Recent articles
February 19, 2026
From chickens to humans, animals think "bouba" sounds round
There seems to be a deep-seated association between sounds and shapes.
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February 18, 2026
Microsoft's new 10,000-year data storage medium: glass
Femtosecond lasers etch data into a very stable medium.
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February 18, 2026
Hallucinogen DMT an effective antidepressant in small clinical trial
Effectiveness appears to correlate with self-described mystical experience.
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February 13, 2026
Tiny, 45 base long RNA can make copies of itself
Self-copying RNAs may have been a key stop along the pathway to life.
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February 12, 2026
EPA kills foundation of greenhouse gas regulations
The agency is betting the the Supreme Court will reverse a prior ruling.
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February 12, 2026
Bringing the "functionally extinct" American chestnut back from the dead
Wiped out in its native range by invasive pathogens, the trees may make a comeback.
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February 12, 2026
Trump orders the military to make agreements with coal power plants
The administration's "reasoning" for doing so has little connection to reality.
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February 10, 2026
After Republican complaints, judicial body pulls climate advice
Meant to help judges handle scientific issues, document is now climate-free.
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February 9, 2026
NIH head, still angry about COVID, wants a second scientific revolution
Can we pander to MAHA, re-litigate COVID, and improve science at the same time?
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February 3, 2026
Upset at reports that he'd given up, Trump now wants $1B from Harvard
Hefty "fine" comes in wake of NY Times reporting of money-free settlement.
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February 2, 2026
Court orders restart of all US offshore wind construction
Trump admin's "it's classified" ploy put on hold in five different cases.
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February 2, 2026
Judge rules Department of Energy's climate working group was illegal
Meant to undercut EPA regulations, the group tried to work in secret.
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January 7, 2026
Japanese nuclear plant operator fabricated seismic risk data
Company staff were very selective about how they modeled earthquake dangers.
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January 7, 2026
New battery idea gets lots of power out of unusual sulfur chemistry
Rather than being used as a storage material, the sulfur gives up electrons.
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January 6, 2026
Appeals court upholds block on one of Trump’s cuts to research funds
The Trump admin can't arbitrarily set university reimbursements to a low flat rate.
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January 2, 2026
Researchers spot Saturn-sized planet in the “Einstein desert”
Rogue, free-floating planets appear to have two distinct origins.
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December 31, 2025
Here we go again: Retiring coal plant forced to stay open by Trump Admin
This time, a Colorado plant scheduled to shut down will be kept on standby.
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December 30, 2025
Lawsuit over Trump rejecting medical research grants is settled
Settlement forces NIH to review grants previously rejected on ideological grounds.
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December 30, 2025
Looking for friends, lobsters may stumble into an ecological trap
Gathering for mutual defense puts young spiny lobsters at risk of predators.
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December 29, 2025
Researchers make “neuromorphic” artificial skin for robots
Information from sensors is transmitted using neural-style activity spikes.
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December 22, 2025
US blocks all offshore wind construction, says reason is classified
Projects with hardware in the water stopped due to Department of Defense fears.
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December 18, 2025
LLMs’ impact on science: Booming publications, stagnating quality
Once researchers turn to LLMs, paper counts go up, quality does not.
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December 17, 2025
Trump admin threatens to break up major climate research center
Major research institution dismissed as a source of "climate alarmism."
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December 11, 2025
Gazelle’s Arroyo offers a belt drive, continuous variable transmission
Gazelle's high-end commuter offers a belt drive and continuous variable transmission.
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December 9, 2025
Court: “Because Trump said to” may not be a legally valid defense
The "arbitrary and capricious" standard strikes down another administration action.
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December 8, 2025
Lectric XPress 750: A full-sized bike for the budget-minded
A budget e-bike that offers more than you might expect.
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December 3, 2025
Humans in southern Africa were an isolated population until recently
A distinct population that was isolated until the last thousand years or so.
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December 3, 2025
Planned satellite constellations may swamp future orbiting telescopes
Planned orbital observatories would see satellites cross nearly all of their images.
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November 26, 2025
Solar’s growth in US almost enough to offset rising energy use
Over the course of 2025, electricity demand has gradually declined.
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November 26, 2025
Many genes associated with dog behavior influence human personalities, too
But the specific behaviors linked may be completely unrelated.
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