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Shatema Threadcraft Receives the 2026 Victoria Schuck Award for "The Labors of Resurrection: Black Women, Necromancy, and Morrisonian" -

The Victoria Schuck Award is presented annually by the American Political Science Association (APSA) to honor the best book published on women and politics. Citation from the Award Committee: The committee found Shatema Threadcraft’s The Labors of Resurrection: [...]

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Aug 7 • 12:00 PM EDT • Politics • politicalsciencenow.com
Dog Days of Summer at Exploreum Science Center

Celebrate man’s best friend at the Exploreum Science Center on Saturday, August 15th, from 10AM to 4 PM with a tail-wagging day of fun!

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Aug 7 • 11:17 AM EDT • Science • fox10tv.com
Quiz of the week: what age of science is the US entering according to Trump?

Have you been keeping up to date with physics news? Try our short quiz to find out

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Aug 7 • 11:00 AM EDT • Science • physicsworld.com
Science Wins A Skirmish

Thank heaven for small favors: Senators on the Appropriations Committee on Sunday released a stopgap funding bill to avert a government shutdown by Oct. 1 and temporarily block a White House proposal that would fundamentally change how the federal government awards and manages grants. In late May, the Office of Management and Budget released … Continue reading "Science Wins A Skirmish"

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Aug 7 • 10:55 AM EDT • Science • legal-planet.org
Blowing bubbles helps resting sperm whales avoid floating to the surface

They are the only whales known to rest vertically in the water, with their heads pointing upward.

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Aug 7 • 10:20 AM EDT • Science • detroitnews.com
Science, technology connect at Cereals & Grains event

Conference to be held Nov. 11-12 in Bloomington, Minnesota

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Aug 7 • 9:13 AM EDT • Science • world-grain.com
'Don't Try This at Home Day' will bring explosive science experiments to the Franklin Institute

The Aug. 15 event features a 500-ball liquid nitrogen blast, hydrogen balloon explosion, watermelon gravity drops and other live demonstrations.

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Aug 7 • 9:06 AM EDT • Science • phillyvoice.com
Batman Makes You Nicer. Science Just Proved It.

A social experiment found that people acted more chivalrous when someone dressed as the Caped Crusader was nearby.

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Aug 7 • 9:00 AM EDT • Science • popularmechanics.com
White House plan for a ‘golden age’ of science ignores the structures that made the US a scientific superpower

A new White House science strategy, laid out in a report titled Science: A New Golden Age, challenges an 80-year-old model that made the US the global scientific leader.

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Aug 7 • 8:38 AM EDT • Science • theconversation.com
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New Museum of Science and History exhibit honors Coastal Bend Purple Heart recipients
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Aug 7 • 8:34 AM EDT • Science • kiiitv.com
Lone Geniuses in Political Worlds | Los Angeles Review of Books

Comparing Andy Weir’s and Jules Verne’s political visions of science.

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Aug 7 • 8:30 AM EDT • Politics • lareviewofbooks.org
Gerald Winegrad: The Trump administration’s unprecedented attacks on science

Opinion: Donald Trump’s second term has been the worst period in our nation’s history for the advancement of science and its use in governance, writes Gerald Winegrad.

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Aug 7 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • capitalgazette.com
Sunlight creates quantum entanglement once thought to require lasers

Scientists have generated quantum entanglement directly from sunlight, potentially offering a lower-energy alternative to the lasers normally used in quantum technology. Their outdoor experiment produced entangled photons with about 94% similarity to an ideal state. The result could pave the way for simpler quantum satellites, secure communications, and more energy-efficient quantum computing.

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Aug 7 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com
Industry and academic leaders explore how engineering innovation is powering the next era of space science at the 46th COSPAR Scientific Assembly

Leading voices from across the aerospace industry and academia gathered in Florence, Italy for the panel titled "Engineering Innovation Enabling Scientific Research," examining how advances in engineering are unlocking new scientific missions and how ambitious science goals are, in turn, driving engineering breakthroughs. The panel, moderated by Alison Nordt, Director of Space Sciences & Instrumentation at Lockheed Martin Space's Advanced Technology Center, brought together six panellists to discuss the evolving relationship between space science and systems engineering: Marius Anger (Aalto University), Jon Arenberg (Northrop Grumman), Mayra Montrose (L3Harris), Giampiero Di Paolo (Thales Alenia Space Italia), Steve Squyres (Blue Origin) and Eric Stallmer (Voyager).

