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Entanglement Builds Space-Time. Now “Magic” Gives It Gravity.
- . June 19, 2026
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In 1973, John Archibald Wheeler captured the relationship between matter and space-time in two concise statements: “Space acts on matter, telling it how to move.
A space telescope is falling to Earth. NASA is racing to rescue it
- . June 18, 2026
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Before the end of the month, a robotic spacecraft will launch on an unprecedented rescue mission. Its target is NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, a
The Last Astronomers. Amid a flood of AI advances, astrophysicists are questioning the soul of their field
- . June 17, 2026
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One afternoon in April, Cecilia Garraffo sat at the head of a conference room table in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and looked out at what might be
El Niño Has Begun. It May Become the Strongest This Century
- . June 15, 2026
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After clearing a spring forecasting hurdle, scientists see growing odds of a powerful climate event that could disrupt weather worldwide In March, Nat Johnson, a
New NIH Security Rules for Genomic Data Sets Are Slowing Research, Prompting Workarounds
- . June 14, 2026
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Data security experts say increased oversight is needed, but researchers are struggling to comply In the spring of 2025, Andrew Lynn, a developmental cognitive neuroscientist
Reading the Moon Like a Book — For the First Time
- . June 12, 2026
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It might seem remarkable that a question as basic as "what is the Moon made of, and where?" remains unanswered.
How Many Elementary Particles Are There, Really?
- . June 5, 2026
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Every time this question comes up in particle physics, it quickly becomes less straightforward than it first appears. At first glance, the Standard Model seems
Do animals perceive time differently from humans?
- . May 23, 2026
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Science spoke with Ishan Singhal, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Sussex, whose team is developing a new framework—called “timescapes”—to understand how nonhuman animals
Speedy, spiraling electrical waves may be key to brain’s information flow
- . May 19, 2026
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Like a stadium crowd performing a coordinated wave, neurons across the brain generate rhythmic electrical activity that sweeps through neural tissue in structured patterns. These
Students Went Looking for the Universe’s Most Elusive Particle — With a Detector They Built Themselves
- . April 30, 2026
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Two undergraduate students from the University of Hamburg, decided to build their own dark matter experiment.