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September 4, 2025
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Sep. 4, 2025 — A large Brazilian study following more than 12,000 middle-aged adults found that those consuming the most artificial sweeteners—commonly found in diet sodas, flavored waters, and processed snacks—experienced significantly faster declines in ...
Sep. 4, 2025 — Scientists have uncovered a surprising way Parkinson’s disease may start: tiny toxic proteins that punch holes in brain cells like revolving doors. Instead of causing instant collapse, these flickering pores slowly weaken the cells, which could ...
Sep. 4, 2025 — New research reveals that carbon made it possible for Earth’s molten core to freeze into a solid heart, stabilizing the magnetic field that protects our planet. Without it, Earth’s deep interior — and life above — might look very ...
Sep. 4, 2025 — Meal timing shifts with age, and researchers found that eating breakfast later is tied to depression, fatigue, sleep problems, and an increased risk of death. Monitoring when meals are eaten could provide an easy health marker for aging ...
Sep. 4, 2025 — Researchers spotted a colossal cloud of gas and dust in the Milky Way, filled with turbulent motion, newborn star seeds, and even a natural microwave laser. This newly found Midpoint cloud appears to ...
Sep. 4, 2025 — Scientists at the University of Bath have developed a simple three-minute brainwave test called Fastball EEG that can detect memory problems years before Alzheimer’s is typically diagnosed. Unlike traditional memory tests, it passively records ...
Sep. 4, 2025 — Scientists at Delft University of Technology have managed to watch a single atomic nucleus flip its magnetic state in real time. Using a scanning tunneling microscope, they indirectly read the nucleus through its electrons, finding the nuclear spin ...
Sep. 4, 2025 — Scientists uncovered a 310-million-year-old fish fossil with a “tongue bite,” teeth on the roof and floor of its mouth that worked like a second jaw. This adaptation, previously thought to have ...
Sep. 4, 2025 — A Japanese research team successfully harnessed E. coli to produce PDCA, a strong, biodegradable plastic alternative. Their method avoids toxic byproducts and achieves record production levels, overcoming key roadblocks with creative ...
Sep. 4, 2025 — A small tissue fold in fly embryos, once thought purposeless, plays a vital role in stabilizing tissues. Researchers show that it absorbs stress during early development, and its position and timing likely shaped its evolutionary ...
Sep. 3, 2025 — Solar Orbiter has identified the Sun’s dual “engines” for superfast electrons: explosive flares and sweeping coronal mass ejections. By catching over 300 events close to their origin, the mission has solved key mysteries about how these ...
Sep. 3, 2025 — Spotting Earth-like planets is nearly impossible with conventional telescopes, but researchers propose a bold fix: a rectangular design that can separate a planet’s faint glow from its blinding star. This approach could uncover dozens of nearby ...
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Sep. 3, 2025 — Past climate assessments let big polluters delay action, placing more burden on smaller nations. A new method based on historical responsibility demands steep cuts from wealthy countries and more ...
Sep. 3, 2025 — Overactivation of dopamine neurons may directly drive their death, explaining why movement-controlling brain cells degenerate in Parkinson’s. Mice with chronically stimulated neurons showed the ...
Sep. 3, 2025 — Scientists have decoded the 3D structure of an ancient viral protein hidden in our DNA. The HERV-K Env protein, found on cancer and autoimmune cells, has a unique shape that could unlock new ...
Sep. 3, 2025 — Scientists at Northwestern University have developed a groundbreaking nickel-based catalyst that could transform the way the world recycles plastic. Instead of requiring tedious sorting, the catalyst ...
Sep. 3, 2025 — Snowfall shortages are now destabilizing some of the world’s last resilient glaciers, as shown by a new study in Tajikistan’s Pamir Mountains. Using a monitoring station on Kyzylsu Glacier, ...
Sep. 3, 2025 — Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania have shown for the first time that it’s possible to detect dormant cancer cells in breast cancer survivors and eliminate them with repurposed drugs, ...
