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Why a social media ban for teenagers misses the point
- Apr 1, 2026
Taylor Little became so badly addicted to her smartphone that she felt she had lost many of her teenage years. "I was literally trapped by addiction a...
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'One Plant Health Concept' connects tradition and technology to address plant diseases in Africa
- Apr 1, 2026
An article published in CABI Agriculture and Bioscience calls for a diverse, participatory approach that combines indigenous, local knowledge systems...
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Seven missions launched to test optimized data transfer from space
- Apr 1, 2026
Eight CubeSats and one payload supported by the European Space Agency (ESA) have reached orbit, where they will demonstrate various applications aimed...
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Uranus mission concept CASMIUS to probe ice giant secrets
- Apr 1, 2026
The ice giant Uranus is one of the most fascinating objects in the solar system, with its sideways rotation, intricate ring system, and unique family...
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Great hammerheads maintain peak hunting across wide temperature swings, biologging data suggest
- Mar 31, 2026
Most predators slow down when ocean temperatures shift. Great hammerhead sharks don't—not significantly anyway. These ocean predators are masters of t...
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How medieval chess created a space in which players, regardless of race, could engage as equals
- Mar 31, 2026
In the medieval European imagination, racial difference was often highly polarized. Black people were perceived either as exotic status symbols—includ...
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Targeting the tiniest divide: Research reveals potential vulnerability in bacterial reproduction
- Mar 31, 2026
A Université de Montréal study has found a previously unknown mechanism in bacterial reproduction that could be attacked by future antibiotics. Bacter...
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Racetrack-shaped lasers developed for bright, stable frequency combs
- Mar 31, 2026
A new, miniature laser source developed by applied physicists in the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and the...
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Introducing a new citizen science nature app that's geared towards the scientific community
- Mar 31, 2026
Identifying weeds, checking out the pollen map, or discovering new plant life-forms are among the promising wealth of data available to users of Plant...
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NASA probe data suggests a more complex sun's magnetic engine
- Mar 31, 2026
A Southwest Research Institute-led study found that protons and heavy ions react differently to solar magnetic reconnection events, revealing a more c...
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Engineers introduce first synthetic charged domain wall in 2D material
- Mar 31, 2026
In a first for the field, materials scientists from The Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have interfaced...
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Why measuring pain could reveal more about well-being than GDP
- Mar 31, 2026
Anna spends most of her workday typing on her laptop. After a few hours, she starts rubbing her wrists as her pain sets in. A glance at her desk revea...