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NASA Launches 2026 Lunabotics Challenge
Students prepare their robots to enter Artemis Arena during NASA’s Lunabotics competition on May 20, 2025, at the Center for Space Education near the Kennedy [...]
Why Former NFL All-Pros Are Turning to Psychedelics
Research into whether drugs like ayahuasca can mitigate the effects of traumatic brain injury is in its infancy. Pro athletes like Jordan Poyer are forging [...]
The New Math of Quantum Cryptography
In theory, quantum physics can bypass the hard mathematical problems at the root of modern encryption. A new proof shows how.Read More
Real Estate Speculators Are Swooping In to Buy Disaster-Hit Homes
“We buy homes” companies are procuring disaster-damaged properties for cheap. Survivors say they’re taking advantage of tragedy.Read More
‘People Are So Proud of This’: How River and Lake Water Is Cooling Buildings
Networks of pipes and heat exchangers can transfer excess heat from buildings into nearby bodies of water—but as the world warms, the cooling potential of [...]
Neuralink’s Bid to Trademark ‘Telepathy’ and ‘Telekinesis’ Faces Legal Issues
The brain implant company cofounded by Elon Musk filed to trademark the product names Telepathy and Telekinesis. But it turns out that another person had [...]
It’s Possible to Remove the Forever Chemicals in Drinking Water. Will It Happen?
New research shows that filtration systems that remove PFAS can also get rid of other harmful substances. Whether they’ll actually be introduced is a different [...]
This Blood Thinner Is More Effective Than Aspirin at Preventing Heart Attacks
Aspirin is commonly prescribed to patients with coronary artery disease to prevent heart attacks and strokes, but a new analysis has found that another drug, [...]
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