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Aug 7 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • eurekalert.org
$500K National Science Foundation Grant funds interdisciplinary mathematical biology research at Elon

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Associate Professor of Mathematics Hwayeon Ryu and Assistant Professor of Biology Efra Rivera-Serrano a three-year, $500,138 grant to study viral...

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Aug 7 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • elon.edu
Do Biblical Presuppositions Make Creation Science Unscientific?

Is creation science “anti-science” and “anti-intellectual”?

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Aug 7 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • answersingenesis.org
Science Needs Storytellers — And Museums Know How

Museums have been telling science stories for generations, and science communicators can learn a lot from them.

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Aug 7 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • elm.umaryland.edu
Vitamin C may fight cancer — but not the way scientists once thought

Linus Pauling was widely mocked for claiming that vitamin C could fight cancer, especially after trials using vitamin C pills showed no benefit. Researchers now know that intravenous vitamin C reaches vastly higher concentrations and can behave more like an experimental cancer drug than an ordinary supplement. Early studies suggest it may damage vulnerable cancer cells, reduce treatment side effects, and possibly improve outcomes for some patients.

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Aug 7 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com
Lofgren, Whitesides Demand Transparency on OSTP Initiative Funded with NSF Money

The House Committee on Science, Space and Technology

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Aug 7 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • democrats-science.house.gov
5 Questions with Archer Graduate Fellow Christina Lildharrie

A Ph.D. student in neuroscience, she is exploring science, service and public policy in the nation’s capital.

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Aug 7 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • cns.utexas.edu
Science Campaigns Planned for the August 12th Total Solar Eclipse

Several science campaigns funded by NASA and ESA plan to greet the racing shadow of the Moon on August 12th.

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Aug 7 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • skyandtelescope.org
The Biggest Science Myths Hollywood Tried To Make Us Believe
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Aug 7 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • yahoo.com
Bond 2025 Project Update: Career & Technical Education (CTE) Center and Environmental Science Center (ESC)

The district is advancing planning and scheduling for the upcoming major capital projects.

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Aug 7 • 7:39 AM EDT • Science • web.risd.org
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Valuing our soil through science, art and policy

SoilTribes launches living museums, art exhibitions and policy resources to help restore Earth’s soil and ensure its future...

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Aug 7 • 7:18 AM EDT • Science • cordis.europa.eu
The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror

The Salt Kingby Natasha Pulley; A Trade of Blood by Robert Jackson Bennett; Netherwood by Jake Arnott; Fawn by CN Vair

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Aug 7 • 7:00 AM EDT • Science • theguardian.com
Science on Tap: The Evolution of NEST

What does it take to prepare for the nation’s most challenging nuclear and radiological emergencies?Discover the answer with the Nuclear Emergency Support Team (NEST), the National Nuclear Security Administration’s elite emergency response unit composed of leading scientists and technical experts.Join Michael Peters, NEST Director and Deputy Director for the Office of Nuclear Incident Response, as he takes audiences on a journey through the history of nuclear response in the United States. Explore the pivotal moments that shaped NEST, learn how the organization has evolved to stay ahead of emerging threats, and gain insight into the innovative approaches that continue to strengthen national security today.Whether you're interested in science, history, technology, or emergency response, this presentation offers a unique perspective on one of the nation's most important missions.Event Details:Friday, September 4, 2026 | Doors Open at 5:30 pm | Presentation at 6:00 pmLocation: National Museum of Nuclear Science & HistoryAdmission: $12 per personRequirement: Must be 21+ to attend. An adult must accompany younger guests.

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Aug 7 • 6:43 AM EDT • Science • kunm.org
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Let's Talk Nutrition With Nico Episode 6: The Science and Marketing of Beauty-from-Within Products
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Aug 7 • 6:40 AM EDT • Science • nutritionaloutlook.com
Déjà Vu Has a Stranger, Lesser-Known Opposite – And Scientists May Have Just Found Where It Starts

It's uncanny.

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Aug 7 • 6:23 AM EDT • Science • sciencealert.com
Federal Rule of Evidence 702 Could Help End Junk Science in Courtrooms

Following the exoneration of Jimmie "Chris" Duncan, legal experts have urged states to adopt Federal Rule of Evidence 702 standards, a measure intended to prevent wrongful convictions stemming from unreliable forensic testimony, commonly termed "junk science."

