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Exoplanet LHS 475 b and its star detected by the James Webb Space Telescope in an artist's rendition
Exoplanets

The James Webb Space Telescope just identified its first exoplanet

The near-Earth discovery is an 'impressive' find, astronomers say.

solar panels on a roof
DIY

How the Inflation Reduction Act can help you save cash and energy

From new solar panels to EVs, your 2023 sustainability goals might be a little easier to achieve with IRA tax credits.

Why mimicking human organs on ‘chips’ could be a gamechanger for drug research
Diseases

Why mimicking human organs on ‘chips’ could be a gamechanger for drug research

This unique development matches blood flow in the body, making it incredibly useful for biomedical advances.

Russian spacecraft Soyuz MS-22 docked on the International Space Station while orbiting Earth
NASA

Russia will send a replacement ride for stranded ISS astronauts

The Russian space agency plans to launch a new Soyuz to the space station next month after the current spacecraft was damaged by a micrometeorite.

A guide to the internet’s favorite generative AIs
AI

A guide to the internet’s favorite generative AIs

VALL-E is just the latest example. Here's what to know about DALL-E 2, GPT-3, and more.

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AI

Popular youth mental health service faces backlash after experimenting with AI-chatbot advice

Koko provides online mental health services, often to young users, and recently tested AI chatbot responses under murky circumstances.

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Social Media

Instagram’s new update promises to make the platform suck a little less

Here's what's changing.

an orange spotted fish with a white line that stretches across its body
Biology

What rockfish genes can teach humans about living past 100

Plunging into the genes of the humble rockfish could help us treat age-related diseases.

Airplane taking off from runway
Aviation

A massive FAA glitch grounded all US flights today

A failure within the Notices to Air Missions system halted all commercial planes for the first time since 9/11.

Industrial pollution from smoke stacks.
Fossil Fuels

Renewable energy is climbing in the US, but so are our emissions—here’s why

Carbon emissions grew by 1.3 percent in 2022 in the US.

Car submerged in flooded street
Electric Vehicles

Saltwater is a lithium-ion battery’s worst enemy. This aqueous prototype embraces it.

Coastal flooding can cause lithium-ion fires in EVs, but a new battery breakthrough sidesteps the issue entirely.

A big-eyed Brown Mouse Lemur from Madagascar.
Endangered Species

If Madagascar’s animals disappear, it’ll take 23 million years to get them back

It's a race against time to protect the incredibly unique group of mammals.

Blazing sun over the ocean.
Ocean

Earth’s oceans are getting hotter and saltier than ever before in human history

All these changes are impacting the ocean's water cycle—and not for the better.

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Tech Hacks

The best social media alternative is old-school blogging

Social media is dead. Long live blogging.

Jar of cucumber water on white marble to illustrate how to detox your body the wrong way
Nutrition

The only real way to detox your body

Get rid of those 'toxins' with some simple scientific tips.

A look at how cancer cells move and metastatize could help doctors stop them from spreading
Cancer

A look at how cancer cells move and metastatize could help doctors stop them from spreading

The fluids in a cancer cell’s surrounding environment could act as cues to spread.

These are the tank-destroying vehicles the US is sending to Ukraine
Army

These are the tank-destroying vehicles the US is sending to Ukraine

The Bradley infantry fighting vehicles can deploy a weapon called a TOW missile.

NASA Satellite images of a hole in the ozone layer in 2019.
Climate Change

Earth’s ozone layer should fully recover over the next 40 years

The Montreal Protocol is still working decades after ratification.

An image of the Thwaites Glacier from NASA
AI

The ‘Doomsday’ glacier is fracturing and changing. AI can help us understand how.

Machine learning could be used to take a more nuanced look at the satellite images of the glacier beneath the ice and snow.

A bronze statue of chemist Marie Curie holding a model of the atom
Science

‘Disruptive’ science is slowing—and these sociologists have theories on why

Lengthier education and a busier publishing ecosystem may have pumped the brakes on revolutionary science.