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A messed-up body clock could be a bigger problem than lack of sleep

On the eve of Daylight Saving Time, I flew home to Vermont from California. Crossing several time...

The Wild Plan to Terraform Mars by Slamming Asteroids Into It

It’s often the case that the more that planets are studied and understood, the more remote the...

Tech billionaires’ vision of an AI-dominated future is flawed — and dangerous

Ashley Yeager is the associate news editor at Science News. She has worked at The Scientist,...

Three U.S tick species may cause a mysterious red meat allergy

Meghan Rosen is a staff writer who reports on the life sciences for Science News. She...

‘We Are Not Programmed to Die,’ Says Nobel Laureate Venki Ramakrishnan

Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, the man of death. Although this does not sound like a good moniker, it is:...

Federal cuts put help for mental health and drug addiction in peril

People in the United States are in the midst of an ongoing opioid epidemic and a wave...

Spotting climate misinformation with AI requires expertly trained models

Conversational AI chatbots are making climate misinformation sound more credible, making it harder to distinguish falsehoods from...

Could Spinosaurus swim? The fierce dinosaur ignites debate

Scene: A small patrol boat cruises through the water, just offshore of an island somewhere in the...

‘Pseudoscience’ digs into the allure and dangers of believing fake science

Pseudoscience Lydia Kang and Nate PedersenWorkman Publishing Company, $25 Have you ever taken a personality test seriously?...

Small Language Models Are the New Rage, Researchers Say

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.Large language models work well because they’re so...

Proposed NASA Budget Cuts ‘Would Decimate American Leadership in Space’

This week, as part of the process to develop a budget for fiscal-year 2026, the Trump White...

One Man’s Quest to Reforest the Rio Grande Valley

This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.Jon Dale’s love affair...
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