Sep. 2, 2025 — Virginia Tech researchers are investigating how overloaded mitochondria in the brain’s memory circuits may spark early Alzheimer’s damage. Their work focuses on calcium signaling and how it might ...
Sep. 2, 2025 — Astronomers using ALMA have discovered that planet-forming discs are not flat and serene but subtly warped, reshaping our understanding of how planets form. These slight tilts, similar to those seen ...
Sep. 2, 2025 — A new model called StarryStarryProcess lets scientists map star spots with precision, improving how exoplanets are studied. By factoring in both transits and stellar rotation, it provides richer ...
Sep. 2, 2025 — NASA’s SPHEREx joined Webb and Hubble in studying interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, gathering data on its size, chemistry, and physical traits. While ...
Earlier Headlines
Sep. 1, 2025 — A single RSV vaccine dose is proving to be a powerful shield for older adults, significantly reducing hospitalizations and severe illness over two consecutive RSV seasons. While protection is ...
Aug. 31, 2025 — Beta blockers, used for decades after heart attacks, provide no benefit for patients with preserved heart function, according to the REBOOT trial. The massive study also found women faced higher ...
Aug. 31, 2025 — Astronomers have taken a fresh look at the famous “Hand of God” pulsar, combining X-ray data from NASA’s Chandra Observatory with new radio observations from the Australia Telescope Compact ...
Aug. 30, 2025 — Young orangutans master the art of building intricate treetop nests not by instinct alone, but by closely watching their mothers and peers. Researchers tracking wild Sumatran orangutans over 17 years ...
Aug. 31, 2025 — Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have uncovered a planet-forming disk shockingly rich in carbon dioxide but nearly devoid of water, upending traditional theories of planetary ...
Aug. 30, 2025 — Scientists at Mount Sinai have created an artificial intelligence system that can predict how likely rare genetic mutations are to actually cause disease. By combining machine learning with millions ...
Aug. 30, 2025 — Scientists have uncovered a surprising new healing mechanism in injured cells called cathartocytosis, in which cells "vomit" out their internal machinery to revert more quickly to a stem ...
Aug. 30, 2025 — Men eating ultra-processed foods gained more fat than those eating unprocessed meals, even with equal calories. Their hormone levels shifted in worrying ways, with testosterone falling and pollutants ...
Aug. 30, 2025 — Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder have unveiled an AI-powered system designed to expose predatory scientific journals—those that trick scientists into paying for publication without ...
Sep. 1, 2025 — A new study projects that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC)—the system of currents that includes the Gulf Stream—could shut down after 2100 under high-emission scenarios. ...
Sep. 1, 2025 — Sargassum has escaped the Sargasso Sea and exploded across the Atlantic, forming the massive Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt. Fueled by nutrient runoff, Amazon outflows, and climate events, these ...
Aug. 31, 2025 — Mars isn’t the neatly layered world we once imagined — its mantle is filled with ancient, jagged fragments left over from colossal impacts billions of years ago. Seismic data from NASA’s ...
Aug. 28, 2025 — Whale sharks in Indonesia are suffering widespread injuries, with a majority scarred by human activity. Researchers found bagans and boats to be the biggest threats, especially as shark tourism ...
Aug. 28, 2025 — In Taiwan’s forests, researchers discovered a clever hunting trick by the sheet web spider Psechrus clavis. Instead of immediately devouring captured fireflies, the spiders allow them to glow in ...
Sep. 2, 2025 — A long-term study following insomnia patients treated with cannabis-based medical products revealed sustained improvements in sleep quality, mood, and pain management over 18 months. Most ...
Sep. 2, 2025 — High-ventilation breathwork with music can evoke psychedelic-like states, shifting blood flow in the brain and reducing negative emotions. Participants experienced unity and bliss, pointing to a ...
Sep. 2, 2025 — Once a universal feature of human psychology, the “unhappiness hump” in midlife has disappeared, replaced by a new trend: mental health is worst in youth and improves with age. Data from the ...
