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  1. Artificial Intelligence

    AI may be giving teens bad diet advice

    The meal plans that AI made for fictional teens cut an entire meal’s worth of calories per day.

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  2. Plants

    Perfect pitch? Scientists lay new grounds for World Cup ‘26

    High-tech turfgrass carpets will be unrolled in 16 stadiums across North America — including five that must survive despite getting no natural sunlight.

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  3. Chemistry

    New polish could turn long nails into touchscreen styluses

    It registers nails' touch by disrupting the touchscreen’s electric field. But this high-tech varnish isn’t ready to hit store shelves yet.

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  4. Artificial Intelligence

    Don’t trust AI for help with citations, science-fair judges warn

    Fake, AI-generated citations have begun disqualifying major science-fair projects. Such ‘ghost’ references even haunt research journals.

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  5. Artificial Intelligence

    A new shield could guard AI agents against cyberattacks

    A teen’s software could help guard AI that handles sensitive data against sneaky “prompt injection attacks.”

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  6. Artificial Intelligence

    Sneaky: AI auto-complete may be shaping our views

    People are increasingly using AI auto-complete features when writing. Those tools may change how we think — even without our knowing.

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  7. Environment

    Teen engineer finds eco-friendly way to fight harmful algal blooms

    The Netflix series Outer Banks inspired this teen engineer to help clean up algal blooms in a local waterway.

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  8. Tech

    This Band Aid-like device could let you ‘feel’ the virtual world

    Using a grid of tiny, fast-moving dots, this device realistically renders virtual textures by mimicking the feel of real-world objects.

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  9. Space

    Artemis II just made a historic loop around the moon

    The astronauts had a front-row view of the lunar farside and the first eclipse ever seen from the moon.

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