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Scientific American

OpenAI’s latest math breakthroughs commit research misconduct, experts say [4d]
Can quantum computers solve math’s hardest problem? [5d]
CDC warns of Salmonella outbreak tied to jalapeño peppers sold to Chipotle and QDOBA [5d]
Physicists harness sunlight for quantum entanglement [5d]
U.S. lawmakers vote to hold Biden's former medical advisor Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress [5d]
U.S. approves Moderna's mRNA vaccine for flu—the first of its kind [5d]

Quanta Magazine

How Does Touch Lead To Pain Or Pleasure? [5d]

New Scientist

It’s good for the planet to scrap a new petrol car and buy electric [4d]
DeepMind AI gives an extra day of warning ahead of deadly cyclones [5d]
Why mathematician Terence Tao thinks AI must spark a rapid revolution [5d]
Do leftovers taste better the next day? Sometimes, according to science [5d]

ScienceDaily

Scientists rediscover lost Megalodon fossils—and reveal a 79-foot giant [4d]
Scientists discover a hidden brain shift that begins around age 50 [4d]

Phys

AI for homework—parents more willing to pay subscriptions for their children as peer pressure rises [4d]
Bacterial enzyme switch could weaken antibiotic defenses in MRSA and other pathogens [4d]
An elegant modification doubles the range of low-noise 'white lasers' in a single fiber [4d]
Q&A: Mushroom behind 'tiny people' hallucinations identified [4d]
How 'smart' hydrogel packaging tells you if your food is still fresh [4d]
Charting the galaxy: Milky Way Mapper survey releases latest all-sky spectra [4d]
One ant can trigger colony-wide activity bursts, mathematical model suggests [4d]
Decoding the North American bison's genome to better inform conservation efforts [4d]
Researchers demonstrate first fully solution-processed solid-state polariton laser [4d]
Never-before-seen woven structure that forms naturally inside a crystal discovered [4d]
One-third of agricultural land accounts for two-thirds of global impact, study reveals [4d]
Social robots may support learning and reduce teachers' workload, pilot trial finds [4d]
Single-shot phase imaging technique can reconstruct transparent objects [5d]
New quantum microscopy trick quadruples microscope resolution [5d]
Trillion-mile gas streamer may explain tilt of triple-star system's outer planet-forming ring [5d]
Why are deaf audiences still treated as an afterthought in theater and cinema? [5d]
Adding an AI tool to Google Earth shook our trust in maps that has been centuries in the making [5d]
Milky Way-like simulation reveals how central galactic structures grow together [5d]
With new digital tools, researchers are helping Joshua trees survive wildfires [5d]
Mitochondria act as sensors for essential iron molecule, study reveals [5d]
Two decades of blazar observations, and the mysteries keep piling up [5d]
Checking out AI: University library puts emerging technology to the test [5d]
Utah's historic fire season of 2026 [5d]
AI and 'Ramanomics' could eliminate a major obstacle to studying living cells [5d]
Super-Earths may be solid deep inside their mantles [5d]
Drained by humans, rewetted by beavers—opposing forces shape boreal wetlands [5d]
Are cats getting tamer, or is it people who are changing? [5d]
Observing key material properties atom by atom for the first time [5d]
JWST study suggests a handful of 'leaky' galaxies reionized the early universe [5d]
Small dinosaur fossil suggests Fukushima coast hosted iguanodontians of different sizes [5d]
First metabolically activated molecular glue degrader may target cancer cells under oxidative stress [5d]
We might soon have the technology to reach other star systems [5d]
Earthquake sensors can help forecast how hurricanes intensify [5d]
Building better prediction models for consumer choices [5d]
Fossil study finds vision—not the 'thinking' frontal lobe—drove varied brain development in primates [5d]
Siberia's growing methane threat could offset 20% of global methane reduction targets by 2050 [5d]
Random physics helps model individual ant motion [5d]
Sugars may have helped fuel the evolution of the human brain, new research suggests [5d]
Fluorescent nanosensors help distinguish between healthy and diseased immune cells in blood samples [5d]
Refugees reveal how community shapes success in Canada [5d]
Carbon nanostructure improves fuel-cell catalyst durability while reducing platinum use [5d]
How evolution fine tunes molecular mechanisms to create and maintain membrane diversity between species [5d]
Deworming products for grazing animals may disrupt food chains [5d]
X(2370) emerges as glueball-dominated particle in collider experiments [5d]
Measurements trace European wildfire smoke high into upper troposphere [5d]
Two-qubit entangling gate flags its own errors as detectable photon losses [5d]
Interlocking molecular propellers create stable 'islands' in artificial lipid membranes [5d]
Scientists investigate continent-wide 'moisture conveyor belt' behind extreme monsoon rains [5d]
Atomic view of Alzheimer's disease peptide could inform new drugs [5d]
Fully remote work and stable long-term care costs can buffer life satisfaction in small and medium-sized cities [5d]

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