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Research in Finland reveals that cutting discretionary foods and rebalancing protein sources could substantially reduce environmental impacts while improving diet quality. A significant portion of the environmental footprint linked to food...

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Researchers have uncovered an unusual new form of aluminium that challenges long-held assumptions about how this common metal behaves. Researchers at King’s College London have identified an unusual new form of aluminum, one of the most...

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A physicist proposes that consciousness is the fundamental basis of reality, with matter and spacetime emerging from it. What if consciousness is not produced by the brain, but instead forms the foundation of reality itself? That is the...

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Children who are diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, commonly known as ADHD, and treated with a common stimulant medication may be slightly more likely to experience a higher body weight and a fractionally shorter...

Science Focus

Most of us have probably wanted to be cool at some point in our lives, and these efforts can have a big influence on the things we buy, the way we dress, the hobbies we invest in, the people we look up to and even the words we use. ...

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Why is it that cats prefer to sleep on one side? I’ve said it before, and I’ll keep saying it again and again and again: who knows why cats do anything? Just over the course of today, my cat purred at me, bristled at me and attacked a...

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Exposure to indoor air pollution during childhood tends to be linked to poorer cognitive health in older adulthood. This suggests that access to clean energy early in life might help protect the brain as it ages. These findings come from a...

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A blade-crested Spinosaurus discovered in the Sahara is rewriting the final chapter of dinosaur evolution. A study published in Science reports the discovery of Spinosaurus mirabilis, a newly identified spinosaurid species from Niger. The...

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Lost fossils reveal that some of the first ocean predators went global astonishingly fast after Earth’s worst extinction. Roughly 250 million years ago, a part of northwestern Australia that is now an arid desert sat beside a shallow bay...

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Triceratops’ enormous nose may have been a built-in cooling system for its massive head. Triceratops and other horned dinosaurs had remarkably large nasal cavities compared with most animals. To understand what filled that space,...

The Guardian

Regulator says Prof Jacob George will no longer be involved after gender-criticial social media posts from last year A health official who reportedly intervened to pause a clinical trial on the use of puberty blockers has been removed from...

Scientific American

This Oscar-winning classic set a surprisingly simple mathematical challenge

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A new study published in Personal Relationships suggests that a person’s level of relationship jealousy remains fairly steady over time with a specific partner, but can shift significantly when they enter a new relationship. The research...

Popular Science

A horse’s whinny is an iconic sound, arguably on par with a cow’s moo and a sheep’s baa and a donkey’s hee-haw. Most people can immediately recognize a horse’s signature sound, so it might come as a surprise to learn that researchers have...

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The new class of weight-loss drugs promises staggering results and, in most cases, delivers them. But if, after months of weekly injections, you hit your target weight and decide to stop taking the medication, there’s something you should...

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A new study published in Addictive Behaviors Reports suggests that the anxiety of missing out on social events can fuel addictive behaviors on TikTok, which in turn leads to everyday memory and attention lapses. The researchers found that...

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Why do some anti-glutamine therapies fail? A new study uncovers a hidden metabolic workaround involving pyruvate, biotin, and mutations in the FBXW7 gene. Scientists at the University of Lausanne (Unil) have uncovered a cellular mechanism...

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Researchers have developed a targeted approach to combat periodontitis without disrupting the natural balance of the oral microbiome. The innovation could reshape how gum disease is treated while preserving beneficial bacteria. The human...

Ars Technica

In 1774, British physician-scientist Charles Blagden received an unusual invitation from a fellow physician: to spend time in a small room that was hotter, he wrote, “than it was formerly thought any living creature could bear.” Many...

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A clinical trial has found that a widely used and affordable type 2 diabetes medication can lower insulin requirements in people with type 1 diabetes, potentially improving how the condition is managed. For many years, doctors have...

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New research published in the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin suggests that changing how people think about first impressions can help ease the burden of social anxiety. The findings indicate that believing other people form...

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The Kunming Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework calls for the elimination of plastic pollution by 2030. If that goal has been clearly set, why have meaningful measures that create real change still not been implemented? Plastic...

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Cumberland is testing whether its abandoned coal mines can become a town-wide geothermal network that supports redevelopment, economic growth, and lower emissions. Cumberland, B.C. was built on coal mining—both literally and practically....

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Scientists created 17-foot fire whirls that burn oil spills faster and cleaner than conventional methods, reducing soot by 40% and consuming nearly all the fuel. The technique shows promise for rapid, lower-emission spill response. In the...

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People who exhibit certain negative personality traits tend to spend more time consuming violent pornography and engaging in problematic online sexual behaviors. This pattern suggests a reinforcing cycle where people drawn to aggressive...

