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September 16, 2025
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Sep. 16, 2025 — Eating more like the Mediterranean—rich in vegetables, legumes, fruits, and olive oil—may do more than just support heart health. A new King’s College London study suggests it also protects against gum disease by lowering inflammation markers ...
Sep. 16, 2025 — NASA’s Perseverance rover has delivered its most compelling clue yet in the search for life on Mars. A rock sample called “Sapphire Canyon,” taken from the Bright Angel formation in Jezero ...
Sep. 16, 2025 — Researchers from the University of Waterloo discovered that measuring long-term stress through children’s hair samples can reveal early signs of mental health risks in those living with chronic physical illnesses. Children with persistently high ...
Sep. 16, 2025 — Scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory have cracked open the secrets of plant stem cells, mapping key genetic regulators in maize and Arabidopsis. By using single-cell RNA sequencing, they created a gene expression atlas that identifies rare ...
Sep. 15, 2025 — Volcanic eruptions on the remote island of Nishinoshima repeatedly wipe the land clean, giving scientists a rare chance to study life’s earliest stages. Researchers traced the genetic origins of an ...
Sep. 15, 2025 — The booming space industry has filled the skies with rockets and satellites, but this rapid expansion comes with a hidden danger: slowing the recovery of the ozone layer. Rocket launches and burning space debris release chlorine, soot, and metals ...
Sep. 15, 2025 — Behind the dusty clouds of the Cigar Galaxy lies a dazzling powerhouse of star formation, where stars are being born ten times faster than in the Milky Way. Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have uncovered massive super star clusters in ...
Sep. 15, 2025 — A groundbreaking project is piecing together Leonardo da Vinci’s genetic profile by tracing his lineage across 21 generations and comparing DNA from living descendants with remains in a Da Vinci family tomb. If successful, the effort could reveal ...
Sep. 15, 2025 — On remote islands of Papua New Guinea, people carry a story that ties us all back to our deepest roots. Although their striking appearance once puzzled scientists, new genetic evidence shows they share a common ancestry with other Asians, shaped by ...
Sep. 15, 2025 — Scientists are unraveling the mysteries of "steam worlds"—exoplanets known as sub-Neptunes that are rich in water but orbit so close to their stars that their surfaces are shrouded in thick atmospheres of vapor. Using advanced models, researchers ...
Sep. 15, 2025 — Nature has long been the source of lifesaving medicines, from willow bark’s natural aspirin to new discoveries in tropical fruits. Now, chemists at the University of Delaware have pioneered a way to recreate powerful molecules from guava plants ...
Sep. 15, 2025 — Researchers discovered two new parasitic wasp species living in the U.S., tracing their origins back to Europe and uncovering clues about how they spread. Their arrival raises fresh questions about biodiversity, ecological risks, and the role of ...
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Sep. 16, 2025 — Preschoolers with ADHD are often given medication right after diagnosis, against medical guidelines that recommend starting with behavioral therapy. Limited access to therapy and physician pressures ...
Sep. 15, 2025 — Eye drops combining pilocarpine and diclofenac helped patients read extra lines on vision charts, with effects lasting up to two years. The treatment could revolutionize presbyopia care as a safe, ...
Sep. 14, 2025 — A massive study of over 4 million adults has revealed that cannabis use may nearly quadruple the risk of developing diabetes. Despite some earlier suggestions that cannabis might have metabolic ...
Sep. 14, 2025 — By analyzing tooth enamel chemistry, scientists uncovered proof that Jurassic dinosaurs divided up their meals in surprising ways—some choosing buds and leaves, others woody bark, and still others ...
Sep. 14, 2025 — Sweetpotato, a critical food crop for millions, has finally had its genetic code fully decoded after decades of mystery. Scientists unraveled its extraordinarily complex genome of six chromosome ...
Sep. 14, 2025 — GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic have transformed weight loss in the U.S., with nearly 12% of Americans having tried them, according to a new RAND report. ...
Sep. 14, 2025 — Scientists in Korea have engineered magnetic nanohelices that can control electron spin with extraordinary precision at room temperature. By combining structural chirality and magnetism, these ...
Sep. 14, 2025 — Researchers at UBC have found a way to mimic the elusive Schwinger effect using superfluid helium, where vortex pairs appear out of thin films instead of electron-positron pairs in a vacuum. Their ...
Sep. 14, 2025 — Billions of years ago, Mars may not have been the frozen desert we see today. New simulations suggest that volcanic eruptions pumped out reactive sulfur gases, creating greenhouse effects strong ...
Sep. 14, 2025 — Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have uncovered mysterious “little red dots” that may not be galaxies at all, but a whole new ...
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Sep. 15, 2025 — Dry eyes are far more common than previously believed, with over half of adults in the US and Europe experiencing symptoms, yet most remain undiagnosed for years. The large-scale NESTS study reveals ...
Sep. 14, 2025 — New research from Denmark challenges long-held assumptions about body weight and health, revealing that being overweight—or even moderately obese—does not necessarily increase the risk of death ...
