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The year 2025 hasn't started out great. We've seen foreign wars, climate change, racist rhetoric, and political polarization escalate over the last several months, making many of us angry, burned out, and depressed. But even when things seem inescap...
The Sterile Neutrino Hypothesis Neutrinos are extremely small subatomic particles that interact so weakly with matter that they can move straight through entire planets. According to the Standard Model, which serves as the central framework of p...
Dad Shares Tech and Money Policy for Kids (and Adults) Australia-based dad Leong Hiew shared the tech and money policy he wrote for his sons as they approach the age of managing pocket money. Hiew realized the rules he had already established for...
American democracy is facing numerous pressures, many rooted in structural problems dating back to the nation's founding. Chief among them is the "winner-take-all" plurality voting system used to elect the vast majority of government officials in the...
Located in western Tunisia, the plants operated between the third and sixth centuries and likely helped supply precious olive oil to Rome. Ancient Romans were big fans of olive oil, consuming an average of five gallons per person per year by one est...
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A Dog's Heartwarming Response When Jack McCrossan and his three friends moved to Bristol, England, they were disappointed to learn their landlord didn't allow pets. But their sadness turned to joy when they spotted a beautiful black Sheprador (a ...
A physical therapist has advice for preventing and recovering from injuries caused by winter sports. These activities can be extreme, with freezing temperatures, slick surfaces, whiteout conditions, and sharp blades that increase the risk of injury. ...
Improving Photosynthesis in Agricultural Environments For decades, boosting photosynthesis in crops has been a key scientific goal. However, photosynthesis does not operate in isolation - it is closely intertwined with environmental factors like ...
British artist Es Devlin's dazzling installation, "Library of Us," includes 2,500 books that hold personal meaning for the artist. The 20-foot-tall bookshelf, which sits on the sands of Miami Beach, explores "how we build ourselves out of what we rea...
Light-filled Apartment-style Tiny House Built for Coastal Living The Urban Park Max 37 by Tru Form Tiny is a spacious and light-filled tiny house designed to withstand the elements of coastal living. With a length of 37 ft (11.2 m) and a width of...
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School Reopening Linked to Better Mental Health During COVID Reopening schools during the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with a noticeable decline in mental health diagnoses among children. These improvements covered conditions such as anxiety...
Archeologists recently uncovered over 40,000 Roman-era coins during an excavation in the French village of Senon, located roughly 60 miles from the Luxembourg border. The treasure trove of ancient coins was found buried in three ceramic storage vesse...
For this chore, the human touch still beats machines. But maybe not for long. More than 60 years ago, Rosie the Robot made her TV debut in "The Jetsons," seamlessly integrating herself into the Jetson household as she buzzed from room to room comple...
Capturing Accretion Physics Without Approximations Using cutting-edge algorithms and exascale supercomputers, researchers have created the most detailed model so far of how luminous black holes pull in surrounding matter. For the first time, the...
Rabbit-sized, nocturnal and elusive, the greater mouse-deer (Tragulus napu) hadn't been seen in Singapore for more than 80 years. Researchers long presumed it was locally extinct. However, in 2008, researchers confirmed sightings of the pint-sized ...
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A recent study reports that using reduced amounts of approved immunotherapy for malignant melanoma may lead to better control of tumors while also limiting side effects. The findings come from researchers at Karolinska Institutet and were published i...
Remembering Frank Gehry, Renowned Museum Architect Frank Gehry, the internationally acclaimed architect behind some of the world's most recognizable cultural landmarks, passed away on December 5 at the age of 96. Over the weekend, many figures in...
The United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA), the world's top decision-making body on the environment, opened its seventh session in Nairobi on Monday. The assembly aimed to take action on critical environmental challenges, despite deep geopolitica...
Deep-brain recordings showed that Mounjaro and Zepbound briefly shut down the craving circuits linked to food noise in a patient with severe obesity. Her obsessive thoughts about food disappeared as the medication quieted the nucleus accumbens, the b...
Searching for an Atmosphere "The basic thesis for TRAPPIST-1e is this: If it has an atmosphere, it's habitable," said Sukrit Ranjan, an assistant professor at the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory. "But right now, the first-...
