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Lüften sounds simple, but 'house-burping' is more complicated in Pittsburgh
- Feb 4, 2026
Recently, the German term "lüften" has been circulating on social media and trending on Google. The term refers to the practice of opening windows and...
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Funny teachers can make classes more enjoyable—if their jokes land
- Feb 4, 2026
Instructors cracking a joke here and there could make students feel better about the class as a whole, according to new research from the University o...
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A digital game improves the mathematical performance of children with dyscalculia
- Feb 4, 2026
Dyscalculia, characterized by deficits in number sense and calculation skills, affects approximately 5%–7% of the population and often persists into a...
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Neutron scans reveal hidden water in famous martian meteorite
- Feb 4, 2026
New tools unlock new discoveries in science. So when a new type of non-destructive technology becomes widely available, it's inevitable that planetary...
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New report unpacks the crises facing American journalism and offers solutions
- Feb 4, 2026
Journalism in the United States is in crisis: Local newspapers are shuttering at an alarming rate, large cities that were once served by multiple dail...
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TESS observations reveal sustained quasi-periodic oscillations in multiple blazars
- Feb 4, 2026
Quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) are a rare phenomenon in active galactic nuclei. They have been observed to occur at periods ranging from minutes t...
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Hadean zircons reveal crust recycling and continent formation more than 4 billion years ago
- Feb 4, 2026
Parts of ancient Earth may have formed continents and recycled crust through subduction far earlier than previously thought. New research led by scien...
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Cracking the rules of gene regulation with experimental elegance and AI
- Feb 4, 2026
Gene regulation is far more predictable than previously believed, scientists conclude after developing the deep learning model PARM. This might bring...
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AI model OpenScholar synthesizes scientific research and cites sources as accurately as human experts
- Feb 4, 2026
Keeping up with the latest research is vital for scientists, but given that millions of scientific papers are published every year, that can prove dif...
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A minimalist bacterial defense strategy: Scientists discover single protein that disrupts viral assembly
- Feb 4, 2026
University of Toronto researchers have expanded our understanding of bacterial immunity with the discovery of a new protein that can both sense and co...
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Terahertz microscope reveals the motion of superconducting electrons
- Feb 4, 2026
You can tell a lot about a material based on the type of light shining at it: Optical light illuminates a material's surface, while X-rays reveal its...
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Poop as medicine? A Roman vial's chemistry backs up ancient medical texts
- Feb 4, 2026
When some ancient Romans were feeling a little under the weather, they were treated with human feces. While this practice was mentioned in ancient Gre...