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A family in New York City may pay nearly twice as much for electricity as a family upstate—even if they use less energy. New research shows that race, not just income, shapes who pays more for the same essential service Think of your electricity bill like a restaurant check. Imagine sitting at a table, ordering […]
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The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret, and John M. Martinis for demonstrating that quantum phenomena can be observed in macroscopic systems large enough to hold in your hand. Their experiments with superconducting circuits demonstrated that billions of particles can act in unison, tunneling through barriers and absorbing […]
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Bubbles are rising from the seafloor of Antarctica—and they aren’t just any bubbles. They’re plumes of methane, a greenhouse gas with eighty times the warming power of carbon dioxide over twenty years. Scientists thought such “seeps” were rare in the frozen south. But in a series of startling dives and shipboard surveys, researchers have discovered […]
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Every year, thousands of fishing pots sink to the ocean floor and never come back. But unlike an old bicycle tossed in a river, these lost pots don’t just sit there—they keep fishing, silently and endlessly. Scientists call this ghost fishing, and in Norway’s snow crab fishery, the hidden toll is staggerings. Over just three […]
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Around the world, nearly three out of four deaths come from non-communicable diseases like diabetes, heart problems, and cancer. Diagnosing these conditions early could save millions of lives. But here’s the catch: modern medical data is messy, high-dimensional, and often overwhelming for doctors and computers alike. A new study has taken a surprising turn—using ideas […]
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Every few seconds, somewhere on Earth, the ground trembles. Most quakes barely ripple through daily life. But what if some of these quakes are whispering secrets about the very heart of our planet? For decades, scientists thought Earth’s deepest layers—the mantle pressed against the molten outer core—were too sluggish to change on human timescales. We […]
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Every tool you touch started out as something simpler — and so did a chimpanzee’s twig. But what if that twig tells us about what you are, too? In a forest at Gombe, Tanzania, a chimp once picked up a stick, stripped its leaves, and poked it into a termite mound. When he pulled it […]
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Factories produce a third of U.S. greenhouse gases. But what if cutting those emissions could also save lives, create jobs, and even heal long-scarred communities? A new study says it can—if done the right way. The Promise and the Peril Across the world, governments are investing billions in “industrial decarbonization.” That’s the technical name for […]
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So we’re changing up the schedule a bit and are going to have this recap posts on Thursday. Don’t worry, we’ll still have content throughout the week, but it’s just easier for us to do this a day earlier. And what’s in the news Metal-organic polyhedra maintain the self-renewal of embryonic stem cells Researchers have […]
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Every day, millions of children around the world struggle to find their words. Some stutter, some read much more slowly than their classmates, and others are marked as “late talkers.” What if the key to spotting these challenges earlier lies not in speech itself—but in music? A massive new study of over 44,000 people across […]
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