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Aug 7 • 6:10 AM EDT • Science • davisvanguard.org
Cleaning products used to kill germs may come with hidden risks

Chemicals used to kill germs in homes, schools, daycares and offices may carry hidden health risks science is just now beginning to understand.

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Aug 7 • 6:00 AM EDT • Health • cnn.com
With their assault on science, Trumpists aren’t just harming America

The administration is subjugating science to political imperatives, a major blow to US soft power and technological progress

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Aug 7 • 6:00 AM EDT • Science • theguardian.com
The surprisingly scientific methods of Bigfooters

The hunt for Bigfoot sounds like the opposite of good science, but those pursuing the creature are often serious empiricists

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Aug 7 • 6:00 AM EDT • Science • aeon.co
Science Says People Who Can Laugh at Themselves Make Better Leaders (and are Happier, Too)

As long as the "joke" is affiliative and not destructive.

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Aug 7 • 5:56 AM EDT • Science • inc.com
Researchers Examined 500 Self-Help Techniques. Only These 20 Passed the Science Test

Skip the trendy advice and unproven social media hacks—here are the few science-backed strategies that consistently deliver real results.

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Aug 7 • 5:00 AM EDT • Science • inc.com
Science Saturday returns to North Augusta with gators and skeeters and plenty more ecology

Mosquito trivia, turkey vulture research, gator photo ops… yep, UGA Savannah River Ecology Lab hosted its annual outreach event, Science Saturday, at North Augusta’s Riverview Park Activities Center.

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Aug 7 • 5:00 AM EDT • Science • postandcourier.com
New marine science exhibit opens at Fort Worden

PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend Marine Science Center has opened a newly renovated exhibit at Fort Worden.

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Aug 7 • 4:30 AM EDT • Science • peninsuladailynews.com
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The noise is getting louder, which is why science matters more than ever

For brands and formulators in gut health, the rise of AI-generated misinformation makes verified science a commercial differentiator, not just a regulatory safeguard

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Aug 7 • 3:02 AM EDT • Science • nutraceuticalbusinessreview.com
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Ask Ethan: Can "following the science" save the Earth?

Between war, disease, environmental destruction, and resource overconsumption, our civilization's future is uncertain. Can science save us?

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Aug 7 • 2:00 AM EDT • Science • bigthink.com
Jacobs Wellington Foundation And Cox Science Center Celebrate STEM Partnership - Town-Crier Newspaper

The Jacobs Wellington Foundation and the Cox Science Center & Aquarium are celebrating six years of partnership dedicated to expanding STEM education opportunities for Wellington students. Through the foundation’s continued support of the Cox Science Center’s STEM Passport program, approximately 500 Wellington-area elementary and middle school students will participate in hands-on science, technology, engineering and […]

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Aug 7 • 1:26 AM EDT • Science • gotowncrier.com
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SHARE program allows students to experience medicine and science

As Jayson Smith approached his sophomore year at Nettleton High School, he knew he wanted to pursue a career in medicine, but he didn’t really know where to start. “I...

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Aug 7 • 12:07 AM EDT • Science • talkbusiness.net
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One of science fiction’s greatest writers warned us about AI. Could his ideas help us avoid a dystopian future?

What might a modern day equivalent of Isaac Asimov’s laws of robotics look like? Guided by the author, I propose the three laws of AI

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Aug 7 • 12:00 AM EDT • Science • theguardian.com
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Sensing the Poles’ Hidden Heat

New animations from NASA's PREFIRE mission reveal two years of seasonal temperature swings at the Arctic and Antarctic.

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Aug 7 • 12:00 AM EDT • Science • science.nasa.gov
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Scientists Are Starting To Understand The 'Largest Biomechanical Event on Earth': Whales Hunting For Food on a Single Breath

If your heart slowed that much, you'd probably pass out.

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Aug 6 • 9:59 PM EDT • Science • yahoo.com
Arvest Foundation donates $30,000 to Mid-America Science Museum

The Arvest Foundation donated $30,000 to the Mid-America Science Museum to fund a portable planetarium that will bring science education programs to various locations across Arkansas.