Sep. 14, 2025 — Researchers trained AI on tens of thousands of eye scans, enabling doctors to predict which keratoconus patients need early treatment and which can be safely monitored, cutting down on unnecessary ...
Sep. 14, 2025 — A massive Danish study reveals that despite the remarkable weight-loss benefits of semaglutide, more than half of adults without diabetes stop using it within a year. High costs, unpleasant side ...
Sep. 12, 2025 — Scientists have finally unlocked a way to identify the elusive W state of quantum entanglement, solving a decades-old problem and opening paths to quantum teleportation and advanced quantum ...
Sep. 12, 2025 — Researchers identified microRNA-93 as a genetic driver of fatty liver disease and showed that vitamin B3 can effectively suppress it. This breakthrough suggests niacin could be repurposed as a ...
Sep. 13, 2025 — Octopuses aren’t just flexible—they’re astonishingly strategic. A new study reveals how their eight arms coordinate with surprising precision: front arms for exploring, back arms for ...
Sep. 13, 2025 — Johns Hopkins scientists, working with global partners, have unveiled a new way to build microchips so small they’re invisible to the eye. By developing special metal-organic materials that ...
Sep. 11, 2025 — Dating dinosaur eggs has always been tricky because traditional methods rely on surrounding rocks or minerals that may have shifted over time. Now, for the first time, scientists have directly dated ...
Sep. 14, 2025 — Chronic insomnia may do more than leave you groggy, it could speed up brain aging. A large Mayo Clinic study found that people with long-term sleep troubles were 40% more likely to develop dementia ...
Sep. 12, 2025 — Physicists have achieved a breakthrough by using a 58-qubit quantum computer to create and observe a long-theorized but never-before-seen quantum phase of matter: a Floquet topologically ordered ...
Sep. 12, 2025 — For centuries, scientists have puzzled over globular clusters, the dense star systems that orbit galaxies without dark matter. Using ultra-detailed simulations, researchers recreated their origins ...
Sep. 12, 2025 — Mars’ Jezero Crater holds signs of ancient water and strange mineral reactions, some linked with organic compounds. With Perseverance’s samples and AI-refined mineral maps, scientists are closing ...
Sep. 12, 2025 — Gravitational-wave astronomy has exploded since 2015, capturing hundreds of black hole and neutron star collisions. With ever-clearer signals, researchers are testing Einstein’s relativity and ...
Sep. 11, 2025 — Physicists may soon witness a cosmic fireworks show: the explosive death of a primordial black hole. Once thought to be unimaginably rare, new research suggests there’s up to a 90% chance of ...
Sep. 11, 2025 — Archaeologists studying the vast Zvejnieki cemetery in Latvia have uncovered surprising truths about Stone Age life. Stone tools, long thought to symbolize male hunters, were actually buried just as ...
Sep. 13, 2025 — Scientists in Tokyo have uncovered “Inocles,” massive strands of extrachromosomal DNA hidden inside bacteria in human mouths. These giants, overlooked by traditional sequencing, could explain how ...
Sep. 12, 2025 — Hidden within Arctic ice, diatoms are proving to be anything but dormant. New Stanford research shows these glass-walled algae glide through frozen channels at record-breaking subzero temperatures, ...
Sep. 11, 2025 — Astronomers have uncovered the violent secret of V Sagittae, a white dwarf star consuming its companion in a spectacular feeding frenzy. This cosmic dance not only makes the system burn with unusual ...
Sep. 10, 2025 — Glioblastoma’s stealthy spread has met a new challenge: MRI-powered fluid flow mapping that reveals where the cancer is likely to invade next. The innovation is now being advanced by a spinoff ...
