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AI can influence voters' minds. What does that mean for democracy?

Increasing plant diversity in agricultural grasslands boosts yields, reducing reliance on fertilizer

Scientists capture first detailed look inside droplet-like structures of compacted DNA

AI chatbots can effectively sway voters—in either direction

A new role for DNA loops in repairing genetic damage

Nanotyrannus was not a juvenile T. rex, new study confirms

Nanotyrannus is still not a teenage T. rex

How a bacterial toxin linked to colon cancer messes with DNA

Chatbots spewing facts, and falsehoods, can sway voters

AI Chatbots Shown to Sway Voters, Raising New Fears about Election Influence

How sound moves on Mars

Women are still absent from how history is taught and assessed in England

More detail on what clothes feel like could make life easier for shoppers, and save retailers money

Exploring how Mussolini's Italy merged animal husbandry with consumption policies

Receptors in mammary glands make livestock and humans inviting hosts for avian flu

Distance from natural habitat doesn't reduce pollination in tropical smallholder farms

Planned industrial plant threatens large observatory in Chile

Research reveals atypical Santas can succeed

Why art is a prime target for organized crime

Meditating on the connectedness of life could help reunite a divided country. Here's how 'interbeing' works

Why is AI making computers and games consoles more expensive?

New Book for Young Readers Brings the Stories of 10 Remarkable Women to Life

Sri Lanka's latest climate-driven floods expose flaws in disaster preparations: Here's what needs to change

Hydrogel platform enables high-throughput extracellular vesicle isolation

Celebrated Rutland mosaic depicts 'long-lost' Troy story connecting Roman Britain to the ancient classical world

Cover crop adoption doubles in farm demonstration network, study finds

'Free-range' dinosaur parenting may have created surprisingly diverse ancient ecosystems

People who talk with their hands seem more clear and persuasive

Most normal matter in the universe isn't found in planets, stars or galaxies: An astronomer explains

Measuring Colorado's mountains one hike at a time

Study reveals opportunity to improve blue carbon measurements in coastal wetlands

Ten versions of Earth's future can help us hunt for technosignatures

Did Volcanoes Spark the Black Death?

LHC data confirm validity of new model of hadron production—and test foundations of quantum mechanics

New maps reveal the loss of a wildebeest migration in the Mara ecosystem

Eyes for an agricultural robot: AI system identifies weeds in apple orchards

Watershed sustainability project centers place-based research

Silver nanoparticles built on viral biotemplate kill more bacteria and slow resistance rise

E-waste recycling in Ghana exposes workers to toxic pollution and health risks

Alternative to BPA passes toxicity and sustainability standards set by EU innovation guidelines

Jealousy fueled by social media can erode young couples' satisfaction with their relationships over time

Ocean currents shape fish survival in South Georgia's fjords

Cleaner rayon fiber production cuts solvent use by up to 70%

China’s CO2 Emissions Might Have Finally Peaked

High-resolution GlyT2 structures point to non-opioid analgesic options

New molecular view of cholera 'tail' could inform better treatment

Pleasant-sounding words are easier to remember, pseudoword experiment shows

How inventing political adversaries can create real civil division