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New research suggests that teenagers who practice kindness toward themselves are more likely to experience a life filled with variety and perspective-changing events. The findings indicate that specific positive mental habits can predict...

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When nutrients run low, hair follicle stem cells can stop making hair and help repair the skin instead. A drop in the amino acid serine triggers this switch, accelerating wound healing. Human skin relies on two main groups of adult stem...

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A fast-aging fish revealed how kidneys grow old—and how a common drug slows the damage. A new study published in Kidney International shows that medications known as SGLT2 inhibitors helped prevent age-related damage to kidney structure...

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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Moltbook Was Pure AI TheaterWill Douglas Heaven | MIT Technology Review ($) “As the hype dies down, Moltbook looks less like a window onto the future and more like a mirror held up to our own obsessions with AI...

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A groundbreaking brain atlas maps nearly 680,000 cells to reveal how the human brain develops at the single-cell level. The discovery could transform Parkinson’s research by setting new standards for building accurate lab-grown neurons....

Science Focus

Generative AI has done plenty of things in the three years or so since the release of ChatGPT. It has caused a massive stock market boom. It has integrated its way into our search engines and phone screens. And it’s become a tool that...

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A new neuroimaging study suggests that adolescents with borderline personality disorder exhibit distinct patterns of brain activity when reflecting on their own identity. The findings indicate that these young patients show reduced...

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A needle-thin, flexible brain implant is giving researchers a new way to interact with multiple brain regions simultaneously. A new type of brain implant is offering researchers a different way to interact with neural circuits across...

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Albumin has been identified as a powerful natural defense against mucormycosis, with low levels signaling heightened risk and a potential opportunity for new preventive therapies. An international research team has reported in Nature that...

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New research finds bottled water contains twice as many plastic particles as tap water, with millions of nanoplastics per liter that can enter your bloodstream. The post Bottled Water Has 3 Times The Plastic Contamination Of Tap Water,...

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Learn about the trade-offs that come with eco-friendly foods and how researchers are aiming to mitigate them.

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A new study suggests that a promising blood test for Alzheimer’s disease may need to be interpreted differently depending on whether the patient is male or female. The researchers found that for the same concentration of a specific protein...

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Researchers have identified a protein that links brain immune activity, metabolism, and amyloid clearance, suggesting a new way to enhance current Alzheimer’s treatments. Alzheimer’s disease can look like a set of grim headlines: soaring...

Popular Science

We recently saw a Facebook post featuring a series of images of people on a cold beach bundling up horses with what looked like duct tape and insulation material. The post, tagged at Corolla Wild Horse Beach in Corolla, North Carolina, has...

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Today, our canine companions help support people with disabilities, conduct search and rescue operations, and sniff out narcotics. The personality characteristics that affect dogs’ suitability for such tasks have life-and-death...

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A new study published in the journal Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience provides evidence that the human brain processes romantic partners differently than close friends, specifically within the reward system. The research...

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More than two years ago, Danish psychiatrist Søren Dinesen Østergaard published a provocative editorial suggesting that the rise of conversational artificial intelligence could have severe mental health consequences. He proposed that the...

Scientific American

Prime numbers have fascinated humankind for generations—here are three of the most intriguing primes

Scientific American

For almost two decades, scientists have debated whether sponges or comb jellies are the first animal lineage. Now some are calling for a more harmonious approach.

NPR Science

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to writer Matt Klein about how to win back our attention in an age of infinite information.

Ars Technica

Enforcement against polluters in the United States plunged in the first year of President Donald Trump’s second term, a far bigger drop than in the same period of his first term, according to a new report from a watchdog group. By...

Scientific American

The decorated Olympic skier has had numerous injuries and a partial knee replacement but still plans to go for the gold at the 2026 Winter Olympics

Scientific American

Watching sporting events like the Super Bowl can influence our brains and bodies—and not always in a good way

Science Focus

NASA has announced plans to build a nuclear reactor on the Moon – a milestone that could power future lunar bases and long-term missions. But it also raises some big questions. How much will it cost? Will someone need to stay up there to...

