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Axolotls can regenerate their brains – these adorable salamanders are helping unlock the mysteries of brain evolution and regeneration

  • Written by Ashley Maynard, PhD Candidate in Quantitative Developmental Biology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
imageAxolotls are a model organism researchers use to study a variety of topics in biology.Ruben Undheim/Flickr, CC BY-SA

The axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum) is an aquatic salamander renowned for its ability to regenerate its spinal cord, heart and limbs. These amphibians also readily make new neurons throughout their lives. In 1964, researchers observed...

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La misión Artemis 1 sienta las bases para la exploración espacial más allá de la Tierra

  • Written by Jack Burns, Professor of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder
imageLa NASA regresa a la Luna.NASA

La misión Artemis 1 de la NASA (Administración Nacional de Aeronáutica y el Espacio de Estados Unidos) está preparada para dar un paso clave hacia el regreso de los seres humanos a la Luna tras una pausa de medio siglo. El lanzamiento fue programado durante la mañana del 29 de agosto...

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50 years after landmark death penalty case, Supreme Court's ruling continues to guide execution debate

  • Written by Austin Sarat, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College
imageThe execution chamber inside Oklahoma State PenitentiaryAP Photo/Sue Ogrocki

The state of Oklahoma put James Coddington to death on Aug. 25, 2022, for the 1997 murder of a 73-year-old friend who refused to give him money to buy drugs.

It marks the beginning of a busy period at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary’s execution chamber. Last month,...

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The most cost-effective energy efficiency investments you can make – and how the new Inflation Reduction Act could help

  • Written by Jasmina Burek, Assistant Professor of Engineering, UMass Lowell
imageWeatherization and new windows are big money and energy savers.Jasmin Merdan via Getty Images

Energy efficiency can save homeowners and renters hundreds of dollars a year, and the new Inflation Reduction Act includes a wealth of home improvement rebates and tax incentives to help Americans secure those saving.

It extends tax credits for installing...

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Will omicron-specific booster shots be more effective at combating COVID-19? 5 questions answered

  • Written by Prakash Nagarkatti, Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, University of South Carolina
imageIn a matter of days, eligible people will be lining up to receive the newly formulated booster shot.filadendron/E+ via Getty Images

On Sept. 1, 2022, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention endorsed the use of updated COVID-19 booster shots that are specifically tailored to combat the two most prevalent omicron subvariants, BA.4 and BA.5....

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Did Twitter ignore basic security measures? A cybersecurity expert explains a whistleblower's claims

  • Written by Richard Forno, Principal Lecturer in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
imagePeiter "Mudge" Zatko was Twitter's security chief. What he claims he found there is a security nightmare.Photo by Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Twitter’s former security chief, Peiter “Mudge” Zatko, filed a whistleblower complaint with the Securities and Exchange Commission in July 2022, accusing the...

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Most human embryos naturally die after conception – restrictive abortion laws fail to take this embryo loss into account

  • Written by Kathryn Kavanagh, Associate Professor of Biology, UMass Dartmouth
imageThe majority of fertilized eggs die and are resorbed into the body.ZEISS Microscopy/Flickr, CC BY-SA

Many state legislatures are seriously considering human embryos at the earliest stages of development for legal personhood. Total abortion bans that consider humans to have full rights from the moment of conception have created a confusing legal...

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Black girls are 4.19 times more likely to get suspended than white girls – and hiring more teachers of color is only part of the solution

  • Written by Andrea Joseph-McCatty, Assistant Professor of Social Work, University of Tennessee
imageRace, class and gender can not only impact the education that students receive, but also the punishments they receive.Courtney Hale/iStock / Getty Images Plus via Getty Images

Andrea Joseph-McCatty is an assistant professor at the College of Social Work at the University of Tennessee. Her research examines disproportional school suspensions and, in...

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Trump faces possible obstruction of justice charges for concealing classified government documents – 2 important things to know about what this means

  • Written by Clark D. Cunningham, W. Lee Burge Chair in Law & Ethics; Director, National Institute for Teaching Ethics & Professionalism, Georgia State University
imageA Department of Justice photo shows of documents seized during its Mar-a-Lago search. Department of Justice via Associated Press

A court filing by the Justice Department just minutes before midnight on Aug. 30, 2022, was a sharply worded attack on former President Donald Trump’s request for a so-called “special master” – a...

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Long COVID: How researchers are zeroing in on the self-targeted immune attacks that may lurk behind it

  • Written by Matthew Woodruff, Instructor of Human Immunology, Emory University
imageApproximately 30% of people who get COVID-19 develop long-term symptoms, or long COVID-19.Boy Anupong/Moment via Getty Images

For almost three years, scientists have raced to understand the immune responses in patients who develop severe COVID-19, with an enormous effort aimed at defining where healthy immunity ends and destructive immunity begins.

I...

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