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News Articles: Research News

An image shows the scaly skin of a crest over the back of the juvenile duck-billed dinosaur <em>Edmontosaurus annectens</em>, a specimen nicknamed "Ed Jr." by researchers. The juvenile is estimated to have been about 2 years old when it died.

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  • Science

How a great-grandmother helped researchers unravel a dinosaur mummy mystery

A paleontologist was trying to locate the site of a famous 1908 discovery when a rancher in Wyoming shared an important clue.

November 01, 2025
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By:
  • Bill Chappell

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  • Education

Fewer students are missing school. These state policies may have helped

A new study says several states are doing the right things to get students to show up to school regularly.

November 01, 2025
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By:
  • Kadin Mills
In this illustration, a pack of <em>Nanotyrannus</em> attacks a juvenile <em>T. rex. </em>Scientists say a well-known fossil shows that there was more than one tyrannosaur species roaming the Earth. <br>

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  • Science

Scientists thought this fossil was a teen T. rex. Turns out it's a new tyrannosaur

A new look at the "Dueling Dinosaurs" fossil reveals that Tyrannosaurus rex was not the only tyrannosaur roaming the land.

October 30, 2025
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By:
  • Ari Daniel
Scientists are taking a second look at a drug for Alzheimer's that may help patients who are particularly at risk of developing the disease.

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  • Science

An Alzheimer's pill appears to protect some in a high-risk population

A new study is reviving hope that a twice-daily pill can slow down Alzheimer's in people whose genes put them at high risk for the disease.

October 29, 2025
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By:
  • Jon Hamilton
The skull of pachycephalosaur <em>Zavacephale rinpoche.</em>

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  • Science

This 'magical' dinosaur specimen emerged from the ground like a polished jewel

A new pachycephalosaur, officially named Zavacephale rinpoche, was described in the journal Nature. The word rinpoche is Tibetan for "precious one" and refers to the domed skull.

October 23, 2025
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By:
  • Ari Daniel
A new study finds that cognitive training can increase the levels of a key chemical messenger in the brain responsible for decision-making, and reverse a process associated with aging.

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  • Science

Mental exercise can reverse a brain change linked to aging, study finds

Scientists have found the first compelling evidence that cognitive training can boost levels of a brain chemical that typically declines as people age.

October 22, 2025
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By:
  • Jon Hamilton
Researchers are exploring the behavior of "death fold" proteins in the hopes of understanding why some cells die too soon and why others don't die soon enough.

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  • Science

'Death fold' proteins can make cells self-destruct. Scientists want to control them

Scientists are hoping to treat diseases including cancer and Alzheimer's by influencing how cells make life-or-death decisions.

October 16, 2025
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  • Jon Hamilton
A student raises their hand in a classroom at Tussahaw Elementary School in 2021 in McDonough, Ga.

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  • Education

In reading, the nation's students are still stuck in a pandemic slump

New 2025 testing data shows third- through eighth-graders scored far below 2019 levels in reading. In math, some grades have made gains, but all are lagging compared to before the pandemic.

October 14, 2025
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By:
  • Cory Turner
Caleb Strickland, 4, has an artificial heart pump keeping him alive while he waits for a transplant. Nora Strickland, his mom, says she feels far away from the Trump administration's disputes with universities.

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  • Children's Health

This 4-year-old's heart is failing. A federal grant that might help him was canceled

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.

October 09, 2025
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  • Elissa Nadworny

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  • Education

1 in 5 high schoolers has had a romantic AI relationship, or knows someone who has

A national survey of students, teachers and parents shines a light on how the AI revolution is playing out in schools – including when it comes to bullying and a community's trust in schools.

October 08, 2025
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  • Lee V. Gaines

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  • Education

The government has long researched high school experiences. Then DOGE cut the effort

The federal government has long surveyed high schoolers to help track how their academic choices may have influenced the course of their lives. The Trump administration put an end to that effort.

October 07, 2025
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By:
  • Carmela Guaglianone
A screen showing the photos of Mary E Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi, who on Monday were awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology at the Nobel Assembly of the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden.

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  • Science

The medicine Nobel Prize goes to 3 scientists for work on peripheral immune tolerance

Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi were honored for research into how the body helps the immune system avoid attacking your own tissues instead of foreign invaders.

October 06, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
President Trump answers questions after making an announcement on "significant medical and scientific findings for America's children" at the White House on Sept. 22. Federal health officials suggested a link between the use of acetaminophen during pregnancy as a risk for autism, although many health agencies have noted inconclusive results in the research.

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  • Health

Amid funding cuts and public health battles, NIH issues autism research grants

Cornell University will receive $5.1 million as the Trump administration seeks to find a source and cure for autism.

October 06, 2025
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By:
  • Alana Wise
A new study found that artificial intelligence could design DNA for all kinds of dangerous proteins, and do it in such a way that DNA manufacturers' biosecurity screening measures would not reliably catch them.

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  • Science

AI designs for dangerous DNA can slip past biosecurity measures, study shows

Companies that make DNA for science labs screen out any requests for dangerous bits of genetic material. But a new study shows how AI could help malevolent actors get the stuff anyway.

October 05, 2025
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By:
  • Nell Greenfieldboyce
Cicadas from a 17-year cicada brood and shells shed by cicada nymphs sit at the base of a tree on May 29, 2024, in Park Ridge, Ill. Cicadas are of the order Hemiptera — the type of winged insects commonly found in the study of insect declines.

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  • Science

Insect populations drop even without direct human interference, a new study finds

Research published this month found that even in pristine, untouched areas, insect populations are still on the decline. Climate change is a likely culprit.

September 12, 2025
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By:
  • Alana Wise
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