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National Academy of Sciences debates how science can serve society

The National Academy of Sciences made public the proceedings of a symposium that explored whether U.S. innovation needs an update much like the creation of a blueprint for scientific research through Vannevar Bush’s report Science: The Endless Frontier, 75 years ago.

Brown graduate selected for NASA's Artemis program

Brown graduate Jessica Meir still has a chance to achieve her childhood dream of exploring the Moon with her selection for NASA’s Artemis program.

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Scientists suggest Aleutian chain part of volcanic caldera

A giant volcano may be sitting in Alaska’s Aleutian chain that dwarfs the nearby Okmok volcano, which has been implicated in the year BCE 43 disruption of the Roman Republic.

Sperm have been tricking us with an optical illusion

The human sperm’s tail whips in a single direction as it swims, but with the head spinning at the same time the sperm avoids moving in circles, researchers from the University of Bristol and Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico have discovered.

Earthquake in a lab helps scientists decipher knowledge of physics of friction

Scientists at an “earthquake laboratory at CalTech increased the knowledge of the physics of friction that drive thrust-fault earthquakes, often the world’s largest quakes.

Researchers develop pregnancy complication rating system to find causes

By using patient discharge data, National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded researchers created a new system for classifying life-threatening complications associated with childbirth in hopes other researches can use what's learned to reduce rising levels of maternal morbidity.

Rising carbon levels in oceans means smaller fish, researchers say

Oceans absorb much of the carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere, but that may cause fish to be smaller in the future, researchers from the University of Connecticut and other institutions discovered.

NASA's LRO finds larger meteors dug up more metal from Moon's subsurface

Scientists searching for ice in the Moon’s polar craters found evidence that more metal lurks beneath the lunar surface than they expected.

'Sea squirt' on ocean's bottom may help cure melanoma

A “sea squirt” living at the bottom of the ocean may help scientists find a cure for melanoma, the most dangerous type of skin cancer, researchers at the Desert Research Institute in Reno, Nevada, said.

Stanford researchers create inexpensive electrolyte for lithium metal batteries

As lithium-ion batteries reach their limits for improvements, Stanford researchers looked to new electrolyte design to improve lithium metal battery performance with some success.

Researchers use genetics to reveal people mixed before cities rose

Genetic research shows the mix of ideas and material culture, with people intermingling, came before cities began to rise, which is the opposite of previous assumptions.

Machine learning helps researchers categorize the ocean's ecology

Scientists at MIT used machine learning to find distinct points enabled them to split the world’s oceans into different “provinces” based on ecological makeup.

Toddlers temperament provides clues to adult outcomes

Researchers found that infants whose behavior showed inhibition tend to have a reserved, introverted personality at age 26.

Today's 'once-in-a-lifetime' coastal flooding likely to become daily events by 2050

Today’s measure of 50-year record high tides will become daily events by 2050 for many coastal dwellers in the United States.

Images, science continue 30 years after Hubble reached orbit

NASA released a photo taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope of a swirling spiral galaxy named NGC 2906.

Jazz guitarists help researchers study creativity, improvisation

Jazz guitarists helped researchers show that inexperienced musicians rely on their brain’s right hemisphere, but experienced musicians can improvise almost automatically while primarily using their brain's left hemisphere.