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Phys.org / Who do you think you are? What DNA tests reveal—and what they don't

For more than 40 years, the Golden State Killer haunted California. A serial rapist and murderer active in the 1970s and '80s, he eluded detectives for decades. By 2018, hope of identifying him was fading, until a woman—curious ...

Mar 29, 2026
Phys.org / Israel's 'Stonehenge' no longer stands alone: Satellite technology opens archaeological frontiers

For decades, the massive stone circles of Rujm el-Hiri in the Golan Heights were considered a singular, mysterious anomaly—often dubbed "Israel's Stonehenge." However, new research led by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev ...

Mar 26, 2026
Tech Xplore / Life with AI causing human brain 'fry'

Heavy users of artificial intelligence report being overwhelmed by trying to keep up with and on top of the technology designed to make their lives easier.

Mar 30, 2026
Phys.org / AI approach uncovers dozens of hidden planets in NASA's TESS data

Astronomers at the University of Warwick have validated over 100 exoplanets, including 31 newly detected planets, using a new artificial intelligence tool applied to data from NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite ...

Mar 24, 2026
Phys.org / Research urges housing providers to shield women, families from abuse and gambling risks

A new study has found that gambling harms can intensify domestic abuse and act as a form of escapism for female victims—putting women and children at risk of long-term housing instability. The research, produced in partnership ...

Mar 30, 2026
Phys.org / Physicists create optical phenomenon inspired by the quantum Hall and spin Hall effects

Researchers at the Würzburg site of the Cluster of Excellence ctd.qmat have succeeded in transferring the topological quantum Hall and spin Hall effects to a hybrid light-matter system by harnessing targeted material design. ...

Mar 27, 2026
Phys.org / The time capsule in the salt flat

There is a place in northern Chile, 3,500 meters above sea level in the Andean Altiplano, where almost nothing survives. The Salar de Pajonales is a salt flat of savage extremes temperatures swinging from −23°C to 26°C, solar ...

Mar 29, 2026
Phys.org / Artemis II astronauts arrive at Florida launch site for first moon trip in 53 years

The astronauts set to become the first lunar visitors in more than half a century arrived at their launch site Friday, joining the towering rocket that stands poised to blast off next week and send them around the moon.

Mar 28, 2026
Tech Xplore / Dubious AI detectors drive 'pay-to-humanize' scam

Feed an Iranian news dispatch or a literary classic into some text detectors, and they return the same verdict: AI-generated. Then comes the pitch: pay to "humanize" the writing, a pattern experts say bears the hallmarks ...

Mar 30, 2026
Medical Xpress / Treatment guided by noninvasive device to monitor lung congestion improves heart failure outcomes

Treatment management guided by the use of a noninvasive device to monitor fluid accumulation in the lungs substantially reduced hospitalizations and deaths among patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction ...

Mar 30, 2026
Phys.org / How scientists prepare expeditions in remote environments

Scientific expeditions require months of planning before scientists can acquire the first data. A bark cuts through the Arctic silence, waking Anna up. She slept only three hours after collecting the last sample. Anna reaches ...

Mar 30, 2026
Medical Xpress / How to contain avian flu H5N1 if human-to-human spread begins

At this point, avian flu H5N1 is thought to have very limited ability to transmit between humans, but a recent case in British Columbia with an unknown source of transmission has piqued the curiosity and concern of scientists, ...

Mar 28, 2026