Recent articles from publications based in United States.
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The common mistake that could make aging joints hurt more - Date: - August 16, 2026 - Source: - The Conversation - Summary: - Aging gradually wears down the cartilage and fluid that protect our...
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Physicists discover a hidden gluon structure inside protons that could rewrite textbooks - Date: - August 16, 2026 - Source: - Brookhaven National Laboratory - Summary: - Physicists may have...
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Scientists reveal why walking gets so much harder with age - Date: - August 16, 2026 - Source: - Flinders University - Summary: - As we age, the body appears to sacrifice walking efficiency in...
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A new Ice Age species was hiding in la brea tar pits fossils for decades A tiny Ice Age toad hidden in the La Brea Tar Pits for decades is offering surprising new clues about how dramatically Los...
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A black hole shredded a “super sun” — but something strange may have survived - Date: - August 15, 2026 - Source: - Liverpool John Moores University - Summary: - Astronomers have witnessed a black...
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COVID-19 awakens dormant viruses — and one is linked to long COVID COVID-19 may awaken hidden viruses inside the body, and one mysterious viral family could hold new clues to long COVID.
The Marginalianby Maria Popova9d ago
How to Read the Signal of Your Life By Maria Popova Sitting atop a Spanish mesa one sweltering August night, watching the Perseid meteor showers streak the sky with the debris of a comet burning...
The Marginalianby Maria Popova9d ago
The Gentle Giant: Oliver Sacks and the Art of Choosing Empathy Over Vengeance By Maria Popova “Compassion,” Karen Armstrong wrote in her stirring meditation on the true meaning of the Golden Rule...
The Marginalianby Maria Popova9d ago
The Ocean and the Meaning of Life By Maria Popova This essay is adapted from Figuring. In June of 1952, the United States Fish & Wildlife Service received a letter of resignation from its most...
The Marshall Projectby Geoff Hing9d ago
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Scientists detect a surprising shift in human blood as atmospheric CO2 rises - Date: - August 15, 2026 - Source: - The Kids Research Institute Australia - Summary: - Rising carbon dioxide in the...
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When gut microbes run low on fiber, they may start eating you When fiber runs low, gut microbes may start feeding on your protective gut lining instead.
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A 30-year-old fossil was hiding bones from a mysterious ancient sea monster A fossil from Japan has yielded hidden mosasaur bones—and tantalizing clues that they may belong to an entirely new...
Gristby Molly Taft, WIRED9d ago
This story was originally published by Wired and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The emissions from powering data centers rightly get a lot of attention.
Defense Oneby Thomas Novelly10d ago
Army picks M1 to lead $10B helicopter-school transformation The aviation-services firm beat out Bell and Lockheed Martin.
History of MITby Stephanie Martinovich | Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering10d ago
Chiang Chung "C.C." Mei, professor emeritus in the MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE), a renowned hydrodynamicist whose work shaped the field’s understanding of ocean waves...
IEEE Spectrumby The Liu Family10d ago
Bede Liu, a digital signal processing pioneer, died on 7 May. He was 91. Liu was widely regarded as one of the founders of modern digital signal processing, a field that applies mathematical...
Science Newsby Erin Garcia de Jesús10d ago
Rain may bring disease-carrying mosquitoes. But the lack of it could have been a factor that led to the first urban yellow fever outbreak in Brazil in decades.
MIT Newsby Anne Trafton | MIT News10d ago
Every year, lung cancer kills more than 100,000 people in the United States. Smoking is the leading risk factor for lung cancer, but other environmental exposures can also contribute to the...
Atlas Obscuraby Louise Story10d ago
Every European Christmas market sells the same mulled wine out of the same wooden hut. This is not a criticism — it is a very good hut, and the wine is warm.
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