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Phys.org / Why AI's environmental footprint won't disappear into orbit

AI companies increasingly want to move their operations into space. Elon Musk's SpaceX has applied to launch over a million AI data center satellites and ultimately build them on the moon.

22 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Children's cereals promise breakfast fun and nutrition, but are still high in sugar

Many of us have grown up hearing the mantra that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, yet children's cereals fall short of that standard. That is the takeaway of new research analyzing child-targeted cereals in ...

21 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Tumor organoid tech advances precision medicine cancer treatments

Significant advances have been made in the development of patient-derived tumor "organoids" for preclinical research in two new studies led by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators. Organoids are three-dimensional clumps of ...

18 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Interferon alpha may drive Sjögren's disease in 60% of patients

Interferon alpha is an inflammatory mediator that can cause Sjögren's syndrome, an autoimmune disease. This was revealed in a study carried out by University Hospital Bonn together with the University of Bonn, the University ...

20 hours ago
Phys.org / Why you let down your guard on ads when scrolling on social media

My wife stared at me in shock as I ripped open the package. The FedEx driver hadn't even made it back to his truck as I held the item up overhead like a trophy. Fumbling for words, she asked: "Why on earth did you buy a Speedo ...

21 hours ago
Phys.org / Weather and human activity impact lake extremophiles

The Great Salt Lake is separated by a 20-mile (32-kilometer) causeway into a super-salty north arm and a less-salty south arm, with each hosting distinct communities of extremophiles. These organisms mingle at a gap in the ...

21 hours ago
Tech Xplore / EV test drives are supposed to boost adoption—but they can backfire

One of the biggest obstacles to wider adoption of electric vehicles (EV) is completely invisible and unquantifiable: the belief in many consumers' minds that the range limitations of EVs make them a bad option. Doubts about ...

21 hours ago
Phys.org / 30,000 people tried for bigamy over the past 400 years in England and Wales, archives reveal

Bigamy has been a rare crime during the past 400 years—and offenders have been harshly punished. It seems likely that no more than 30,000 individuals have ever been tried for bigamy in England and Wales during this period. ...

13 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Screen time guidelines for kids and adolescents have shifted as research paints a more nuanced picture

Concerns surrounding young people's screen time are widespread. Australia became the first country to ban social media for users under 16 in December 2025, and Denmark, France and the United Kingdom have since announced similar ...

20 hours ago
Phys.org / Fourth-year vet students reveal clues to horse MEED and dog bone cancer

Texas Tech University's School of Veterinary Medicine fourth-year students Kayden Tanner and Marshall Mays have both been published in international journals after putting hundreds of hours into their research papers.

22 hours ago
Phys.org / Q&A: How do federal taxes impact local schools and services?

Increases to the standard federal tax deduction implemented in 2018 were made permanent a year ago, and researchers are beginning to understand the downstream effects on state and local governments. The increased deduction ...

20 hours ago
Phys.org / Burnout isn't new: 18th‑century farm records show workers describing the same exhaustion

Nearly 40% of Canadian workers say they feel burned out often or always, according to a 2025 survey by Mental Health Research Canada and Canada Life. The term has become part of a broader lexicon of modern work, alongside ...

23 hours ago