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A recent study published in the Journal of Experimental Child Psychology suggests that mothers and fathers are equally skilled at making their preschool children laugh using similar playful strategies. However, this shared laughter tends...

Universe Today

Every time you flip a light switch, or check the time, or feel the sodium ions wiggling in your brain — don’t think about that one too much—you’re assuming something fundamental. You’re assuming the universe is a finished product. A...

SciTech Daily

An ancient Chinese eclipse record helped scientists refine Earth’s rotation data and confirm rising solar activity after a prolonged quiet phase. An international team combined historical geography with modern astronomical modeling to...

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New geological evidence suggests that the slow wobble of Earth’s axis may have triggered rapid climate swings during the Late Cretaceous greenhouse world. When audiences watched The Day After Tomorrow, they saw a dramatic Hollywood...

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Live bacteria from the digestive system can travel directly into the brain when the intestinal barrier is weakened. This discovery offers a potential new explanation for how digestive health influences neurological conditions like...

Universe Today

Every planet with a magnetic field has a radiation belt, a region of space where charged particles get trapped and flung around at extraordinary speeds. Earth has two of them, and they've been puzzling scientists for decades. Now, a...

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Ancient DNA preserved in seabed sediments suggests Doggerland hosted temperate forests far earlier than expected. Forests covered parts of Doggerland, the now-submerged landmass beneath the North Sea, thousands of years earlier than...

Scientific American

In a French criminal trial, conventional DNA analysis couldn’t distinguish between twin brothers, but emerging scientific methods could help in such cases

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Learn more about the evolution of domesticated dogs from wolf to pug. 

Singularity Hub

Robotics How Pokémon Go Is Giving Delivery Robots an Inch-Perfect View of the WorldWill Douglas Heaven | MIT Technology Review ($) “Niantic Spatial is using that vast and unparalleled trove of crowdsourced data—images of urban landmarks...

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A recent study published in Applied Cognitive Psychology provides evidence that the types of false memories people form depend on how believable an event is and how often they are told it occurred. The findings suggest that highly...

Popular Science

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is shining a light on a new member of a famous feathered family—that of the world’s oldest known breeding bird, a Laysan albatross called Wisdom.   The agency posted a video on social media...

Scientific American

After decades of debate, researchers say that they have found the clearest evidence yet for this rare form of carbon

SciTech Daily

Weizmann Institute study finds genetics may account for about 50 percent of human lifespan, more than double previous estimates. What determines how long people live, and how much of their lifespan is influenced by genetics? For many...

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A triple drug approach that blocks the KRAS pathway at three points eliminated pancreatic tumors and prevented resistance in mouse models. Existing treatments for pancreatic cancer often stop working within a few months because tumors...

PsyPost

The earliest signs of dementia are rarely dramatic. They do not arrive as forgotten names or misplaced keys, but as changes so subtle they are almost impossible to notice: a slightly narrower vocabulary, less variation in description, a...

NPR Science

Spring is just so close and with it - time to sow the seeds. But what do all those words on the packets really mean? NPR's Scott Simon talks with Master Gardener Jessica Damiano, columnist for the AP.

Science Focus

When you have a child, it’s often described as the happiest moment of your life. Indeed, it can be more emotionally intense than anything else the human brain can experience.  But the moment you become a parent is just that: a moment....

SciTech Daily

Findings suggest men planning to conceive should be cautious with antioxidant supplements, as excessive intake may affect sperm and early craniofacial development in offspring. Antioxidants are often promoted as powerful supplements that...

The Guardian

First major study on ‘AI psychosis’ suggests chatbots can encourage delusions among vulnerable people A new scientific review raises concerns about how chatbots powered by artificial intelligence may encourage delusional thinking,...

Wired Science

Who needs a supercomputer when you can calculate pi with a box of sewing needles?

PsyPost

A recent study published in the Archives of Sexual Behavior suggests that young women who are open to “sugar relationships” tend to experience deeper psychological vulnerabilities, such as difficulties with emotional coping and...

Wired Science

Researchers in Japan pioneered reprogrammed cells 20 years ago. Now the country has given the first-ever authorizations to manufacture and sell medical products based on the technology.

