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Q&A: Experts discuss rise of profanity from politicians
- Jun 3, 2026
In American politics, cursing and "four-letter words" are no longer confined to hot mics or hidden behind closed doors. Politicians and pundits are in...
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Scientific discoveries and research
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Deep-Earth seismic anomalies may be explained by newly discovered manganese compound
- Jun 3, 2026
Scientists know that manganese, in its various oxide forms, plays a significant role in Earth's geochemical cycles. However, the exact forms of mangan...
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Climate change may shift hailstorms toward Earth's poles—new study
- Jun 3, 2026
Everyone has a storm story—whether it's that time you just escaped a downpour, or the hailstorm that wrote off your car. Even though hailstorms are re...
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The push to standardize ESG scores could make corporate greenwashing easier, not harder
- Jun 3, 2026
Three-quarters of S&P 500 companies now tie a portion of their CEO's pay to environmental, social and governance (ESG) metrics. They typically include...
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Hail conditions on the move as winter crops face rising risk
- Jun 3, 2026
A hailstorm can undo a season's work in minutes. It can strike quickly and unevenly, shredding wheat, bruising fruit, flattening crops—while also leav...
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A lot of 'recycled' plastic is being burned overseas—and causing widespread pollution linked to health problems
- Jun 3, 2026
Picture a pile of trash the size of Manhattan and taller than one and a half Empire State Buildings. That's how much plastic waste the world is predic...
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Whiskey chemistry propels microscopic machines through liquid
- Jun 3, 2026
Whisky-inspired chemicals could help power a new generation of microscopic machines, according to researchers who have discovered a way to make tiny p...
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Ultrafast laser shrinks to chip scale, potentially lowering costs for diagnostics and atomic clocks
- Jun 3, 2026
Ultrafast lasers emit pulses lasting only a few hundred femtoseconds (quadrillionths of a second). These flashes of light power applications from prec...
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Cells have a built-in 'seatbelt' against sudden stress
- Jun 3, 2026
When cells experience sudden physical stress, like stretching or pressure, they can activate a fast, protective mechanism that shields their nuclei fr...
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Common plastics soak up ballistic impacts thanks to a cross-linking molecule
- Jun 3, 2026
With help from a novel cross-linking molecule, MIT chemists have shown they can substantially improve the ballistic impact resistance of common polyme...
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Extraordinary fossils solve a 500-million-year mystery: Bryozoans were there at the dawn of animal life
- Jun 3, 2026
Bryozoans are tiny, filter-feeding colonial invertebrates that thrive in the world's oceans today, yet for decades their origins presented a puzzling...
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Food industries embrace AI sensors to improve efficiencies
- Jun 3, 2026
Food waste is a nagging problem that weighs heavily on global food production, distribution and sales industries—but an emerging generation of AI sens...