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Dynamics within the planet generate its protective magnetic field. ESA/AOES Medialab – By Mike McRae 2026 May 25 – Deep beneath the Pacific near the equator, Earth’s outer core now flows east instead of west. Dynamics deeper within our planet’s core may help explain …
Customers browse the fresh produce at a Wilkes-Barre, Pa., farmers market in June 2025. Jason Ardan/The Citizens’ Voice via Getty Images – By Bret R. Shaw, Professor of Life Sciences Communication, University of Wisconsin-Madison Published: 2026 May 14 – People who shop at the …
Rice paddies are essential to lives and livelihoods in many parts of Asia. Jingting Zhang – By Hanqin Tian, Director and Institute Professor, Center for Earth System Science and Global Sustainability, Boston College And by Jingting Zhang, Research Scientist at the Center for …
Each person’s body has a different sweet spot for weight that it tries to maintain. By Kim Pfotenhauer, Assistant Dean for Clerkship Education and Assistant Professor of Osteopathic Medicine, Michigan State University Published: 2026 May 22 – For decades, people have been told that …
Losses in workplace productivity account for more than 90% of the estimate. aire images/Moment via Getty Images – By Bruce Y. Lee, Professor of Health Policy and Management, City University of New York And by Hannah Dimmick, Postdoctoral Researcher in Public Health, CUNY Graduate …
Chemicals can have a wide range of effects on the human body. Nata Serenko/Moment via Getty Images – By H. Christopher Frey, Professor of Environmental Engineering, North Carolina State University Published: 2026 May 20 – For decades, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has …
Jebel Barkal mesa and the archaeological site at its base in the Nile Valley. Sami Elamin – By Geoff Emberling, Research Scientist in Archaeology, University of Michigan Published: 2026 May 19 – When I first became co-director of an archaeological project at Jebel …
Tarot readings can encourage self-reflection. But what happens when you turn to AI to interpret the cards? Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images for Sally Hansen – By Ziv Epstein, Postdoctoral Associate, Schwarzman College of Computing, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) And by Farnaz Jahanbakhsh, …
A pregnant mother with untreated syphilis can pass it to the unborn fetus. Halfpoint Images/Moment via Getty Images – By Casey Pinto, Associate Professor of Public Health Sciences, Penn State Published: 2026 May 01 – Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection caused by …
How do babies learn language? Irene Zaccari, CC BY-NC-ND – By Naja Ferjan Ramírez, Research Scientist, University of Washington Published: 2016 Apr 15 – Any adult who has attempted to learn a foreign language can attest to how difficult and confusing it can be. …
