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History: October 2023 – Scientific American
1973 Craters on Venus “Venus is pocked with craters. This fact emerges from studies in which short radio waves were…
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OSIRIS-REx’s Asteroid Samples Are Finally Down to Earth
UTAH TEST AND TRAINING RANGE–Yes, it came from outer space. An extraterrestrial express delivery package from afar has landed safe…
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Climate Change Is Hindering Global Growth and Prosperity, U.N. Says
CLIMATEWIRE | Climate change is undermining efforts to address hunger, health and other sustainable development targets — including the transition to…
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Large Herbivores Can Help Prevent Massive Wildfires
In 2019 and 2020, a megafire scorched eastern Australia, destroying some 24 million hectares of land, and adding to the…
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English May Be Science’s Native Language, but It’s Not Native to All Scientists
When I (Nakamura) first arrived in the U.S. for a postdoctoral fellowship, the anxiety of speaking English struck the first…
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ChatGPT Can Get Good Grades. What Should Educators Do about It?
With its ability to pump out confident, humanlike prose almost instantaneously, ChatGPT is a valuable cheating tool for students who…
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The Youth Mental Health Crisis Worsens amid a Shortage of Professional Help Providers
The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. The hospital where…
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Hearing Aids May Lower Risk of Cognitive Decline and Dementia
A friend recently noticed that she couldn’t always hear her phone ringing or family members calling from another room. A…
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Ötzi the Iceman Gets a New Look from Genetic Analysis
Europe’s oldest mummy has had a makeover. In 1991, hikers in an Italian valley near the border with Austria stumbled on…
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Extreme Heat Can Ruin Your Road Trip. Here’s How to Prepare
CLIMATEWIRE | As the hottest summer of what is expected to be the hottest year on record winds down, millions of…
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