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Can you trust a finding? A new project maps which studies replicate
- Apr 1, 2026
Findings from the Systematizing Confidence in Open Research and Evidence (SCORE) program—a collaborative effort involving 865 researchers—have been pu...
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A 500-million-year-old clawed predator rewrites the origin of spiders and horseshoe crabs
- Apr 1, 2026
It had been a long day of teaching for Rudy Lerosey-Aubril. As a reward, he returned to cleaning an intriguing Cambrian arthropod fossil he had recent...
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5 reasons why the Artemis II mission is a big deal
- Apr 1, 2026
The Artemis II mission, scheduled to launch on Wednesday, will send four astronauts on a 10-day journey from Earth around the moon—the first time huma...
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Could a solar storm derail the Artemis II mission?
- Apr 1, 2026
Every mission to deep space is fraught with danger. A hardware failure during launch, an equipment malfunction far from Earth, or a small space rock h...
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Warming winters lead to more nitrate pollution in the drinking water near farms
- Apr 1, 2026
When pollution gets bad enough in the rivers supplying Iowa's largest city with drinking water, it costs Des Moines around $16,000 a day to run a spec...
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How plants fight back against bacteria that promote waterlogging in leaves
- Apr 1, 2026
Farmers, gardeners, and botanists have long observed that plant diseases tend to flare up during periods of high humidity, particularly after rainfall...
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Building desktop particle accelerators to unlock new realms of research
- Apr 1, 2026
Using high-intensity lasers, researchers have taken an important step toward miniaturization of particle accelerators by demonstrating free-electron l...
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FAST observes a peculiar rotating radio transient that also switches to pulsar states
- Apr 1, 2026
Using the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST), Chinese astronomers have explored the behavior of a rotating radio transient (...
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Air surveillance reveals hidden reservoirs of antibiotic resistance genes
- Apr 1, 2026
A review finds that antibiotic resistance genes—capable of undermining modern medicine—can travel through the air across both cities and farmland, and...
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Is true empathy possible between humans and AI?
- Apr 1, 2026
As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to influence all facets of our personal and professional lives, questions abound, like, "Can people have act...
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Wisconsin-sized chunk of Alaskan permafrost is thawing: Geoscientists say climate may never be the same
- Apr 1, 2026
In a first-of-its-kind study, a team of researchers led by geoscientist Michael Rawlins at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has shown in fine-g...
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Unexplained sky flashes from the 1950s: Independent analysis supports their existence
- Apr 1, 2026
Historical observations from an observatory in Germany have now independently verified evidence for brief, mysterious flashes of light in the night sk...