During the hottest summer days in New Haven’s Dwight neighborhood, the kids at Kensington Playground improvise a way to stay cool—wedging T-shirts along the splash pad drain to form a makeshift pool. As the water rises, they lie on their…
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Cooling Dwight: Researchers are helping to address heat inequities in New Haven
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‘You can see someone going to the toilet, or getting undressed’ — contractors warn your Meta AI glasses might see more than you realize
- Meta contractors claim your smart glasses can see more than you think
- Meta’s privacy policy does warn that your glasses share images and videos with the company
- This follows a growing trend of privacy concerns over smart glasses in public and in…
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Franconia's agriculture of the future: Olives and rice instead of barley and sugar beet?
Due to climate change, agriculture is facing an unprecedented transformation. While Germany was hardly affected by massive crop failures for decades, the picture has changed drastically since 2015. Since then, heat waves and dry spells have been…
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Research reveals challenges of living with gestational diabetes
A study from the University of Limerick in Ireland has identified the hidden challenges of women living with and managing Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM). The research led by academics in UL’s Department of Psychology is the first review of…
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Pond-dwelling microalga exposes a parallel track for RNA processing
Biology textbooks explain that cells follow a universal rule when processing gene transcripts to make proteins. Non-coding snippets of RNA are bracketed by a guanine-thymine (GT) nucleotide sequence on one end and an adenine-guanine (AG) sequence…
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Heart attacks are killing more young people—and more women
March 5, 2026
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Heart attacks are killing more young people—and more women
A new study finds that heart attack deaths in U.S. hospitals are rising in people aged 54 and below, signaling a shift in cardiovascular…
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NASA Wallops Supports First Rocket Lab HASTE Launch of 2026
NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility supported a Rocket Lab HASTE suborbital launch from the company’s Launch Complex 2 in Virginia on Feb. 27, 2026. The mission, called Cassowary Vex, supported a flight of a hypersonic test platform for the…
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A nanoplatform turns mild heat into a gene-editing trigger that disarms tumor defenses
Cancer cells can protect themselves from heat treatment by producing stress proteins that act as molecular armor. A new nanoplatform built from bismuthene, a two-dimensional form of bismuth, turns this weakness into a weapon. Instead of blasting…
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Drinking Water Source May Influence Parkinson’s Disease Risk
A large U.S. study suggests that the age and type of groundwater supplying drinking water may be linked to Parkinson’s disease risk. A new preliminary study suggests that the age of the groundwater supplying a community’s drinking water may…
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