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Earth Sciences Sep 1, 2026

Salt of the Earth: How Egypt's coastal sabkhas tell a story of climate and change

Have you ever walked across a salt flat so expansive it feels like another planet? That's what it's like standing in Egypt's coastal sabkhas—those otherworldly landscapes where the ground crunches beneath your feet and the ...

Social Sciences Sep 1, 2026

Where people go shapes urban mixing more than where they live, research finds

For millennia, people have been drawn to cities for opportunities, jobs and the possibility of sharing a sidewalk with diverse and interesting groups of people.

Environment Sep 1, 2026

Exposure to forever chemicals through sea spray may be overblown

Coastal residents may be worried about exposure to forever chemicals from sea spray during hot summer months, but York University researchers found little evidence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination ...

Other Sep 1, 2026

For a century, journalists have had a voluntary ethics code. Editors are giving it an AI-era reboot

Walk into a corner of a newsroom somewhere and you can often find it affixed to a bulletin board, perhaps peeking out from behind the coffee pot: the Society of Professional Journalists's Code of Ethics. It's less than a ...

Astrobiology Aug 31, 2026

Peptides can form well-defined structures in harsh, Venus-like conditions

When exploring solar system bodies for signs of past or present life, scientists have mainly focused on planets that have (or had) a liquid surface similar to Earth's. However, mounting evidence suggests that the ingredients ...

Biotechnology Aug 31, 2026

Scientists put algae to work making fuel. AI reveals which cells are pulling their weight

Algae have a habit of turning up where they're not wanted. They coat your swimming pool in green gunk, cling to rocks at the beach and even make headlines when they take over prominent reservoirs, such as the White House ...

Education Aug 31, 2026

Communicating uncertainty in research is hard, so we worked on how best to do it—here's what you can watch out for

Earlier this summer, the four of us spent three days in a room with a dozen others whose jobs sound nothing like ours, or like each other's: a cosmologist, an emergency management scholar, a genetic counselor, a hydrologist, ...

Astronomy Aug 30, 2026

NASA's newest space telescope launches on a quest to explore the hidden universe

NASA's newest crown jewel blasted off Sunday to hunt for planets around other stars, explore secret dark energy and survey the cosmos like never before.

Social Sciences Aug 29, 2026

Talking to your children about consent and sexual violence can be hard. Here's how to start the conversation

There have been multiple high-profile alleged incidents of sexual violence against women and girls in news headlines this month. Some involve teenage boys.

Environment Aug 28, 2026

Climate policy could learn from people who already live within the limits of sufficiency

Tina Nyfors, who recently defended her doctoral thesis at the University of Helsinki, studied sufficiency, a way of living and a principle for organizing society to stay within environmental limits while ensuring that people ...

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