Over the past decade, furtive commercial entities around the world have industrialized the production, sale and dissemination of bogus scholarly research. These paper mills are profiting by undermining the literature that everyone from doctors to engineers rely
Property and sovereignty in space − as countries and companies take to the stars, they could run into disputes
Private citizens and companies may one day begin to permanently settle outer space and celestial bodies[1]. But if we don’t enact governing laws in the meantime, space settlers may face legal chaos.
Many wars on Earth start over territorial disputes[2].
AI gives nonprogrammers a boost in writing computer code
What do you think there are more of: professional computer programmers or computer users who do a little programming?
It’s the second group. There are millions of so-called end-user programmers. They’re not going into a career as a professional programmer
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Bennu asteroid reveals its contents to scientists − and clues to how the building blocks of life on Earth may have been seeded
A bright fireball streaked across the sky above mountains, glaciers and spruce forest near the town of Revelstoke in British Columbia, Canada, on the evening of March 31, 1965. Fragments of this meteorite[1], discovered by beaver trappers, fell over a lake.
Astronauts on NASA’s Artemis mission to the Moon will need better boots − here’s why
The U.S.’s return to the Moon[1] with NASA’s Artemis program[2] will not be a mere stroll in the park. Instead it will be a perilous journey to a lunar location representing one of the most extreme environments in the solar system.
For the Artemis
Why is the sky blue?
Curious Kids[1] is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. [2]. Why is the sky blue? – Mariana A-E., age 11, Tucson, Arizona You might think that
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What’s happening on RedNote? A media scholar explains the app TikTok users are fleeing to – and the cultural moment unfolding there
TikTok refugees fled by the millions[1] to RedNote, a Chinese app, in response to the TikTok ban[2], which went into effect Jan. 19, 2025. The company shut down the app[3] shortly before midnight on Jan. 18.
Through cat memes, shared jokes about the ban