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Aug 6 • 9:30 PM EDT • Science • kark.com
Wearable ultrasound patch boosts REM sleep without drugs or surgery

A new wearable patch may help people reach REM sleep faster and remain there longer without medication or surgery. In a study of 28 participants, the device shortened the time to REM by 43 minutes and extended it by about 16 minutes. Researchers also observed signs of improved stress regulation and changes in brain circuits tied to emotion.

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Aug 6 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com
Earth’s molten core suddenly reversed direction — and scientists don’t know why

Earth’s molten iron core unexpectedly reversed direction beneath the Pacific, revealing a dramatic change in the hidden engine that creates our planet’s magnetic field. Satellite data suggest the surge is already weakening, raising the possibility that the deep-Earth upheaval is part of a mysterious natural cycle.

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Aug 6 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com
Scientists find unexpected life on Ötzi the Iceman’s 5,300-year-old body

More than 5,000 years after his death, Ötzi the Iceman is still hosting a remarkable mix of ancient and modern microorganisms. Researchers separated microbes that lived in his body during his lifetime from those that arrived after his death, uncovering traces of his original gut bacteria and cold-loving yeasts that may have survived alongside him in the glacier for millennia.

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Aug 6 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com
Localized immunomodulation with cytokine-producing cells to mitigate foreign body responses in rodents and a nonhuman primate

Encapsulated IL-10–producing cells locally suppress fibrosis and extend graft function in rodent models and a nonhuman primate.

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Aug 6 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • science.org
Adventure Science Center in Nashville to host Phoebe Bridgers album listening party

Adventure Science Center will be holding a listening party for Phoebe Bridgers anticipated 3rd studio album, Lost Weekend.

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Aug 6 • 7:06 PM EDT • Science • wsmv.com
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Quantum research focus of summer training school for higher education students

The Penn State Center for Theory of Emergent Quantum Matter (C-TEQ), a center housed under the Institute for Computational and Data Sciences' Quantum Hub, recently hosted a summer school for 80 higher education students from across the country. The summer school brought in various quantum science experts and held activities such as lectures, student poster sessions and local excursions.

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Aug 6 • 3:34 PM EDT • Science • psu.edu
Educators & Teens Get Hands-On With TEMPO Data to Help Investigate Local Air Quality

On Day 1 of the Institute, the CosmicDS Science Principal Investigator Pat Udomprasert led a hands-on immersion session introducing educators to TEMPO-Lab, a

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Aug 6 • 3:33 PM EDT • Science • science.nasa.gov
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Bennett College Announces Two New Bachelor of Science Degrees to Expand Healthcare Leadership and Innovation

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Bennett College is expanding its academic offerings with the launch of two new Bachelor of Science degrees: the Bachelor of Science in

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Aug 6 • 3:25 PM EDT • Science • bennett.edu
Connecting Scientists Across Disciplines

The 2026 Blavatnik Science Symposium brought together a diverse group of today's cutting-edge researchers.

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Aug 6 • 3:13 PM EDT • Science • nyas.org
TSUS Regents approve creation of Ingram College of Engineering, College of Science at Texas State

The Texas State University System Board of Regents approved creating the Ingram College of Engineering and the College of Science, positioning TXST to expand research, innovation and student success.

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Aug 6 • 3:12 PM EDT • Science • news.txst.edu
Rosemary Walzem to retire after 27 years bridging poultry science and heart health

Rosemary Walzem will retire after 27 years advancing poultry science research that transformed heart health knowledge.

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Aug 6 • 3:11 PM EDT • Science • agrilifetoday.tamu.edu
Supporters of a bipartisan bill say America’s biotechnology future depends on measurement science

I think the success will be that there are uniform standards that could be used by AI, by international scientists," said Congresswoman April McClain Delaney.

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Aug 6 • 2:55 PM EDT • Science • federalnewsnetwork.com
Meister awarded "Top 10 Science Breakthrough" for 2026

Assistant Professor Konrad Meister from the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry was named in the...

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Aug 6 • 2:51 PM EDT • Science • boisestate.edu
Penn to replace much of David Rittenhouse Laboratory with $520M project

University of Pennsylvania is investing $520 million in a new Physical Sciences Building at 33rd and Walnut, expected to open in 2031.

