It’s “common knowledge”—and the scare quotes should be a warning—that the sun is an average star.
But it’s not, and in fact it’s not even close: The sun is in the top 90th percentile of stars by mass. That’s because well more than…
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I asked ChatGPT and Gemini to make me a March Madness bracket — only one blew me away
I’m not a college basketball fan, but when the NCAA tournament rolls around — aka March Madness — my interest grows, mostly around making the celebrated Bracket.
Brackets are basically a way of tracking the dozens of teams, games, rounds,…
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Nasa returns moon rocket to pad and targets 1 April launch | Nasa
Nasa has begun returning its towering SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft to its Florida launch pad before a planned flyby of the moon, after completing necessary repairs.
Artemis engineers began the manoeuvre, which can take up to 12 hours, at 8pm…
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Can Fungi Control the Weather? Scientists Say It’s Possible
Fungi may hold a little-known key to ice formation in clouds. Can fungi affect the weather? It may sound unlikely, but new research suggests they just might. An international team of researchers, including Virginia Tech scientists Xiaofeng Wang…
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I Learned More Than I Thought I Would From Using Food-Tracking Apps
I do my best to eat well and stay in shape. But as a mom of three, it’s often tough to remember what I’ve eaten today, or even how much water I’ve taken in.
Thankfully, a new slate of food-tracking apps—often powered by computer vision and…
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L.B. Bohle at Interphex 2026
L.B. Bohle will be showcasing three examples of its pharmaceutical processing technology for the manufacture of oral solid doses at INTERPHEX 2026 in New York City: the QbCon® 1 continuous granulation and drying system, the BFC 5…
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How Chicago robot tutors are teaching SEL effectively, without pretending to be human
In a crowded fourth-grade classroom in Chicago, a new kind of tutor is shaping how children learn about empathy, conflict, and problem-solving. These robots aren’t programmed to act like friendly classmates with invented emotions and backstories….
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Scientists solve 12,800-year-old climate mystery hidden in Greenland ice
Deep within Greenland’s vast ice sheet, scientists have uncovered an unusual chemical signal that has sparked years of debate. At the center of the mystery is a sharp rise in platinum levels found in an ice core (a cylinder of ice drilled out of…
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Engineered tissue offers hope for children born with 'missing' esophagus
Scientists from Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) and University College London (UCL) have created the first lab‑grown esophagus—the food pipe—shown to safely replace a full section of the organ and restore normal function, including…
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