Getting beyond answers like 'fine' and 'nothing': Five simple ways to spark real talk with kids
Each afternoon, a familiar conversation unfolds in many households.
Social Sciences
Aug 12, 2025
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The new NextGen Acela trains promise faster travel and more seats, but arrive as US rail faces an uncertain future
When former President Joe Biden unveiled his US$1.9 trillion infrastructure plan in 2021, he found the perfect place to go public: Philadelphia's 30th Street Station rail yard.
Environment
Aug 12, 2025
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Massive magnets are on the move: Repurposing electromagnets for research
Plan a route, grab some snacks, and fuel up. Engineers and scientists have been sending massive magnets from U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) national labs on cross-country road trips.
General Physics
Aug 12, 2025
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Astronomers spot the 'Eye of Sauron' in deep space
A stunning new image of a cosmic jet has helped astronomers unlock the mystery behind the unusually bright emission of high-energy gamma rays and neutrinos from a peculiar celestial object. The source is a blazar—a type of ...
Astronomy
Aug 12, 2025
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'Pop III.1' model explains origins of black holes and early cosmic ionization
A new theoretical study by University of Virginia astrophysicist Jonathan Tan, a research professor with the College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences' Department of Astronomy, proposes a comprehensive framework for ...
Astronomy
Aug 12, 2025
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Northern losses and southern gains: Climate change reshapes moth communities across Finland
A new study led by the University of Helsinki examined how climate change is altering moth communities across Finland. The researchers wanted to understand whether communities are undergoing thermophilization—a shift towards ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 12, 2025
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5-million-year-old deer fossils link modern wildlife to ancient North American forests
Researchers at the Gray Fossil Site and Museum have discovered something surprisingly familiar among the site's exotic ancient tapirs and rhinos: the first fossil deer, representing one of the earliest records of the deer ...
Evolution
Aug 12, 2025
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Scientists explore real-time tsunami warning system on world's fastest supercomputer
Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have helped develop an advanced, real-time tsunami forecasting system—powered by El Capitan, the world's fastest supercomputer—that could dramatically improve early ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 12, 2025
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Neurotoxic of not? Efficient chemical screening approach provides rapid answers
Approximately 350,000 chemicals are predicted to be commercially available worldwide. Little is known about which chemicals are potentially neurotoxic, meaning harmful to the (developing) brain. To date, efficient testing ...
Biochemistry
Aug 12, 2025
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Ocean architects at risk from combined impact of acidification and ocean warming
A research team from the Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM-CSIC) has published a study in Communications Biology showing how ocean acidification and warming—two of the main consequences of global climate change—can simultaneously ...
Ecology
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