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Aug 6 • 2:51 PM EDT • Science • bizjournals.com
The science of sunscreen
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Aug 6 • 2:23 PM EDT • Science • cbsnews.com
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Epic Spaceman Uses Animation, VFX To Explain Science. Without AI

Toby Lockerbie explains how he turned self-taught animation and VFX skills into one of YouTube’s top science channels, and why genAI has no place in his videos.

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Aug 6 • 2:06 PM EDT • Science • cartoonbrew.com
Michigan Science Center launches new weekend dissection program, ‘Insides Out’

The dissection series will take place on the museum’s main floor in Mi-Sci’s Learning Launchpad from 2-4 p.m. every Saturday and Sunday.

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Aug 6 • 1:38 PM EDT • Science • clickondetroit.com
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NASA Tests Featherweight Radar Antenna for SkyFall Mars Helicopters

When the trio of NASA’s SkyFall helicopters takes to the Martian skies, one of their tasks will be to hunt for frozen water — a critical resource for future

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Aug 6 • 1:22 PM EDT • Science • science.nasa.gov
Klein ISD outscores state STAAR in science exam scores

Klein ISD students in fifth and eighth grade outscored state averages in the spring 2026 State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness science exams according to new state data.

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Aug 6 • 1:01 PM EDT • Science • communityimpact.com
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Morgridge hosts annual science camp for rural high school students

The Morgridge Institute’s Rural Summer Science Camp allows Wisconsin high school students to experiment in the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s world-class bioscience labs.

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Aug 6 • 1:00 PM EDT • Science • dailycardinal.com
PhD Student Locks Spot as Rising Cybersecurity Researcher

By Kim Horner | Computer science professor Dr. Kevin Hamlen is on a quest to train students in a combination of high-demand computer-security skills: the mathematical reasoning needed to prove software is secure and the programming expertise needed to uncover real-world vulnerabilities that could lead to cyberattacks. The University of Texas at Dallas cybersecurity expert […]

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Aug 6 • 12:35 PM EDT • Science • news.utdallas.edu
Science with Stevie: Why do sunflowers chase the sun?

Meteorologist Stevie Daniels explains how sunflowers can actually chase the sunshine in this Science with Stevie article!

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Aug 6 • 11:41 AM EDT • Science • wmar2news.com
Space Compute Is Moving From Science Fiction To Infrastructure

As satellites generate more data than Earth can efficiently process, space compute is emerging as a new infrastructure category for AI, storage and edge computing.

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Aug 6 • 11:02 AM EDT • Science • forbes.com
Gut Fungi From a Common Pest Can Chew Holes in Styrofoam

We hope they're hungry...

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Aug 6 • 11:00 AM EDT • Science • sciencealert.com
Cereals & Grains conference connects science, technology

The conference will unite cereal and grain experts from industry, academia and government to explore solutions.

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Aug 6 • 10:51 AM EDT • Science • bakingbusiness.com
Do leftovers taste better the next day? Sometimes, according to science

The widespread belief that some foods benefit from a night in the fridge has been put to the test, and it seems to be true for some curries, but not lasagne

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Aug 6 • 10:00 AM EDT • Science • newscientist.com
Which type of thinker are you? + US explosive diarrhoea outbreak

Madeleine Finlay is joined by Ian Sample, Guardian science editor, to discuss three eye-catching science stories including an investigation that has identified four distinct types of thinker. Also on the agenda is the unprecedented cyclosporiasis outbreak in the US which has now been linked to two fatalities, and the funding cuts that threaten the iconic Jodrell Bank world heritage site, home to the Lovell telescope

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Aug 6 • 9:53 AM EDT • Science • theguardian.com
Computer science enrollment is plunging, but AI is taking over the rest of the college campus as it reshapes how students learn and work

Universities like Colby College are increasingly integrating AI into disciplines not related to computer science.

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Aug 6 • 9:40 AM EDT • Science • fortune.com
Congress must stop the politicization of peer review and American science

American scientific leadership was built by allowing evidence to prevail over ideology.

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Aug 6 • 9:30 AM EDT • Science • thehill.com
Digital Science Brings Real-World Research Impact Data Into AI Workflows with New Altmetric MCP

Digital Science has announced the launch of its Altmetric MCP, a new Model Context Protocol server that connects AI agents to Altmetric’s research attention tracking data.

