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 AI and machine learning provide new tools for scientists to think about drug discovery. gorodenkoff/iStock via Getty Images
AI is Reengineering Drug Discovery by Speeding Up Testing and Scanning Petabytes of Data for Connections Between Diseases
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AI and machine learning provide new tools for scientists to think about drug discovery.
Smoke rises in Abu Dhabi on March 1, 2026, after Iranian drone strikes around the city, including on data centers. Ryan Lim/AFP via Getty Images
Why Iran Targeted Amazon Data Centers and What That Does – and Doesn’t – Change About Warfare
6 min
Attacks are forcing nations to recognize that data centers are targets of war – even if they don’t directly support military operations.
The Camelot crater in the Moon’s Taurus-Littrow Valley is where the sample containing trivalent titanium was found. NASA/Apollo 17: AS17-145-22159
New Study Measures Titanium in Apollo Rock to Uncover Moon’s Early Chemistry
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By uncovering the conditions under which the Moon’s rocks formed, scientists move closer to understanding the origins of our own planet.
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The Conversation: Researchers develop biodegradable, plant‑based packaging from natural fibers – new research
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Jie Wu, an engineering graduate student, was studying a type of striking white beetle found in Southeast Asia and attempting to figure out how to mimic its brilliant color when an unexpected discovery upended the experiment.
 Treatment plants can capture over 95% of methane from food waste, compared to about 50% at landfills. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
How Sewage Treatment Plants Could Handle Food Waste, Sparing Landfills and the Climate
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Every day, food scraps disappear into trash bags, are hauled away and forgotten. But that waste could be turned into something productive.
Low-income Americans in rural areas can struggle to pay market-rate rents. mphillips007/iStock via Getty Images Plus
A Successful USDA Program That Has Supported More Than 533,000 Affordable Rental Homes in Rural America is Getting Phased Out
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The high cost of renting and buying homes in U.S. cities is no secret. But this affordability problem isn’t limited to urban regions – it affects rural areas as well.
 black and white aerial view of an airfield AI is helping U.S. forces find and choose targets in Iran, like this airfield. U.S. Central Command via AP
US Military Leans Into AI for Attack on Iran, But the Tech Doesn’t Lessen the Need for Human Judgment In War
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Digital systems are only as good as the organizations that use them. Some organizations squander the potential of advanced technologies, while others can compensate for technological weaknesses.
Today’s power grid equipment incorporates internet-connected – and therefore hackable – computers. Joe Raedle/Getty Images
Hacking the Grid: How Digital Sabotage Turns Infrastructure Into a Weapon
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To understand how a nation can turn an adversary’s lights out without firing a shot, you have to look inside the controllers that regulate modern infrastructure.
Protesters have filled the streets in Iranian cities, but the regime’s internet shutdown means little news gets in or out of the country. MAHSA/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images
Iran’s Latest Internet Blackout Extends to Phones and Starlink
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The Iranian regime’s internet shutdown, initiated on Jan. 8, 2026, has severely diminished the flow of information out of the country.
Lack of access to safe and affordable housing is harmful to health. Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images
Illness Is More Than Just Biological – Medical Sociology Shows How Social Factors Get Under the Skin and Cause Disease
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By studying the way social forces shape health inequalities, medical sociology helps address how health and illness extend beyond the body and into every aspect of people’s lives.