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Mars-like worlds near M-dwarfs may lose air in millions of years
The criteria for finding an Earth-like planet unofficially comes down to two things: water and the habitable zone. But a phenomenon known as atmospheric escape...
Spaceflight captures audiences when it centers on people because human space travel is hazardous
The central premise of the blockbuster film "Project Hail Mary" is a long-shot mission with a familiar goal: Save humanity from extinction. While the details of...
What learning English means to migrants
It is widely accepted that learning English is essential for many adult migrants who move to the UK. Yet in the last census, over 1 million residents in England...
Human touch leaves chicks feeling happy, study finds
Chicks, just like pets, also benefit from gentle human touch, new research has revealed. Scientists at the University of Bristol have discovered that gentle hum...
Panicking scientists, canceled experiments: Federal funding cuts turn research dean to crisis management specialist
Fielding frantic faculty emails and panicked texts was not how I had hoped my 2025 would begin. Little did I imagine that my role as a research dean at a medica...
Water flow in prairie watersheds is increasingly unpredictable—but AI could help
In recent years, the Prairies have seen bigger swings in climate conditions—very wet years followed by very dry ones. That makes an already unpredictable landsc...
Positive views of the #Tradwife movement linked to higher levels of sexism among men
Men who generally perceive women through a negative lens tend to be the most likely to positively view the #tradwife movement, says the findings of the world's...
Quantum twisting microscope reveals electron-electron interactions in graphene at room temperature
An international team of researchers built a highly sensitive quantum microscope and used it to directly observe, for the first time at room temperature, how el...
Heat shield safety concerns raise stakes for NASA's Artemis II moon mission
The astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen are preparing to launch into space on a trajectory that will make them the first hu...
Image: NISAR's View of Mount Rainier
This image captured by U.S.-Indian Earth satellite NISAR on Nov. 10, 2025, shows Washington's Mount Rainier. The image is cropped from a much larger swath spann...
Animals are powerful landscape engineers shaping the Earth's surface, global study finds
Wild animals are not just inhabitants of the natural world. Many also act as natural landscape engineers, reshaping Earth's surface as they burrow, feed, and bu...
More evidence doesn't mean more justice: The limits of visual technologies in human rights cases
Body cameras, satellites and digital verification tools are generating more evidence of violence than ever before. But the institutions responsible for deliveri...