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24 Feb 2026

AI audio summaries of research can help — and err

Researchers tested Google’s NotebookLM, which turns research papers into podcast-style audio. The summaries were engaging and clearer for teaching, but every audio overview contained mistakes, so the authors advise reading the original papers to check claims.

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18 Dec 2025

How Mars sediment flows changed as its air thinned

A research team recreated past Martian conditions in the lab and ran experiments with water and sediment. They found that lower atmospheric pressure changed flow behavior and that Earth analogs may not always explain Martian landscapes.

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8 Dec 2025

New isotope evidence on the Moon’s origin

A new study finds that the object that hit early Earth and formed the Moon—called Theia—likely formed closer to the Sun. Researchers used isotopes from Earth rocks, Apollo samples and meteorites to reach this conclusion.

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