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Under the influence and under arrest − what happens if you’re drunk in the interrogation room?

Jacqueline R. Evans, Florida International University

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Cybersecurity researchers spotlight a new ransomware threat – be careful where you upload files

Selcuk Uluagac, Florida International University

Banning TikTok won’t solve social media’s foreign influence, teen harm and data privacy problems

Sarah Florini, Arizona State University

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The Mars Sample Return mission has a shaky future, and NASA is calling on private companies for backup

Chris Impey, University of Arizona

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How bird flu virus fragments get into milk sold in stores, and what the spread of H5N1 in cows means for the dairy industry and milk drinkers

Noelia Silva del Rio, University of California, Davis; Richard V. Pereira, University of California, Davis; Robert B. Moeller, University of California, Davis; Terry W. Lehenbauer, University of California, Davis, and Todd Cornish, University of California, Davis

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IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects

Doug Cowen, Penn State

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What is ‘techno-optimism’? 2 technology scholars explain the ideology that says technology is the answer to every problem

Seyram Avle, UMass Amherst and Jean Hardy, Michigan State University

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For millions of Americans, high-speed internet is unavailable or unaffordable − a telecommunications expert explains how to bring broadband to the places that need it the most

Christopher Ali, Penn State

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From shrimp Jesus to fake self-portraits, AI-generated images have become the latest form of social media spam

Renee DiResta, Stanford University; Abhiram Reddy, Georgetown University, and Josh A. Goldstein, Georgetown University

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TikTok fears point to larger problem: Poor media literacy in the social media age

Nir Eisikovits, UMass Boston

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Space

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Saturn’s ocean moon Enceladus is able to support life − my research team is working out how to detect extraterrestrial cells there

Fabian Klenner, University of Washington

Exploding stars send out powerful bursts of energy − I’m leading a citizen scientist project to classify and learn about these bright flashes

Amy Lien, University of Tampa

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Exploding stars are rare but emit torrents of radiation − if one happened close enough to Earth, it could threaten life on the planet

Chris Impey, University of Arizona

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NASA’s mission to an ice-covered moon will contain a message between water worlds

Douglas Vakoch, California Institute of Integral Studies

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NASA’s search for life on Mars: a rocky road for its rovers, a long slog for scientists – and back on Earth, a battle of the budget

Amy J. Williams, University of Florida

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Artificial intelligence

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Are tomorrow’s engineers ready to face AI’s ethical challenges?

Elana Goldenkoff, University of Michigan and Erin A. Cech, University of Michigan

AI chatbots refuse to produce ‘controversial’ output − why that’s a free speech problem

Jordi Calvet-Bademunt, Vanderbilt University and Jacob Mchangama, Vanderbilt University

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Deepfake detection improves when using algorithms that are more aware of demographic diversity

Siwei Lyu, University at Buffalo and Yan Ju, University at Buffalo

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The hidden risk of letting AI decide – losing the skills to choose for ourselves

Joe Árvai, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

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Silicon Valley and Shenzhen, China, will get all the growth from AI if other regions don’t invest now to compete

Amitrajeet A. Batabyal, Rochester Institute of Technology

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New research

Chemical pollutants can change your skin bacteria and increase your eczema risk − new research explores how

Ian Myles, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

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Grizzly bear conservation is as much about human relationships as it is the animals

Alexander L. Metcalf, University of Montana

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Drugs that aren’t antibiotics can also kill bacteria − new method pinpoints how

Mariana Noto Guillen, UMass Chan Medical School

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Personalized cancer treatments based on testing drugs quickly leads to faster treatment, better outcomes

Diana Azzam, Florida International University

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Newly discovered genetic variant that causes Parkinson’s disease clarifies why the condition develops and how to halt it

Matthew Farrer, University of Florida

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Infections after surgery are more likely due to bacteria already on your skin than from microbes in the hospital − new research

Dustin Long, University of Washington and Chloe Bryson-Cahn, University of Washington

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Fossilized dinosaur eggshells can preserve amino acids, the building blocks of proteins, over millions of years

Evan Thomas Saitta, University of Chicago

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US media coverage of new science less likely to mention researchers with African and East Asian names

Hao Peng, Northwestern University

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Brain and mind

Human brains and fruit fly brains are built similarly – visualizing how helps researchers better understand how both work

Kristin Scaplen, Bryant University

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Brain scans of Philly jazz musicians reveal secrets to reaching creative flow

John Kounios, Drexel University and Yvette Kounios, Widener University

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Chilling out rather than blowing off steam is a better way to manage anger − new review of 154 studies reveals what works

Sophie L. Kjaervik, Virginia Commonwealth University and Brad Bushman, The Ohio State University

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Mental fatigue has psychological triggers − new research suggests challenging goals can head it off

Matthew Robison, University of Texas at Arlington

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Curious Kids

Real kids ask real questions and real experts answer them

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Why don’t female crickets chirp?

Floyd W. Shockley, Smithsonian Institution

From thousands to millions to billions to trillions to quadrillions and beyond: Do numbers ever end?

Manil Suri, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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Could a telescope ever see the beginning of time? An astronomer explains

Adi Foord, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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Why aren’t there solar-powered cars?

Chen Liu, Clarkson University

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From shrimp Jesus to fake self-portraits, AI-generated images have become the latest form of social media spam

Renee DiResta, Stanford University; Abhiram Reddy, Georgetown University, and Josh A. Goldstein, Georgetown University

From shrimp Jesus to fake self-portraits, AI-generated images have become the latest form of social media spam
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TikTok fears point to larger problem: Poor media literacy in the social media age

Nir Eisikovits, UMass Boston

TikTok fears point to larger problem: Poor media literacy in the social media age
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Banning TikTok won’t solve social media’s foreign influence, teen harm and data privacy problems

Sarah Florini, Arizona State University

Banning TikTok won’t solve social media’s foreign influence, teen harm and data privacy problems
4.
Cybersecurity researchers spotlight a new ransomware threat – be careful where you upload files

Selcuk Uluagac, Florida International University

Cybersecurity researchers spotlight a new ransomware threat – be careful where you upload files
5.
Saturn’s ocean moon Enceladus is able to support life − my research team is working out how to detect extraterrestrial cells there

Fabian Klenner, University of Washington

Saturn’s ocean moon Enceladus is able to support life − my research team is working out how to detect extraterrestrial cells there
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How bird flu virus fragments get into milk sold in stores, and what the spread of H5N1 in cows means for the dairy industry and milk drinkers

Noelia Silva del Rio, University of California, Davis; Richard V. Pereira, University of California, Davis; Robert B. Moeller, University of California, Davis; Terry W. Lehenbauer, University of California, Davis, and Todd Cornish, University of California, Davis

How bird flu virus fragments get into milk sold in stores, and what the spread of H5N1 in cows means for the dairy industry and milk drinkers