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OPINION: Data science courses must be part of what all students learn
The calculator has replaced the slide rule. Latin is rarely offered in high school. Sentence diagramming has disappeared from most…
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Blue-Green Algae Is Filling Rivers With Toxic Sludge
This year in Northern Ireland, some of the most serious blooms have occurred in Lough Neagh, the largest body of…
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Paper Coffee Cups Are Just as Toxic for the Environment as Plastic Ones
Improving recycling practices would be a logical step in trying to keep harmful chemicals from ending up in nature, but…
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Use of AI Is Seeping Into Academic Journals—and It’s Proving Difficult to Detect
Experts say there’s a balance to strike in the academic world when using generative AI—it could make the writing process…
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The Scary Science of Maui’s Wildfires
In an eerie echo of 2018’s Camp Fire, which sped through the town of Paradise, California, destroying 19,000 buildings and…
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AI Is Building Highly Effective Antibodies That Humans Can’t Even Imagine
James Field, founder and CEO of LabGenius. Photograph: LabGenius The tests are almost fully automated, with an array of high-end…
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The Mystery Genes That Are Keeping You Alive
When it came to the substantial number that were unknown, the team conducted one more study, using the best understood…
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National Math and Science Initiative Receives $100,000 Grant from TC Energy to Train Virginia Teachers
DALLAS AND NORFOLK, VA. — The National Math and Science Initiative (NMSI) is pleased to announce the generous support of TC…
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Inside the DIY Race to Replicate LK-99
All that Andrew McCalip wanted for his 34th birthday was a shipment of red phosphorus. It was a tough request—the…
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Does aromatherapy pass the smell test? Here’s what science says about essential oils
Marian Reven is a professor of clinical education at West Virginia University. The history of using essential oils and their aromas to…
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