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Aug 6 • 9:00 AM EDT • Science • newswise.com
O'Shaughnessy Ventures Funds Animated Series Visualizing Abstract Science

/PRNewswire/ -- O'Shaughnessy Ventures LLC (OSV), an investment firm that empowers creators, has awarded an O'Shaughnessy Fellowship to Esther Ikoro, a science...

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Aug 6 • 8:39 AM EDT • Science • prnewswire.com
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BBC Radio 4’s acclaimed science and comedy podcast The Infinite Monkey Cage returns with guest presenters Adam Rutherford and Jessica Fostekew

Broadcaster, author and science journalist Adam Rutherford and award-winning comedian Jessica Fostekew are stepping in as guest presenters

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Aug 6 • 8:30 AM EDT • Science • bbc.com
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One year since Kennedy canceled mRNA vaccine projects, science shows how wrong he was

“The United States invented this platform and is the only country walking away from it,” Jeff Coller writes of mRNA vaccines.

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Aug 6 • 8:10 AM EDT • Science • statnews.com
Butterfly lilies wing their way to Science

Many animals and plants show left-right differences in how their bodies or organs are arranged, but we still know little about how such asymmetries evolve or how genes control them in natural populations. Mirror-image flowers, in which female and male sex organs are deflected to opposite sides in left- and right-handed forms, provide a notable example of such asymmetry. Here, we studied South African butterfly lilies, where individual plants produce only left- or right-handed flowers. Their mirror-image flowers promote outcrossing by depositing pollen from each floral form onto a specific region of a pollinator’s body that matches the stigma position of the opposite form. This suggests that selection for efficient pollen transfer between forms maintains this natural polymorphism. Our work uncovers a hemizygous supergene that coordinates the left-right orientation of female and male sex organs in mirror-image flowers by linking two independently acting genes for style and stamen handedness in a single, nonrecombining genomic segment. This architecture ensures the coinheritance of a matched pair of organ orientations that is essential for efficient cross-pollination between floral forms. At the developmental level, we show that floral handedness emerges from the interaction between an intrinsic tissue chirality and a gravitropic response that orients the style and median stamen relative to gravity. Together, these findings reveal how a supergene, hormone and microRNA signaling, tissue chirality, and an external physical cue combine to produce and maintain a stable left-right polymorphism in natural plant populations.

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Aug 6 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • eurekalert.org
Digital Science brings real-world research impact data into AI workflows with new Altmetric MCP

Digital Science has announced the launch of its Altmetric MCP, a new Model Context Protocol server that connects AI agents to Altmetric’s research attention tracking data.

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Aug 6 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • eurekalert.org
Science Writer Nicola Twilley Discusses Mummy Sleuths, the Hunt for the Ancient Microbiome, and Finding Humanity in the Past

In a recent interview, Nicola Twilley talks about her reporting that followed scientists from the Institute for Mummy Studies as they excavate and glean discoveries from paleofeces preserved in the world’s oldest salt mine, and how that story changed her perspective on humanity and the past. Twilley was a 2025 award winner of the National Academies’ Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications.

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US Stand Up for Science movement expands to Europe

