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Why People Act So Weirdly at Airports
THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Many of us have witnessed unusual and even ...

Moon or Mars? The US Might Face a Tough Choice for Future Missions
The optimal fuel route for Mars involves arriving when the two planets are roughly on opposite sides of the sun. ...

The Less People Know About AI, the More They Like It
THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. The rapid spread of artificial intelligence has people ...

Why Dumping Seawater on Blazes Isn’t the Answer to California’s Wildfire Problem
Our coastal forest showed little effect from the first 10-hour exposure to salty water in June 2022 and grew normally ...

Good at Reading? Your Brain May Be Structured Differently
THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. The number of people who read for fun ...

These Rats Learned to Drive—and They Love It
THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. We crafted our first rodent car from a ...

Microplastics Could Be Making the Weather Worse
THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Clouds form when water vapor—an invisible gas in ...

These Record-Breaking New Solar Panels Produce 60 Percent More Electricity
THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. The sight of solar panels installed on rooftops ...

Alien Spaceships Could Be Detected Using Gravitational Waves
You could say that this is exactly what Isaac Newton’s picture of gravity does—giving a relation between an object’s mass ...