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The recent deaths of two white dwarf stars are challenging our understanding of both novae and the powerful physics underlying star death. According to astronomer John Monnier, the initial analysis of these often dramatic novae offers an "extraordina...
"People bathe in the river, they eat from the river — they live, dance and sing there," says Dora Agudelo Vazquez. "Their whole lives are bound to the river." Agudelo Vazquez, one of the guardians of the Atrato River, is sitting on a park bench in th...
'Identity is never fixed. It's layered, constantly shifting': An interview with Iranian-American artist Soraya Sharghi Soraya Sharghi's journey reveals a constant dialogue between discipline and rebellion. Born in 1988 in Tehran and now based in ...
'Zombie' Electricity Projects in Britain Face Axe to Ease Quicker Grid Connections Britain's energy system operator, the National Energy System Operator (Neso), is taking action to clear a massive backlog of electricity generation projects that h...
A Call for Our Survival: Defending Indigenous Fisherfolk Rights The Panamanian Indigenous Ngäbe Buglé Peoples and fishers have practiced ancestral fishing in the provinces of Veraguas, Bocas del Toro, and Chiriquí for more than a hundred years. I...
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Above the bustle of east London, the white storks will soon return. As part of an ambitious rewilding effort, these charismatic birds will be reintroduced to the UK capital next year, joining beavers in Eastbrookend Country Park. "It's thrilling," s...
A recent Cornell study found that 27% of adults are estranged from a family member. Research from Ohio State finds that 26% of fathers are estranged from an adult child—and that fathers are 22% more likely to be estranged from a daughter than a son. ...
We are living in an age of great turbulence, noise, and distraction. Every day we are flooded with information, yet somehow we seem to be losing connection to ourselves, to one another, and to the deeper roots that hold us together as Caribbean peopl...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on Monday that it has deployed a version of artificial intelligence called "agentic AI" for "all agency employees" to assist with complex tasks, including safety reviews, inspections, and compliance. ...
Members of the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement are heralding a first-of-its-kind lawsuit against ultraprocessed foodmakers, helped in part by messaging under the Trump administration. Earlier this week, San Francisco's Democratic city att...
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If you've spent any time online lately, you know the world isn't exactly short on advice. It can feel like everyone is ready and willing to talk over each other and offer unsolicited counsel: "Fix your mindset." "Rewrite your habits." "Become that ve...
Inside every human cell, an extraordinary feat of molecular organization takes place. Roughly six feet of DNA has to be packed into a nucleus that is only about one-tenth the width of a human hair, yet the DNA must remain accessible enough to carry o...
Regen Sydney is working to build a regenerative future in Australia by connecting communities through food, storytelling, and conversation. Through their storytelling series, the organization is bringing together food system actors to reframe food as...
Jean Gay-Robinson said she "cried tears of joy" when utility ComEd switched all the polluting gas-fired equipment in her Chicago home to modern electric versions, at no cost to her. As a retiree on a fixed income, she is relieved that she'll likely n...
Australia's Bold Move to Ban Kids Under 16 from Social Media Starting this week, on December 10th, Australia will become the first country to ban all children under 16 from having social media accounts. This sweeping law covers popular platforms ...
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4 Technologies That Didn't Make the 2026 Breakthroughs List If you're a longtime reader, you probably know that the MIT Technology Review newsroom selects 10 breakthroughs every year that they think will define the future. This group exercise is ...
Strangers' Kind Gesture Brings New Mom to Tears at Grocery Store Mary Skinner went to Aldi to do some last-minute shopping on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. The new mom had her 5-month-old son with her as she shopped for food ahead of her first...
Norway Pauses Deep-Sea Mining for Four Years Norway has made a policy U-turn, closing the door to deep-sea mining in its waters until at least 2029. On December 3, Norway's five political parties supporting the new government debated the fiscal b...
Africa's Stakes in Global UN Environment Talks in Nairobi From Dec. 8-12, Kenya will host delegates from governments, civil society, industry and scientific agencies for the United Nations Environment Assembly at a time of profound environmental ...
ARTnews Awards 2025: Jack Whitten Honored as Historical Artist of the Year Across his six-decade career, artist Jack Whitten repeatedly pushed the boundaries of painting, experimenting with unconventional materials and techniques. From using fast...