Beach trips, cookouts and other outdoor activities are in full swing as summer arrives and the first widespread heat wave of 2025 hits the U.S. For many people, summer is…
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Bringing energy and spatial planning together
Credit: CC0 Public Domain For an effective energy transition, we need to think not only about how we generate sustainable energy, but also about the spatial consequences of those choices.…
How molecular randomness may drive differences in lifespan
Stochasticity underlies variable outcomes in aging. Diverse molecular, cellular, and intracellular events that occur throughout the life course, here represented by the Hallmarks of Aging, manifest as declining organismal function…
Researchers are teaching AI to see more like humans
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain At Brown University, an innovative new project is revealing that teaching artificial intelligence to perceive things more like people may begin with something as simple as…
Researchers develop optimal error correction algorithm
An illustration of how quantum error correction problems can be mapped onto an Ising spin-glass model. (a) The original syndrome measurement circuit. (b) The detector error graph with circuit-level noise.…
U.S. seal populations have rebounded — and so have their conflicts with humans
Aaron Tremper is the editorial assistant for Science News Explores. He has a B.A. in English (with minors in creative writing and film production) from SUNY New Paltz and an…
Astronomers discover the largest comet from the outskirts of the solar system is exploding with jets of gas
Astronomers have discovered that the largest comet from the Oort Cloud, a shell of icy bodies at the very edge of the solar system, is bursting with chemical activity. Using…
Gut Microbiome May Influence Bipolar Medication Response
Summary: A new review has examined how bipolar disorder medications interact with the gut microbiome, revealing important links between treatment response and gut microbial composition. Researchers analyzed 12 studies comparing…
Scientists discover new approach to gene therapy
Credit: bioRxiv (2025). DOI: 10.1101/2025.01.13.632719 Researchers have found a promising new method for gene therapy. They successfully restarted inactive genes by bringing them closer to genetic switches on the DNA…