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People with stronger object recognition skills are better at spotting AI-generated faces, according to new research. Intelligence and AI familiarity did not predict performance. Could you reliably spot a computer-generated face in a lineup...

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A new ultra-fast monitoring system reveals that quantum computer qubits can change from stable to unstable in mere milliseconds. Researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute have dramatically increased how quickly changes in delicate quantum...

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As artificial intelligence systems rapidly outgrow traditional academic benchmarks, researchers have unveiled an ambitious new test designed to probe the true limits of machine intelligence. When advanced artificial intelligence systems...

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A recent study published in the British Journal of Psychology suggests that people with exceptional face recognition skills are slightly better at telling artificial intelligence-generated faces from real ones. The research provides...

Universe Today

Future farmers on the Moon and Mars will have a big challenge: how to grow healthy food in two extremely unhealthy environments. That's because the soil on both worlds isn't at all hospitable to plants and animals. Neither are other...

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Two studies using a hypothetical money distribution task found that people are generally more interested in the generosity than in the wealth of a potential partner. However, when potential partners differed more in their generosity, the...

Science Focus

It’s a fact of life. For those who own dogs, most know almost everything about their pooch’s poop. Every stool is inspected, bagged and then carefully binned. On any day, they can tell you if the movement was laboured, rushed, loose or...

Universe Today

We've been waiting a long time for the Vera Rubin Observatory to begin its work. The observatory features the largest digital camera ever built. It'll create a time-lapse of the southern night sky for ten years with its 3.2 gigapixel...

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Ashley Madison is a Canadian online dating and social networking service that launched in 2002. It was founded by Darren J. Morgenstern and gained its name from two popular female names in North America. The website is explicitly marketed...

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Scientists show that lecanemab clears amyloid plaques by engaging microglia through its Fc fragment, defining the cellular program behind its therapeutic effect Lecanemab, marketed as Leqembi, is a monoclonal antibody treatment for...

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A new nationwide study led by the University of Maryland is seeking volunteers to help document and analyze the full range of human flatulence. Researchers at the University of Maryland have unveiled what they describe as the first...

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Learn more about human skull shape and how it has changed over millions of years. 

Science Focus

Offshore oil spills have caused some of the worst manmade disasters in history. And while adding a vortex of fire to the mix might sound like the opposite of a good solution, new research has found it might be the best way to clean up our...

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Loss of the Y chromosome in aging men is widespread and increasingly linked to serious diseases, challenging assumptions that the Y has little biological importance beyond sex determination. As men age, some of their cells gradually lose...

Popular Science

While shoveling his driveway during yet another winter storm, a man in Providence, Rhode Island found something rather unexpected—a very cold giant lizard. Fortunately, the animal rehabilitation experts at the New England Wildlife Center...

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Researchers have developed a new blood test that detects Alzheimer’s disease by analyzing the physical shapes of proteins rather than just counting their quantities. This structural approach accurately identifies the disease stages and...

Singularity Hub

Computing Breaking Encryption With a Quantum Computer Just Got 10 Times EasierKarmela Padavic-Callaghan | New Scientist ($) “In 2019, Craig Gidney at Google Quantum AI co-authored a paper that reduced [the requirement to break RSA...

The Guardian

Researchers are recreating ancient odours for museumgoers as interest in the archaeology of smell grows From the interior of Queen Elizabeth II’s car to the scent of ancient Egyptian funerary practices, museumgoers are getting a whiff of...

Science Focus

When Germany announced plans in February to spend tens of billions of euros on new military capabilities, it wasn’t just the size of the investment that raised eyebrows – it was how openly officials talked about what the money might buy....

Science Focus

The ice deep underneath Greenland seems to be slowly churning into bizarre, plume-like swirls, according to a recent paper. Understanding this strange process could help researchers better predict how Greenland's ice is behaving while it...

Scientific American

Older people with exceptional memory have a surprisingly high number of young neurons, a study finds

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Genetic evidence confirms Seychelles crocodiles were saltwater crocodiles capable of long-distance ocean dispersal, with a historic range exceeding 12,000 kilometers (~7500 miles). Historical records from expeditions over 250 years ago...

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EuroWorm is building an open genomic inventory of European marine annelids to combat biodiversity loss and accelerate species discovery. By linking historical collections with modern genomics, the project strengthens global research and...

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A new study published in the journal Addictive Behaviors provides evidence that excessive smartphone use and feelings of disconnection fuel each other in a continuous daily cycle. When college students feel unfocused, they often reach for...

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Off the coast of Tonga, a rare white humpback whale swims closely alongside its mother. Photographer Jono Allen caught the extraordinary moment in a photograph (seen below) that just earned top honors at the World Nature Photography Awards...