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NASA announces Astrobotic, Intuitive Machines and Firefly to build lunar landers for a future moon base

NASA is ramping up its efforts to establish a sustained human presence on the moon—including potentially shifting resources away from its efforts to explore Mars. On Tuesday, the space agency.

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How underappreciated mathematician Emmy Noether helped prove physics’ most fundamental theories

This article is from Proof Positive, our friendly math newsletter that’s delivered to your inbox every Tuesday afternoon. Sign up today and read it first. Physicists Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein.

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Proposed White House regulations could kill 5,000 clinical trials, analysis finds

Nearly 5,000 clinical trials, including 1,000 cancer treatment tests, face termination under proposed federal regulations, a new analysis by science advocacy group Stand Up for Science finds. The potential cuts.

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How the new FDA-approved ingredient bemotrizinol enhances sunscreen protection

The U.S. is finally getting a new, better sunscreen ingredient. Today the Food and Drug Administration added bemotrizinol, an effective chemical filter that’s been used in sunscreens made in Asia.

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U.S. science must innovate or die, National Academy of Sciences president says

The past year has been “filled with turmoil” in science policy, National Academy of Sciences (NAS) president Marcia McNutt said on Tuesday during the annual State of the Science address.

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Anthropic asks religious thinkers to help shape Claude as pope warns about AI

In late March around 15 religious thinkers met with the artificial intelligence company Anthropic to discuss one of the strangest and most consequential questions now facing the AI industry: How.

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Summerlike heat is breaking records in the East. Here’s why

May 19, 2026 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Summerlike heat is breaking records in the East. Here’s why A Bermuda High parked over the western Atlantic is.

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Hantavirus treatments are coming, but funding is holding them back

May 12, 2026 4 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Hantavirus treatments are coming, but funding is holding them back There is no cure for the hantavirus that has.

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Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere just hit a ‘depressing’ record high

May 5, 2026 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere just hit a ‘depressing’ new record These data come from the National Oceanic.

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NASA chief Jared Isaacman hints at campaign to make Pluto a planet again

April 28, 2026 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm NASA chief Jared Isaacman hints at campaign to make Pluto a planet again The NASA administrator’s latest remarks in.

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