Overly Involved Parents May Hold Their Kids Back Professionally

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Jan 14, 2026

Overly Involved Parents May Hold Their Kids Back Professionally

A study of more than 2,000 early-career adults found that young people whose parents were still very closely involved in their lives tended to have occupations with less prestige than young people whose parents were less involved.

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Jan 14, 2026

Self-Healing Composite Can Make Airplane, Automobile and Spacecraft Components Last for Centuries

Researchers have created a self-healing composite that is tougher than materials currently used in aircraft wings, turbine blades and other applications – and can repair itself more than 1,000 times.

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Jan 12, 2026

Police-Related Stress Is Associated With Health Risk for Black Women

Worrying about police brutality and harassment is associated with physical markers of cardiovascular health risk in Black women in the United States.

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Jan 6, 2026

How to Make Communities More Resilient to Climate Change

A new strategy lays out how local governments can limit adverse impacts of climate change on their communities.

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Jan 5, 2026

Location, Location, Location: Model IDs Best Spots for Offshore Energy Projects

The model can be used to maximize offshore energy production, reducing the financial risk of offshore projects.

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Dec 9, 2025

Helping Family Members Across Generations May Have Complicated Health Effects

A new study of more than 38,000 adults suggests the relationships between intergenerational support and health are more complicated than previously thought.

Dec 3, 2025

Do Bugs Fly in the Windows of High-Rise Apartments?

How high does an apartment need to be above ground level before insects stop flying into your home?

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Dec 2, 2025

Why Does Cinnamon Taste Hot? And Why Does Mint Taste Cold?

And while we're at it, why does soda fizz more when you put ice in the glass?

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Dec 1, 2025

Why Researchers Are Studying Lipid Levels in Chimpanzee Blood

The research holds value for zoos, wildlife conservation and – maybe – human health.

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Nov 20, 2025

How Modified Robotic Prosthetics Could Help Address Hip, Back Problems for Amputees

The new approach can help address health challenges associated with an amputation.

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Nov 19, 2025

How a New Modeling Method Could Make Energy Systems More Efficient – Even in an Uncertain Future

The new method helps policymakers determine which parts of an energy system have the biggest impact and merit extra attention.

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Nov 17, 2025

Researchers Unveil First-Ever Defense Against Cryptanalytic Attacks on AI

Security researchers have developed the first functional defense mechanism capable of protecting against “cryptanalytic” attacks used to “steal” the model parameters that define how an AI system works.

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Nov 13, 2025

How Parents and Kids Really Feel About AI-Generated Images in Children’s Books

Parents and kids raised some concerns about errors in the AI-generated illustrations.

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Oct 20, 2025

How to Make ‘Smart City’ Technologies Behave Ethically

New approach allows policymakers and technology developers to better align the values programmed into smart city technologies with the ethics of the people who will be interacting with them.

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Oct 15, 2025

‘Metabots’ Shapeshift From Flat Sheets Into Hundreds of Structures

The metabots resemble animated sheets of plastic, capable of moving around a surface or grasping objects.

Matt Shipman