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- Being Too Thin Can Be Deadlier Than Being Overweight, Danish Study Reveals
- AI Can Now Predict Who Will Go Blind, Years Before Doctors Can
- Most Quit Breakthrough Weight-Loss Drug Within a Year
Friday, September 12, 2025
- New Quantum Breakthrough Could Transform Teleportation and Computing
- Fatty Liver Breakthrough: A Safe, Cheap Vitamin Shows Promise
Saturday, September 13, 2025
- Scientists Just Discovered How Octopuses Really Use Their Arms
- Johns Hopkins Breakthrough Could Make Microchips Smaller Than Ever
Thursday, September 11, 2025
Sunday, September 14, 2025
Friday, September 12, 2025
- Google's Quantum Computer Creates Exotic State Once Thought Impossible
- Hidden Star Systems in the Milky Way Could Unlock the Secrets of Dark Matter
- NASA's Perseverance Rover Finds Clues to Ancient Mars Chemistry and Possible Life
- Black Holes Just Proved Stephen Hawking Right With the Clearest Signal Yet
Thursday, September 11, 2025
- Black Hole Explosion Could Change Everything We Know About the Universe
- Secrets Unearthed: Women and Children Buried With Stone Tools
Saturday, September 13, 2025
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Thursday, September 11, 2025
Wednesday, September 10, 2025
- Mapping the Secret Escape Routes of Deadly Brain Tumors
- NASA’s Celestial “Accident” Unlocks Secrets of Jupiter and Saturn
- Scientists Finally Solve the Mystery of Ghostly Halos on the Ocean Floor
Tuesday, September 9, 2025
- Enceladus’s Plumes May Be Fooling Us About Life
- Hit the Wrong Spot and an Asteroid Returns on a Collision Course
Monday, September 15, 2025
Saturday, September 13, 2025
Thursday, September 11, 2025
Wednesday, September 10, 2025
- Scientists Just Built a Detector That Could Finally Catch Dark Matter
- Life on Mars? NASA Discovers Potential Biosignatures in Martian Mudstones
- The Invisible Plastic Threat You Can Finally See
Tuesday, September 9, 2025
- Hungry Flathead Catfish Are Changing Everything in the Susquehanna
- Simple Blood Test Could Spot Alzheimer’s Years Before Symptoms
- Ozempic’s Hidden Pregnancy Risk Few Women Know About
- Why Some Plants Are Taking Over the World
- The Ocean’s Most Abundant Microbe Is Near Its Breaking Point
- Light-Powered Chip Makes AI 100 Times More Efficient
Monday, September 8, 2025
- Smog in the Brain: Dirty Air Speeds Alzheimer’s Decline
- The Sleep Switch That Builds Muscle, Burns Fat, and Boosts Brainpower
- Why the Flu Turns Deadly for Older Adults, and How Scientists Found the Cause
- Salmon’s Secret Superfood Is Smaller Than a Grain of Salt
Tuesday, September 9, 2025
Sunday, September 7, 2025
- One Number at Age 7 Could Predict How Long You Live
- Scientists Just Made the First Time Crystal You Can See
Friday, September 5, 2025
- Baby Pterosaurs Died in Ancient Storms—and Their Fossils Reveal the Truth
- Scientists Made Plastic That Eats Carbon
- Tiny Gold Quantum Needles With Astonishing Powers Discovered
Saturday, September 13, 2025
Friday, September 12, 2025
- The Real Reason Ice Is Slippery, Revealed After 200 Years
- One Daily Habit Could Save You from Chronic Back Pain
Friday, September 5, 2025
- Ghost Sharks Grow Teeth on Their Heads to Mate
- Oceans Could Reach a Dangerous Tipping Point by 2050
- Even the Toughest Corals Are Shrinking in Warming Seas
- Seagrass Found to Be a Powerful Carbon Sponge With a Surprising Weakness
Thursday, September 4, 2025
- Scientists Watch Parkinson’s Protein Drill Holes in Brain Cells
- Earth’s Inner Core Exists Only Because of Carbon
- Scientists Reveal How Breakfast Timing May Predict How Long You Live
- Scientists Create Biodegradable Plastic Stronger Than PET
Thursday, September 11, 2025
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Thursday, September 4, 2025
- Sweeteners in Diet Drinks May Steal Years from the Brain
- Fossil Reveals a 310-Million-Year-Old Fish That Ate With a Hidden Second Jaw
- A Tiny Embryo Fold Changed the Course of Evolution
- A Monster Molecular Cloud Has Been Discovered in Our Galaxy – “No One Had Any Idea This Existed”
Wednesday, September 3, 2025
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Sunday, September 7, 2025
- Dinosaur Teeth Reveal Secrets of Jurassic Life 150 Million Years Ago
- AI Has No Idea What It’s Doing, but It’s Threatening Us All
- Common Allergy Spray Slashes COVID-19 Risk in Surprising Trial
Friday, September 5, 2025
- Scientists Just Found a Hidden Quantum Geometry That Warps Electrons
- Woolly Mammoth Teeth Reveal the World’s Oldest Microbial DNA
Thursday, September 4, 2025
- A 3-Minute Brainwave Test Could Spot Alzheimer’s Years Before Symptoms
- Scientists Watch an Atomic Nucleus Flip in Real Time
Wednesday, September 3, 2025
- A Simple Metal Could Solve the World’s Plastic Recycling Problem
- Central Asia’s Last Stable Glaciers Just Started to Collapse
Tuesday, September 2, 2025
- Scientists Discover How to Wipe out Breast Cancer’s Hidden Cells
- Why Alzheimer’s Attacks the Brain’s Memory Hub First
Friday, September 12, 2025
Sunday, September 7, 2025
- Scientists Just Made CRISPR Three Times More Effective
- Panama’s Ocean Lifeline Vanishes for the First Time in 40 Years
Wednesday, September 3, 2025
- The Sun’s Hidden Particle Engines Finally Exposed
- A Weirdly Shaped Telescope Could Finally Find Earth 2. 0
- Metformin’s Mysterious Metal Effect Could Explain Its Big Health Benefits
Monday, September 1, 2025
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- Scientists Reveal Breakthrough Blood Pressure Treatment That Works When Others Fail
- 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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Saturday, August 30, 2025
- 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