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Decades of advances in satellite observation made it seem as though Arctic snow cover was growing, when in reality satellites were simply becoming better at detecting smaller and shrinking amounts of snow. For many years, reports from the...

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Researchers at Texas A&M are pairing a widely used ingredient with advanced medical technology to develop new treatments for chronic conditions. Could something as simple as coffee one day play a role in cancer treatment? Researchers...

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The largest study ever conducted on the growth of Tyrannosaurus rex reveals that the dinosaur took a far longer and slower route to adulthood than scientists had previously believed. For many years, researchers have estimated the age and...

Universe Today

The combustible sedimentary rock, better known as coal, was not only crucial to the onset of advanced technology here on earth, but it should also be key to the development of advanced E.T.s residing on any given exoearth.

Popular Science

To state the obvious, it’s been a particularly frigid winter across most of the eastern United States. Winter’s icy grip has not even spared the Sunshine State, where a total of 5,195 frozen green iguanas—an invasive species—have been...

Nautilus

Asking the internet to name something is always a little dicey. For every charming Boaty McBoatface submission, there’s always something a little more … unprintable. But scientists from the Senckenberg Ocean Species Alliance (SOSA) must...

Scientific American

Preliminary studies suggest that a high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet could reduce schizophrenia symptoms in some people, but claiming it’s a cure is misleading, experts say

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An analysis of the 2019-2024 New Zealand Attitudes and Values Study data revealed that support for free speech has been decreasing during this period across all age groups. In contrast, there was little change in the level of support for...

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Learn more about mountain caribou in British Columbia and how wolf reduction may not be the best way to protect herd populations.

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The latest finds of a deep-sea expedition off the Argentinian coast include a school-bus-sized ghostly jellyfish, a decades-old whale skeleton, and 28 suspected new species.

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Learn how social connections may influence extinction risk in some wildlife species.

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Most of the universe is made of dark matter and dark energy, yet scientists still don’t know what either one is. New ultra-sensitive detectors are being built to spot incredibly rare particle interactions that could finally reveal their...

Universe Today

An international team of researchers have published two papers that reveal a new model for how the magnetic field of the Milky Way evolved.

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Learn how the James Webb Space Telescope used infrared spectroscopy to uncover dense organic molecules in one of the brightest nearby infrared galaxies.

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Learn about a new conservation initiative that will preserve frozen samples collected from more than 10,000 species. 

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Science funding cuts in the UK are expected to be a "devastasting blow" for physics research, affecting international projects such as particle detection experiments at CERN

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The flow of ice at Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica has sped up dramatically due to the disintegration of the ice shelf in front of it, and this could lead to faster sea level rise

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Not long after upending federal diet guidelines in order to prioritize “real food” on our plates, United States Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has offered a new piece of questionable advice. During a tour to...

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Use of the drug MDMA, commonly known as ecstasy, may lead to lasting difficulties with learning and memory that persist long after a person stops taking it. A new analysis indicates that people who use the drug recreationally perform worse...

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The four members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission to the International Space Station pose together for a crew portrait inside a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California. From left are, Roscosmos cosmonaut...

Ars Technica

In the spring of 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic brought global industry and travel nearly to a halt, satellite sensors recorded a dramatic plunge in nitrogen dioxide, a byproduct of internal combustion engines and heavy industry. For a...

Wired Science

Among those Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently named to a federal autism committee are people who tout dangerous treatments and say vaccine manufacturers are “poisoning children.”

SciTech Daily

UCLA chemists proved that some of chemistry’s oldest rules can be broken—and new molecules emerge when they are. Organic chemistry is built on well-known principles that describe how atoms connect, how chemical bonds form, and how...

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A new airflow system could dramatically reduce the spread of airborne disease indoors. During winter, when people spend more hours inside, the air they breathe indoors becomes a growing concern. This issue is especially important during...

Universe Today

Recently published data from the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) of the galaxy Messier 87 facilitate new insights into the direct environment of the central supermassive black hole. Measured differences in the radio light on different...