Rubric 01
Science
What we know, what we are learning, and what the labs are not telling you.
289Science
Sunlight Health Benefits Beyond Vitamin D
Sunlight Health Benefits Beyond Vitamin D In the 1920s, battlefield surgeons observed that soldiers with open wounds healed faster when their bandages were left off and sunlight reached the raw tissue. Patients with...
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290Science
Glass windows trap insects seeking light
Glass windows trap insects seeking light The Ancient Strategy That Now Fails For millions of years, flying insects followed a simple rule: move toward the light. This instinct worked perfectly in caves, hollow trees,...
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291Science
3D Fossil Skull Reveals Oldest Burrowing Snake
3D Fossil Skull Reveals Oldest Burrowing Snake One Tiny Skull, One Giant Question For decades, the oldest snakes were believed to have lived on the surface or in the water. The earliest known snake ancestor, a creature...
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292Science
Fish recognize kind without self-sight
Fish recognize kind without self sight A Puzzle of Vision and Self Perception Most fish have eyes positioned on the sides of their heads. This placement means they cannot see their own body. A human cannot see their own...
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293Science
Measles virus stays airborne for two hours
Measles virus stays airborne for two hours For decades, the ability to remain infectious in a room long after a sick person has left was a trait understood only in the context of airborne pathogens like tuberculosis....
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294Science
One Dome Changes How Connecticut Sees the Universe
One Dome Changes How Connecticut Sees the Universe A single public planetarium the Gengras Planetarium served Connecticut for over half a century. It gave residents a rare shared space to experience the universe...
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295Science
Brain imaging errors reveal hidden aging patterns in mental illness
Brain imaging errors reveal hidden aging patterns in mental illness The Accidental Discovery That Reshaped Neurology For years, researchers running structural MRI scans noticed something odd. The machine learning...
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296Science
The 26-Year Gap Between Science and Therapy
The 26 Year Gap Between Science and Therapy The 17 Year Rule That Explains Why Your Therapist May Be Using Outdated Brain Science The gap between a scientific discovery and its arrival in a doctor's office is not...
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297Science
Geothermal Energy Unlocks Earths Deep Heat
Geothermal Energy Unlocks Earths Deep Heat The Crust That Refuses to Cooperate The Earth's deep heat is locked behind three conditions that rarely occur together: heat, water, and fractured rock. The vault holds enough...
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298Science
Tom Hiddleston rebuilds Pompeii with science and story
Tom Hiddleston Rebuilds Pompeii With Science and Story Two Lenses Focus on the Same Lost City Archaeologists and disaster psychologists examine the same evidence from Pompeii but ask different questions. Archaeologist...
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299Science
Kimi K3 challenges open-weight AI ceiling with vast memory
Kimi K3 challenges open weight AI ceiling with vast memory A Reasoning Model That Remembers a Whole Book The latest Chinese built large language model, named Kimi K3, has demonstrated capabilities that rival top US...
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300Science
Gut molecule sodium butyrate may prevent post traumatic epilepsy
Gut molecule sodium butyrate may prevent post traumatic epilepsy A Discovery Found While Looking Elsewhere Dr. Samba Reddy, a professor of neuroscience and experimental therapeutics at Texas A&M University, was not...
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