A grassroots movement by scientists in the US pushing back against threats to academic freedom is setting up a Swiss outpost to take the movement global. Stand Up for Science started in February 2025 to protest against politically-motivated grant cancellations by the Trump administration. Since then, it has organised numerous rallies by scientists and turned into a broader campaigning organisation, supporting “pro-science” political candidates and attempting to impeach Robert F. Kennedy Jr, the health and human services secretary the group accuses of advancing “quack” science. Now, Stand Up for Science is establishing a Swiss office to take some of its campaigning beyond the US, and its leader is urging European academics to organise similar pro-science groups in case they face similar threats in Europe. There will likely be “spillover” to Europe from what the Trump administration is attempting in the US, said Colette Delawalla, chief executive of Stand Up for Science, who last month returned from a tour of Europe. “Are we going to see a Trump-style scientific [. . .] take over in the same way?” she asked.Delawalla, who is doing a PhD in clinical psychology, said she was driven to help found the organisation after the Trump administration started cancelling health research grants in politically taboo topics, such as transgender people, diversity and HIV, in early 2025. Since then, the administration has introduced several other measures that infringe academic and institutional autonomy.It threatened to cut Harvard University’s federal funding unless the university accepted a “critical mass” of new faculty and students to create “viewpoint diversity.” And this year, it proposed explosive new rules that would allow political appointees at research funders to screen grants to make sure they “advance the president's policy priorities.”US scientists have been at times stunned by the volume of announcements, and the country’s researchers were relatively unprepared. “We sit in front of the fire hose every day,” said Delawalla. For this reason, European scientists need to prepare now for similar assaults. “If you've got a little bit of extra time to start thinking through, and making those preparations and building community and solidarity,” then European researchers will “start five steps ahead of where we were.” She plans to return to Paris in September to share experiences with concerned French academics. Is Le Pen the same?During her European tour, Delawalla said that French academics were beginning to worry about a National Rally (RN) victory in presidential elections next year. She said there were “chilling similarities” between Trump and Marine Le Pen, the RN’s likely candidate. However, so far, the RN hasn’t proposed anything nearly as radical as the Trump administration has carried out. Its current manifesto is all but silent on university and research policy. Le Pen’s 2022 manifesto bemoaned a lack of French R&D spending, including in fundamental research, and promised to modernise labs and strip away grant bureaucracy. The party’s 2024 European election manifesto explicitly supported the Erasmus+ student exchange programme, scientific exchange and joint European technology projects. However, a Le Pen victory next year could see France drastically cut its contribution to the EU, which would hit the budget for science and innovation. Meanwhile, more restrictive immigration policies could hit university recruitment of faculty and students. Climate science denial?As heatwaves and wildfires have ravaged France, the RN has sought to distance itself from previous comments casting doubt on climate science.In the UK, the radical-right party Reform UK, now second in the polls, denied climate research in a draft of its 2024 election manifesto, but its leader, Nigel Farage, then appeared to quietly U-turn and said he was “not arguing the science.” By contrast, Trump has repeatedly and explicitly denied climate change science, in 2025 calling it “the greatest con job.” Like the RN, Reform UK has been light on research and university policy. However, it did say in its 2024 manifesto that universities should suffer “heavy financial penalties” for allowing “political bias or cancel culture” on campus, building on laws brought in by a previous Conservative government. Ahead of September state elections in Saxony-Anhalt in Germany, the poll-leading Alternative for Germany has proposed abolishing gender studies and postcolonial studies, and promised money for “critical” climate research and studies of Islam. Starts with rhetoricEven if European radical right parties aren’t currently planning the draconian policy measures of the Trump administration, Delawalla said that academics should not be complacent, and fight even small funding restrictions or anti-science talk from the start. “It starts off with sowing distrust about institutions,” she said. “It starts off with these small things, and then all of a sudden it's there.” There are other, more established science and university advocacy groups in the US aside from Stand Up for Science. But the group stands out because of Delawalla’s refusal to attempt to appear politically bipartisan or conciliatory. “I firmly believe that the US is experiencing fascism,” she said. “We’re not trying to win over the super Maga people,” she said, “and we never have been.” The lesson of the US is that even if universities or other institutions capitulate to government demands, this doesn’t save them from cuts and restrictions. “It doesn’t matter what people do,” she said. Global “pseudoscience”Another aim of Stand Up for Science’s push into Europe is to better coordinate a campaign to protect people in poorer countries from what the group describes as “pseudoscientific exploitation,” trials outside the US used to build a case against things like vaccines. Earlier this year, the group sent an investigator to Guinea-Bissau to investigate a controversial, Danish-run Hepatitis B vaccine project funded by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.The study would have withheld a proven vaccine from newborns, Stand Up for Science argued in a briefing it presented to Congress, risking their health. Significantly, the research group based in Guinea-Bissau, known as Bandim, focuses on the “non-specific effects” of vaccines: impacts on health beyond preventing the target disease. Related articlesEuropean researchers sound the alarm that Trump rule changes will hit cooperationData corner: which fields of health science is the US curbing? The US ‘golden age’ science strategy: what Europeans need to know The suspicion is that the study was funded as part of an attempt to shop around for results that could help build a case against vaccines in the US, said Delawalla. “This is just code for vaccines cause autism,” she said.Bandim has put out a rebuttal of Stand Up for Science’s criticisms, arguing its work has uncovered a number of vaccine side effects, both positive and negative, which need to be taken into account in public health. However, Congressional Democrats took up the Stand Up for Science cause, and in February, Guinea-Bissau said it had permanently halted the study. WatchdogBut for Delawalla, this is not the end of the fight. Kennedy has made a number of health claims that scientists think lack evidence, such as the idea that seed oils cause inflammation, for example. Delawalla worries that more studies could be launched in poorer countries to fish around for evidence to support this agenda. Stand Up for Science is talking to African science organisations to create a kind of “watchdog” to scrutinise any further trials. “Outsourcing the investigation to some of the most vulnerable children in the world who are desperate [. . .] is fundamentally wrong,” she said.