Sep. 1, 2025 — Fossilized bones in Brazil reveal that deadly infections plagued sauropods 80 million years ago. Researchers uncovered unhealed lesions consistent with osteomyelitis, pointing to pathogens spread ...
Aug. 30, 2025 — Spicomellus afer, a newly analyzed Jurassic ankylosaur from Morocco, is overturning scientists’ understanding of dinosaur evolution. Unlike any other known creature, it carried a collar of ...
Aug. 30, 2025 — Scientists have finally uncovered direct genetic evidence of Yersinia pestis — the bacterium behind the Plague of Justinian — in a mass grave in Jerash, Jordan. This long-sought discovery ...
Monday, September 1, 2025
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- Common Heart Drug Taken by Millions Found Useless, Possibly Risky
- NASA’s X-Ray Telescope Finds Bizarre Features in a Cosmic Hand
Saturday, August 30, 2025
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- New AI Model Predicts Which Genetic Mutations Truly Drive Disease
- Cells “vomit” Waste in a Hidden Healing Shortcut That Could Also Fuel Cancer
- Why Ultra-Processed Diets Make You Gain Fat Even Without Extra Calories
- AI Exposes 1,000+ Fake Science Journals
Monday, September 1, 2025
- Scientists Fear the Atlantic’s Great Ocean Conveyor Could Shut Down
- A Monster Seaweed Bloom Is Taking Over the Atlantic
Sunday, August 31, 2025
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Tuesday, September 2, 2025
- Study Finds Cannabis Improves Sleep Where Other Drugs Fail
- Scientists Reveal How Breathwork Unlocks Psychedelic Bliss in the Brain
- The Midlife Crisis Is Over, but Something Worse Took Its Place
Monday, September 1, 2025
Saturday, August 30, 2025
- Bizarre Ankylosaur With Giant Neck Spikes Redefines Dinosaur Evolution
- Ancient DNA Finally Solves the Mystery of the World’s First Pandemic
Friday, August 29, 2025
- In the Dark for 11 Million Years: How Blind Cavefish Rewrote Evolution
- 70-Million-Year-Old Crocodile Relative With Dinosaur-Crushing Jaws Found in Argentina
- Living Night Lights: Succulents That Store Sunlight and Shine for Hours
Thursday, August 28, 2025
- Scientists Recreate Life’s First Step: Linking Amino Acids to RNA
- Butterfly Nebula Reveals Sparkling Gems, Fiery Dust, and the Ingredients of Life
Wednesday, August 27, 2025
- Sharks’ Teeth Are Crumbling in Acid Seas
- Astronomers Capture Breathtaking First Look at a Planet Being Born
- The Bright Yellow Worm That Turns Ocean Poison Into Golden Survival Crystals
- Bumble Bees Balance Their Diets With Surprising Precision
- Scientists Just Created Spacetime Crystals Made of Knotted Light
Tuesday, September 2, 2025
- NASA’s Webb Space Telescope Reveals Secrets of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
- Stronger Weed, Higher Risk? Potent THC Linked to Psychosis and Addiction
Friday, August 29, 2025
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Wednesday, August 27, 2025
- The Ancient Oxygen Flood That Forever Changed Life in the Oceans
- Tiny Hologram Inside a Fiber Lets Scientists Control Light With Incredible Precision
- This Tiny Iron Catalyst Could Transform the Future of Clean Energy
Tuesday, August 26, 2025
- Scientists Finally Pinpoint Jupiter’s Birth Using “molten Rock Raindrops”
- Scientists Found a New Way to Turn Sunlight Into Fuel
- Rats Walk Again After Breakthrough Spinal Cord Repair With 3D Printing
- Scientists Crack Indole’s Toughest Bond With Copper, Unlocking New Medicines
- Stunning New Images: The Sun’s Smallest Loops Ever Seen
- The Common Cold’s Unexpected Superpower Against COVID
- Scientists Switch on the World’s Largest Neutrino Detector Deep Underground
- Common Painkillers Like Advil and Tylenol Supercharge Antibiotic Resistance
Monday, August 25, 2025
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Monday, August 25, 2025
- Maui’s Fires Drove a 67% Jump in Deaths. Most Went Uncounted
- Eating Meat May Protect Against Cancer, Landmark Research Shows
Monday, September 1, 2025
Sunday, August 31, 2025
- Scientists Uncover Wildfire Paradox That’s Putting 440 Million People in Danger
- Geologists Got It Wrong: Rivers Didn’t Need Plants to Meander
Sunday, August 24, 2025
- Strange Ripples Frozen in Mars’ Sands Could Hold Keys to Human Survival
- Extinct Human Relatives Left a Genetic Gift That Helped People Thrive in the Americas
- Scientists Unlock Nature’s Secret to Superfast Mini Robots
- Tiny Green Tea Beads Trap Fat and Melt Away Pounds Without Side Effects
Saturday, August 23, 2025
- Tiny Protein Dismantles the Toxic Clumps Behind Alzheimer’s
- Are We Accidentally Broadcasting Our Location to Alien Civilizations?
