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Upcoming telescopes could shed light on dark matter
- Jun 8, 2026
NASA's plans to return astronauts to the moon through the Artemis program and ultimately send humans to Mars highlight just how far space exploration...
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Aerosols may warm or cool the climate depending on timing, new study finds
- Jun 8, 2026
A new study from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem challenges a long-held assumption in climate science by showing that aerosols—tiny particles suspe...
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Chemists unlock first total synthesis of rare plant alkaloid tied to anticancer activity
- Jun 8, 2026
Plants are undeniably one of nature's most promising sources of new medicines, with monoterpenoid indole alkaloids (MIAs) being a great example. Some...
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5 ways data centers endanger their local communities and the country as a whole
- Jun 8, 2026
Every internet search, streamed video and AI-generated response depends on a data center somewhere. Driven by rapid growth in artificial intelligence,...
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Rocket launches and reentries harm Earth's ozone layer
- Jun 8, 2026
The space industry is surging. In coming years, nearly 10,000 spacecraft are slated to launch into low-Earth orbit for a variety of purposes, such as...
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Magnesium transporter discovery could improve rice nutrition and taste
- Jun 8, 2026
Rice is a staple food for nearly half the global population and an important dietary source of magnesium, a mineral essential for human health, plant...
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Brazilian breadbasket's aquifers are falling, and new satellite maps show where water stress is growing
- Jun 8, 2026
A collaboration of scientists from NASA and Brazilian research institutions has produced a detailed picture of groundwater change across Brazil. The i...
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Mining companies may soon bypass UN rules and mine the deep sea
- Jun 8, 2026
A Canadian deep-sea mining company may become the first to commercially mine the international seabed under a controversial U.S. executive order that...
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Hidden geometry explains why kernel methods separate complex data so well
- Jun 8, 2026
Are two sets of data genuinely different, or is it because of randomness? This question, known as the two-sample testing problem, becomes notoriously...
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Study reveals north–south differences in water isotopes across North America during the last deglaciation
- Jun 8, 2026
The last deglaciation (between 11,000 and 20,000 years ago) was a period of dramatic natural warming on Earth. During this time, North America experie...
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'From STEM to earn': High school programs aimed at diversifying the field drive gains in college, salaries
- Jun 8, 2026
High school students participating in pipeline programs aimed at increasing diversity in STEM fields are more likely to enroll in—and graduate from—el...
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Why this $10 spectrometer chip could bring real-time chemical sensing to wearables
- Jun 8, 2026
Researchers from the University of Cambridge and GlitterinTech, a startup founded by the same research group, have unveiled a fundamentally new type o...