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Is AI hurting your ability to think? How to reclaim your brain
- Jan 23, 2026
The retirement of West Midlands police chief Craig Guildford is a wake-up call for those of us using artificial intelligence (AI) tools at work and in...
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Scientific discoveries and research
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Halley's Comet wrongly named: 11th-century English monk predates British astronomer
- Jan 23, 2026
The British astronomer and mathematician Edmond Halley was not, after all, the first to understand the cycle of the comet that now bears his name. Thi...
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Multiwavelength variability reveals dust structure in quasars
- Jan 23, 2026
A research team has investigated quasar variability by tracking optical to mid-infrared (MIR) wavelengths of variability information. This multiband j...
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Is AI a bubble that might burst?
- Jan 23, 2026
It is hard to imagine that anyone could have missed the fact that such economic crashes occur from time to time—crashes that could have terrible conse...
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Astrophysicists discover largest sulfur-containing molecular compound in space
- Jan 23, 2026
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE), in collaboration with astrophysicists from the Centro de Astrobiología (CA...
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Florida reefs offer multimillion-dollar flood protection—if they survive
- Jan 23, 2026
It's no secret that Florida's iconic coral reefs are in trouble. Repeated body blows from hurricanes, pollution, disease, climate change—and a near-kn...
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Study finds fisheries management—not predator recovery—drives catch levels in the North Sea
- Jan 23, 2026
A new research study found that well-managed fisheries can support the recovery of large marine predators such as seals and porpoises, showing that co...
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Researchers show the insights drones can provide by monitoring corn on small farms
- Jan 23, 2026
With already thin profit margins and increasingly uncertain farm labor and other input costs, precision agriculture technology could improve New Engla...
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Feeling alone in a full office: Study reveals hidden epidemic of workplace loneliness
- Jan 23, 2026
A comprehensive new review published in the Journal of Management synthesizes decades of research to understand the epidemic of workplace loneliness....
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Discovery of PITTs shows platelets can switch from clotting to driving vessel inflammation
- Jan 23, 2026
A team from Würzburg has fundamentally changed our understanding of platelet biology. The researchers demonstrate that the surface protein integrin αI...
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Arctic blast to wallop N. America—is climate change to blame?
- Jan 23, 2026
An unusually brutal winter storm is set to pummel more than 160 million Americans from Friday, as a stretched "polar vortex" sends a devastating blast...
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Whales may divide resources to co-exist under pressures from climate change
- Jan 23, 2026
The North Atlantic Ocean is warming up. Higher temperatures and increased human activity in the region can trigger abrupt changes in marine ecosystems...