Saturday, August 30, 2025
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- Closest and Brightest Fast Radio Burst Ever Detected by Astronomers
- Jupiter’s Core Isn’t What We Thought
Monday, August 25, 2025
Saturday, August 23, 2025
- Tiny Reactor Boosts Fusion With a Sponge-Like Trick
- Scientists Found the Missing Nutrients Bees Need — Colonies Grew 15-Fold
- Most of Earth’s Species Came from Explosive Bursts of Evolution
- These Asteroids Share a Strange Fingerprint from Billions of Years Ago
Friday, August 22, 2025
- What Came Before the Big Bang? Supercomputers May Hold the Answer
- Hidden Venom Divide in Australia’s Deadliest Snake Raises Urgent Treatment Questions
- Scientists Discover Crystal That Breathes Oxygen Like Lungs
Thursday, August 21, 2025
- Astronomers Uncover Enormous Bubble Bigger Than Our Solar System
- Astronomers Stunned by the Strangest Supernova Ever Seen
- How Hidden Cosmic Highways Feed the Universe’s Biggest Stars
- The Surprising Reason Timber Plantations Explode Into Megafires
Friday, August 29, 2025
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Thursday, August 21, 2025
- 140,000-Year-Old Skeleton Shows Earliest Interbreeding Between Humans and Neanderthals
- Voyager Missed It, but James Webb Just Found Uranus’ Hidden Moon
Wednesday, August 20, 2025
- Scientists Just Found a Protein That Reverses Brain Aging
- Protected Seas Help Kelp Forests Bounce Back from Heatwaves
Thursday, August 21, 2025
- Scientists Finally Crack the Secret to Perfect Chocolate Flavor
- Ancient Solar System Crash May Explain Bennu and Ryugu’s Origin
- This Is Where Tree Planting Has the Biggest Climate Impact
Wednesday, August 20, 2025
- Why Listening May Be the Most Powerful Medicine
- Scientists Just Found the Brain’s Secret GPS System
- Scientists Unlock the Gene That Lets Bearded Dragons Switch Sex
- After 70 Years, the Sun’s Explosive Mystery Is Finally Solved
Monday, August 18, 2025
- Forget LASIK: Safer, Cheaper Vision Correction Could Be Coming Soon
- Is Ketamine the Answer for Chronic Pain? New Findings Cast Doubt
Friday, August 29, 2025
- A Strange Quantum Effect Could Power Future Electronics
- Scientists Finally Solve a Century-Old Quantum Mystery
Monday, August 18, 2025
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Sunday, August 17, 2025
- Scientists Just Found a Hidden Factor Behind Earth’s Methane Surge
- Scientists Uncover the Lost Shelduck That Chose Walking Over Flight
- The Surprising Way Rising CO2 Could Supercharge Space Storms
- Scientists Finally Tame the Impossible 48-Atom Carbon Ring
- One Gene Completely Changed How These Flies Fall in Love