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'Inoculation' helps people spot political deepfakes, study finds
- Feb 4, 2026
Informing people about political deepfakes through text-based information and interactive games both improve people's ability to spot AI-generated vid...
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Scientists use RNA nanotechnology to program living cells, opening a new path for cancer cure
- Feb 4, 2026
Scientists at Rutgers University–Newark have developed a first-of-its-kind RNA-based nanotechnology that assembles itself inside living human cells an...
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Grazing and digging put some herbivores at greater risk from toxic elements in soil: New research
- Feb 4, 2026
If you've watched a giraffe browsing in the tree canopy, a white rhino meandering across open grassland, or a warthog shuffling around on its knees in...
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Researchers uncover a one-hour 'crown' checkpoint that enables malaria reproduction
- Feb 4, 2026
A new study has uncovered a hidden step that helps the deadliest malaria parasite survive and multiply inside the human body. Researchers studying Pla...
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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...