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Scientific American

Does My Child Have a Speech Delay? [777d]
Chatbots Struggle to Answer Medical Questions in Widely Spoken Languages [777d]

Quanta Magazine

Merging Fields, Mathematicians Go the Distance On Old Problem [777d]

New Scientist

Bird flu confirmed in person who had contact with infected dairy cows [777d]
How the infamous Pitcairn Island became a model of ocean conservation [777d]
‘Yell at your robot’ technique teaches robots household chores [777d]
How solar eclipses have been revealing cosmic secrets for centuries [777d]

ScienceDaily

Reducing late-night alcohol sales curbed all violent crimes by 23% annually in a Baltimore neighborhood [777d]
Golfers' risk from pesticides used on turfgrass is likely low [777d]
Researchers develop more broadly protective coronavirus vaccine [777d]
Scientists pioneer immunotherapy technique for autoimmune diseases [777d]
We've had bird evolution all wrong [777d]
Computational tools fuel reconstruction of new and improved bird family tree [777d]
I spy with my speedy eye -- scientists discover speed of visual perception ranges widely in humans [777d]
Engineers 'symphonize' cleaner ammonia production [777d]
Are high-purity cathode materials truly necessary? [777d]
Melting glaciers in a warmer climate provide new ground for invasive species [777d]
Simple equations clarify cloud climate conundrum [777d]
Canada lynx historic range in US likely wider than previously thought [777d]
Study uses artificial intelligence to show how personality influences the expression of our genes [777d]
Machine learning provides a new picture of the great gray owl [777d]
Cellphone compass can measure tiny concentrations of compounds important for human health [777d]
New advance against a form of heart failure prevalent in men [777d]
New initiative improves detection, evaluation of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder [777d]
Pilot study shows ketogenic diet improves severe mental illness [777d]
Physics-based predictive tool will speed up battery and superconductor research [777d]
Universal brain-computer interface lets people play games with just their thoughts [777d]
App may pave way to treatments for no. 1 dementia in under-60s [777d]
Chatbot outperformed physicians in clinical reasoning in head-to-head study [777d]
Mosquito detectives track malaria's history [777d]
Research reveals language barriers limit effectiveness of cybersecurity resources [777d]

Phys

AI improves monsoon rainfall predictions [777d]
Revolutionizing spectrometry with ultra-simplicity: Disrupting conventional designs through novel diffraction computing [777d]
A novel liquid crystal-based tunable dielectric metasurface [777d]
A chemically bonded photocatalyst with rich oxygen vacancies for improved photocatalytic decontamination [777d]
New 'Eclipse Watch' tool shows eclipses from space any time [777d]
Fungal resources: Eleven new species of Trichoderma from China [777d]
Research demonstrates anatase supported Ni single-atom catalysts for propane dehydrogenation [777d]
82% of EU farm subsidies bolster high emissions foods: Study [777d]
Invaders from underground are coming in cicada-geddon. It's the biggest bug emergence in centuries [777d]
Cicadas are nature's weirdos. They pee stronger than us and an STD can turn them into zombies [777d]
Study suggests taking an aggressive stance in crisis communications costs companies money [777d]
Team creates cooperative exciton-polariton condensate [777d]
Research team realizes magnonic frequency comb [777d]
Leaves of three, let it be? Wide variability among poison ivy plants makes identification more challenging [777d]
The uneven results of anticorruption efforts across countries [777d]
Golfers' risk from pesticides used on turf grass is likely low, studies find [777d]
NASA's VIPER robotic moon rover team raises its mighty mast [777d]
'Frankenstein design' enables 3D printed neutron collimator [777d]
Can savanna emerge in the cold high latitudes and altitudes due to ongoing rapid warming? [777d]
Team demonstrates an ultra-broadband tunable terahertz absorber of graphene and hierarchical plasmonic metamaterials [777d]
New antibiotic class effective against multidrug-resistant bacteria discovered [777d]
Meteorites: Why study them? What can they teach us about finding life beyond Earth? [777d]
Computational tools fuel reconstruction of new and improved bird family tree [777d]
New method reveals hidden activity of life below ground [777d]
A frozen chunk of genome rewrites our understanding of bird evolution [777d]
Melting glaciers in a warmer climate provide new ground for invasive species [777d]
As feds stand down, states choose between wetlands protections or rollbacks [777d]
Engineers 'symphonize' cleaner ammonia production [777d]
The next total solar eclipse is in April: Here's what to know and where to see it [777d]
New survey sheds new light on trans life in Maryland [777d]
How to safely watch a solar eclipse with children [777d]
Novel silica-based adsorbent helps selective separation of strontium [777d]
Researchers study rate of stuttering in adult struggling readers [777d]
Old crystal, new story for enhancing deep ultraviolet laser performance [777d]
'Humbling, and a bit worrying': Researcher claims that models fail to fully explain record global heat [777d]
Q&A: Potential TikTok ban is a high-stakes threat for its young user base and beyond [777d]
Archaeologists illuminate ancient culinary practices using chemical biomarkers [777d]
Unveiling the sun: NASA's open data approach to solar eclipse research [777d]
Canada lynx historic range in US likely wider than previously thought [777d]
Upcoming solar eclipse prompts NY State Corrections to cancel prison visits [777d]
Setting prairies ablaze in springtime is key to restoring damaged ecosystems, conservationists say [777d]
Researchers show depth-dependent responses of soil organic carbon under nitrogen deposition [777d]
Enhancing plant growth tracking with satellite image fusion techniques [777d]
New satellite dataset sheds light on Earth's plant growth [777d]
Beavers' work can help stop wildfires: More places in California are embracing them [777d]
The search for the perfect coronagraph to find Earth 2.0 [777d]
Using a cellphone compass to measure tiny concentrations of compounds important for human health [777d]
Stingray sand 'sculpture' in South Africa may be oldest example of humans creating an image of another creature [777d]
Regulatory hurdles for updating breakpoints for antimicrobial susceptibility test devices: What to know [777d]
How Washington's I-90 became safer for wildlife, drivers [777d]
Tips to safely watch the total solar eclipse [777d]
New England report calls for dramatic increase in sustainable forestry [777d]
Leadership transparency alone doesn't guarantee employees will speak up in the workplace [777d]
What is kinship care? Why is it favored for Aboriginal children over foster care? [777d]
Exploding stars are rare but emit torrents of radiation—one close enough to Earth could threaten life on the planet [777d]
Why Ontario school boards are suing social media platforms for causing an attention crisis [777d]
El Niño disasters: Governments know what's coming, but are unprepared. Here's what must change [777d]
South Africa's laws aren't geared to protecting against climate change: Judges are trying to fill the gap [777d]
Africa's Ph.D.s: Study shows how to develop strong graduates who want to make a difference [777d]
How do we help students from disadvantaged backgrounds feel confident about school? [777d]
A sustainable future begins at ground level, says researcher [777d]

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