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Mar 26 2026SCIENCE

Cannabis and Witness Accounts: What the Study Says

A new study looked at how people who smoke weed remember a crime video. The researchers used a special interview called the Sketch‑Cognitive Interview (Sketch‑CI). This method helps witnesses rebuild the scene in their mind. They wanted to see if being high when watching the video or when answering

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Mar 26 2026SCIENCE

Women Scientists Lead the Fight Against Plant Stress

In recent years, farms around the world have faced harsher conditions: salty soils, long dry spells, and heat waves that hit more often. These challenges threaten the food we rely on, so scientists need to find crops that can survive such hardships. Women researchers have stepped up in this field, m

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Mar 26 2026SCIENCE

Ethanol Nanobubbles: Tiny Gases, Big Surprises

Nanobubbles are minuscule gas pockets that can stay alive for a long time in water, thanks to their charged surfaces. Scientists have not looked much at how these bubbles behave in other liquids, like ethanol. In this study, researchers used two techniques: infrared absorption spectroscopy (IRAS) an

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Mar 26 2026SCIENCE

AI Helps Spot Poppy Blooms Before You Head Out

The Antelope Valley is famous for its bright orange poppies, but spotting the best spots can feel like a gamble. A new tool built by a biologist named Steve Klosterman uses satellite pictures and weather data to predict where the flowers will be. He first needed it for his own trip, because he

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Mar 26 2026SCIENCE

Zinc Gets a Slick New Coat with Graphdiyne Magic

A team of researchers has found a way to put a slippery, protective layer on zinc metal. Zinc is very reactive and usually stops the chemical reaction that builds a special carbon network called graphdiyne. Because of this, only copper had been used for such coatings until now. The scientists

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Mar 26 2026SCIENCE

HBN Defects: Tiny Tweaks, Big Quantum Leaps

Scientists have found a way to shape the tiniest imperfections inside hexagonal boron nitride, a material that can act like a quantum computer’s building blocks. By shooting argon ions at the crystal, they create missing boron or nitrogen atoms—defects that can host quantum bits. The trick is to

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Mar 26 2026SCIENCE

Science, Faith and the Story Behind a Book

The book that sparked debate about how science and religion can fit together was written in the early 1970s by a historian named Reijer Hooykaas. Scholars later argued that the work was either a simple attempt to prove harmony or, at worst, an apologetic for Protestant views. New research shows t

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Mar 25 2026SCIENCE

Detecting Tiny RNA Marks With a Simple Chemical Trick

A new method lets scientists spot special chemical tags on RNA even when the molecules are rare. The trick uses two chemicals, sodium nitrite and a sugar‑derived compound called glyoxal, to change the tagged part of the RNA. After this conversion, a short DNA probe sticks only to the modified

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Mar 25 2026SCIENCE

Moon Quest: Robots, Rovers and a Nuclear Power Plant Roll Out

NASA plans to launch a wave of robotic missions to the Moon, starting in 2027 and aiming for up to thirty landings over a few years. The goal is to set up a small but functional lunar base that will help future trips to the Moon and Mars. The agency is inviting companies, universities and other coun

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Mar 25 2026SCIENCE

Nano Thermometers that Brighten With Heat

A new way to read tiny temperature changes uses a special dye inside a plastic bead. When the bead gets warmer, the dye lights up more instead of dimming like most other sensors. This happens because heat helps the dye jump from a dark “triplet” state back to a bright “singlet” state, a proces

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