Week in Science: Supersymmetry has lost its luster

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March 28—This week, the hidden world hiding beneath glaciers, a cleaner way to make fuel for nuclear fusion, and why we can't remember our memories from babyhood. All that and more below! —Andrea Gawrylewski, Chief Newsletter Editor

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Hegseth Orders Elimination of Climate Defense Planning but Still Wants Extreme Weather Preparation The Defense secretary aims to purge climate work from the Pentagon. But critics say his carve-out for weather resiliency misses the point Scott Waldman, E&E News

Stunning Antarctic Sea Creatures Discovered after Iceberg Breaks Away A calving iceberg exposed a region that never before had been seen by human eyes, revealing a vibrant, thriving ecosystem Ashley Balzer Vigil

Supersymmetry Washes Out at the Large Hadron Collider Supersymmetry, long considered the golden child of theoretical physics, has officially lost its luster at the world's reigning particle accelerator Eleni Petrakou

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Can Earth's Rotation Generate Electricity? Physicists Divided over Controversial Idea Experiments suggest an unusual magnetic material could help harness energy from Earth's rotation. But not everyone is convinced Elizabeth Gibney, Nature magazine

The U.S. Government's Top UFO Scientist Has an Open Mind about Alien Visitation Have you seen something inexplicable in the sky? Jon Kosloski, director of the U.S. Department of Defense's All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office, wants to hear from you Leonard David

We Make Memories as Babies—So Why Do We Forget Them? MRI scans show that the brains of infants and toddlers can encode memories, even if we don't remember them as adults Chris Simms, Nature magazine

Scientists Record First Known Shark Sounds Clicklike noises made by a small species of shark represent the first instance of a shark actively producing sound Jack Tamisiea

How Researchers Found a Greener Way to Make Fuel for Nuclear Fusion—By Accident Researchers have found an environmentally safer way to extract the lithium 6 needed to create fuel for nuclear fusion reactors. The new approach doesn't require toxic mercury, as conventional methods do Jacek Krywko

The Science behind Tariffs and How They Work President Donald Trump is threatening steep tariffs on virtually all imports. Here's what that means and what economics research suggests would be the impact Meghan Bartels

A Prenatal Test of the Fetus Turns Up Cancers in Pregnant Mothers A test for abnormal fetal chromosomes can also detect maternal cancers—and physicians are struggling to incorporate that knowledge into routine care Laura Hercher

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