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Supernova Caught In First Hour Of Its Explosion Reveals A Totally Different Way For Stars To Die

Telescopes watched this outburst from its earliest hours, something only definitively achieved once before. When they analyzed the data, it turned out this was no ordinary supernova.

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Cell-inspired nanoreactor turns sunlight into hydrogen peroxide

A new hollow nanoreactor mimics living cells to make hydrogen peroxide more efficiently using visible light. Its light-trapping cavity and proton-shuttling shell could open new possibilities for cleaner chemical manufacturing and artificial photosynthesis.

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Strange DNA Structures Found in The Human Genome Go Beyond The Double Helix

“We now have a complete picture."

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Microsoft’s Quantum Chief Doesn’t Care That Scientists Don’t Believe His Results

Zulfi Alam thinks his team doesn’t need to “prove” they engineered a new state of matter in their bid to reinvent computing. Science would disagree.

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Strange DNA Structures Found in The Human Genome Go Beyond The Double Helix

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Crystal made from 13-sided 'einstein' shape bends light in ways nobody imagined

Scientists carved a 13-sided shape called an "einstein" into a chip and discovered that it steers light in ways no other crystal does.

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Science Explains Why Working Out with Friends Feels Easier

Your workout buddies change how you experience fatigue—and in the process, your friendships grow stronger.

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Paul Davis: FBI to expand Quantum Information Science and Technology Counterintelligence Protection Team

Although I spend most of my day working the computer and phone at my desk in my book-lined basement office, […]

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Cohen's reversible male contraception research earns recognition at international science summit

Dr. Paula Cohen has been chosen as a finalist for the Falling Walls Global Call for Science Breakthroughs 2026. Since 2009, the Falling Walls Science Summit has united the world’s greatest minds to break down barriers in science and innovation.Cohen's work in reversible male contraception has earned her place as a finalist in the life sciences category. Falling Walls interviewed Cohen on this project recently:

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Northeast Florida schools can apply for water science grants

Florida schools can apply for up to $3,000 in funding for water science projects through the Blue School Grant program.

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The new science of brain workouts, beyond Sudoku and crosswords

Emerging evidence suggests that only certain types of training produce meaningful benefits, and those benefits may differ between men and women.

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Digital Science launches Altmetric MCP

Launch is intended to help organisations move beyond traditional citation-based measures of research impact

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The new science of brain workouts, beyond Sudoku and crosswords

Emerging evidence suggests that only certain types of training produce meaningful benefits, and those benefits may differ between men and women.

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Franklin & Marshall\'s new course blends science and beer

Faculty members and staff at Franklin & Marshall College didn’t just gather to drink beer during a tasting event Tuesday afternoon. They were also grading science.

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Lodi science museum expansion to include classrooms, hotel, and plaza

The World of Wonders Science Museum in Lodi is advancing plans for a major expansion, adding classrooms, a science-themed hotel, and more to improve science education and attract visitors.

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Merck KGaA raises profit guidance on momentum in Life Science, Electronics units

Germany's Merck ​KGaA lifted its ‌earnings guidance range for 2026 on Thursday, ​citing a further ​gain in demand for ⁠its drug manufacturing supplies and ​semiconductor materials, while ​posting better-than-expected quarterly results.

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Merck Lifts Guidance on Life Science, Electronics

Merck KGaA lifted its full-year earnings and sales outlook thanks to a stronger performance in its lab equipment and electronics businesses.

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‘Spectral lines’ and a giant plume: what science saw when the SpaceX rocket hit the moon

Sodium and lithium gas was detected in a plume thought to span tens of kilometres, created when part of a SpaceX rocket crashed into the lunar surface

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Wellcome Photography Prize Links Science to the Human Experience

The global photography competition recognizes creative storytelling that showcases how science and health affect people’s lives.

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