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Where did southern Australia's record-breaking heat wave come from?
- Jan 27, 2026
Millions of people in southeastern Australia are sweating through a record-breaking heat wave. The heat this week is likely to be one for the history...
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Groundhogs are lousy forecasters but valuable animal engineers—and an important food source
- Jan 27, 2026
Whether you call him groundhog, woodchuck, whistle-pig or use the full genus and species name, Marmota monax, the nation's premier animal weather fore...
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Most AI assistants are feminine—and it's fueling dangerous stereotypes and abuse
- Jan 27, 2026
In 2024, artificial intelligence (AI) voice assistants worldwide surpassed 8 billion, more than one per person on the planet. These assistants are hel...
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NASA, GE aerospace hybrid engine system marks successful test
- Jan 27, 2026
To an untrained eye, the aircraft engine sitting outside of a Cincinnati facility in December might have looked like standard hardware. But NASA and G...
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Ensuring equitable technological transitions: AI use in the workforce
- Jan 27, 2026
Much of the public conversation about generative AI and work focuses narrowly on job loss or productivity gains. But research by Professor of Sociolog...
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Drug delivery concept boosts nanoparticle surfactants for enhanced oil recovery
- Jan 27, 2026
In an unlikely collaboration between Skoltech's Petroleum Center and the drug delivery team from the Institute's Neuro Center, researchers have propos...
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Ancient Martian beach discovered, providing new clues to red planet's habitability
- Jan 27, 2026
New findings from NASA's Perseverance rover have revealed evidence of wave-formed beaches and rocks altered by subsurface water in a Martian crater th...
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Peatland restoration can deliver climate mitigation benefits within a few decades
- Jan 27, 2026
New research indicates that restoration of peatlands can result in climate mitigation within just a few decades. In Finland, some 60,000 hectares of p...
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New data reveals how gentrification is reshaping who can afford to live on London
- Jan 27, 2026
Gentrifying neighborhoods across London are undergoing rapid change, with rising numbers of newcomers arriving from less deprived areas and from furth...
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Q&A: The dangers of not teaching students how to use AI responsibly
- Jan 27, 2026
Generative artificial intelligence has disrupted the classroom, making educators feel as if the only immediate and well-intentioned choice they can ma...
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New technology solves production bottleneck for black soldier fly larvae
- Jan 27, 2026
Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientists have developed a patented breakthrough system that marks a major step forward in insect biomanufacturing, waste...
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Pushback couldn't derail this researcher's work in criminology
- Jan 27, 2026
There's been much published about the Cambridge-Somerville Youth Study, which looked at the impact of intervention on delinquency in young Massachuset...