnerable populations

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Facing Scorching Heat Waves, Cities Call on Scientists to Understand How People Respond

Miami and New York City officials say they need more insight into how searing temperatures affect homeless people and other vulnerable populations

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Why Animals Living on Islands Are at Greater Risk of Extinction Warm-blooded island species tend to evolve a slower metabolic rate compared with their mainland counterparts, making it harder for them to bounce back when under stress

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Why Animals Living on Islands Are at Greater Risk of Extinction

Warm-blooded island species tend to evolve a slower metabolic rate compared with their mainland counterparts, making it harder for them to bounce b...

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Former Hurricane Beryl Floods Vermont in a Repeat of Last Year A damaging downpour struck Vermont on the anniversary of last year’s flooding disaster, filling streets with mud and basements with water

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In a Climate Déjà Vu, Former Hurricane Beryl Deluges Vermont One Year after Major Floods

A damaging downpour struck Vermont on the anniversary of last year’s flooding disaster, filling streets with mud and basements with water

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Young Adulthood Is No Longer One of Life’s Happiest Times The U-shaped curve that pegged youth and old age as the happiest times of life has changed

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Young Adulthood Is No Longer One of Life’s Happiest Times

The U-shaped curve that pegged youth and old age as the happiest times of life has changed

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How Antarctic Scientists Think about the Future of Our Planet Researchers on a multimonth Antarctic expedition describe how the climate crisis intertwines with their work.

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How Do Antarctic Scientists Face a Melting Landscape?

Researchers on a multimonth Antarctic expedition describe how the climate crisis intertwines with their work.

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How Science Can Defeat Witchcraft Fears in Papua New Guinea Belief in witchcraft and sorcery is deeply rooted in Papua New Guinea's culture and history, but it can lead to violence, particularly against women. Local public health experts are working to end this violence through education.

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How Science Can Defeat Witchcraft Fears in Papua New Guinea

Belief in witchcraft and sorcery is deeply rooted in Papua New Guinea