Social Sciences
Sep 23, 2025
Banning something to reduce harm is a tricky business: Here's what works
The upcoming social media ban for people aged under 16 continues to be hotly debated.
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Earth Sciences
Sep 22, 2025
Heat waves in US rivers increasing up to four times faster than air heat waves, analysis finds
As the frequency and intensity of heat waves increase across the U.S., a similar but more striking phenomenon is occurring in American rivers.
Planetary Sciences
Sep 22, 2025
Scientists find proof that an asteroid hit the North Sea more than 43 million years ago
A decades-long scientific debate over the origins of the Silverpit Crater in the southern North Sea has been resolved. New evidence confirms that it was caused by an asteroid or comet impact about 43–46 million years ago.
Social Sciences
Sep 22, 2025
How Ukraine keeps society going despite the war
Despite being at war since February 2022, Ukraine has managed to maintain public services. A new study from Linköping University points to the collaboration between citizens and public authorities as a key factor in this. ...
Education
Sep 20, 2025
Why America still needs public schools
While the White House's fight with elite universities such as Columbia and Harvard has recently dominated the headlines, the feud overshadows the broader and more far-reaching assault on K-12 public education by the Trump ...
Education
Sep 19, 2025
AI is changing how students learn—or avoid learning
A USC study reveals most students use tools like ChatGPT to shortcut assignments, unless professors actively guide them toward deeper, more thoughtful usage. The findings are available on the EdArXiv preprint server.
Space Exploration
Sep 18, 2025
NASA's Deep Space Communications demo exceeds project expectations
NASA's Deep Space Optical Communications technology has successfully shown that data encoded in lasers can be reliably transmitted, received, and decoded after traveling millions of miles from Earth at distances comparable ...
Condensed Matter
Sep 18, 2025
Advanced AI links atomic structure to quantum tech
A research team led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory has developed a new method to uncover the atomic origins of unusual material behavior. This approach uses Bayesian deep learning, a form of artificial intelligence that ...
Social Sciences
Sep 17, 2025
Would you eat a grasshopper? In Oaxaca, it's been a tasty tradition for thousands of years
Billions of people regularly eat insects. In the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, chapulines—toasted grasshoppers—stand out as a beloved seasonal treat that follows the start of the rainy season, a period that runs from ...
Social Sciences
Sep 17, 2025
Study explores enduring effects of sexual violence during Rwandan genocide against Tutsi
A study led by McGill University researchers offers insights into intergenerational memory and the experiences of children born of conflict-related sexual violence and their mothers in post-genocide Rwanda.