The Guardian

Her research popularised the idea of the wood wide web, but the scientific backlash was brutal. As the author of The Mother Tree returns to the forest in a new book, she discusses her battle to reimagine our relationship with nature In...

SciTech Daily

First successful demonstration of quantum teleportation between two different quantum dots. An international team of researchers that includes scientists from Paderborn University has achieved a major milestone toward building a future...

The Guardian

Exclusive: Guardian investigation finds data from flagship medical research leaked dozens of times Confidential health data has been exposed online on dozens of occasions, a Guardian investigation can reveal, raising questions about the...

The Guardian

Cern researchers are testing traps capable of moving antimatter, which explodes into energy as soon as it comes into contact with regular matter When the truck pulls away from the building at Cern, the European particle physics laboratory...

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In a randomised trial, men who experience premature ejaculation benefitted from using an app to learn techniques for extending intercourse

SciTech Daily

Evidence from rare burials shows Late Bronze Age Central European communities adapted through exchange, shifting diets, and diverse burial practices rather than large-scale migration. A new interdisciplinary study published in Nature...

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Can your expectations change how sweet something tastes or how much you enjoy it? A nutrition label can shape your experience before you take the first sip. In a study in JNeurosci, Elena Mainetto (Radboud University), Margaret Westwater...

Scientific American

Rising sea levels are slowing Earth’s rotation, lengthening days by 1.33 milliseconds per century

NASA Breaking News

2 min read Volunteers Find Oddly High Solar Flare Rates Patches of the Sun’s surface often show strong magnetic fields. These fields can emerge within a matter of hours, and can decay slowly or quickly, sometimes over days, weeks, or...

Singularity Hub

A single shot protected mice from the protein gunk implicated in Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s disease and cancer have something in common: They’re hard to treat. Despite decades of research, both still plague humanity, robbing people...

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Fossil bone analysis shows that mysterious tiny Liaoningosaurus specimens are actually hatchling ankylosaurs, offering rare evidence of early armored dinosaur development. A long-standing puzzle involving dozens of unusually small dinosaur...

NASA Breaking News

2 min read Extra Extra! Extra Data Stream Added to the Daily Minor Planet! The Daily Minor Planet citizen science project is expanding! In addition to data received nightly from the Catalina Sky Survey’s Mt. Lemmon telescope in Arizona,...

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Adolescent rats exposed to chronic stress showed fewer signs of depression after receiving the herbal supplement Ashwagandha, according to new research published in Psychopharmacology. The study found that the herb not only eased...

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Learn what afterimages can teach us about how our brains predict our visual movements. 

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Learn about the first images of low-mass stars captured by SPARCS, a nanosatellite that could provide insight into exoplanets' habitability. 

Ars Technica

With its Alpha series of game-playing AIs, Google's DeepMind group seemed to have found a way for its AIs to tackle any game, mastering games like chess and Go by repeatedly playing itself during training. But then some odd things happened...

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Learn how feeding mice a high-fat diet can weaken their gut barrier, allowing bacteria to enter the brain, which suggests a connection to neurodegenerative disease.

NPR Science

A glacier in Europe holds clues about the activities of pre-industrial people, but it's melting fast.

Scientific American

The human body was not designed for life in space, and a new study helps reveal why

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Exposure to a diet heavy in fats and sugars during early development primes the brain to overreact to unhealthy foods in adulthood. This combination leads to high levels of inflammation and reduced adaptability within the brain’s main...

NASA Breaking News

Image Credit: National Institute of Aerospace NASA has selected eight student teams as finalists in the 2026 Gateways to Blue Skies Competition, giving them the resources to help address a critical...

Universe Today

Stars peek through the dusty, winding arms of NGC 5134, a spiral galaxy located 65 million light-years away, in this Feb. 20, 2026, image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Webb’s Mid-Infrared Instrument collects the mid-infrared...

SciTech Daily

Achieving remission from prediabetes dramatically reduces the risk of heart disease and other major cardiovascular events. Lowering blood sugar levels dramatically reduces the risk of serious heart problems in people with prediabetes....

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A large international study has mapped the genetic landscape of feline cancers for the first time, revealing striking similarities between tumor-driving mutations in cats, humans, and dogs. The genetics of cat tumors are no longer a “black...

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Simulations of Australopithecus hominins’ anatomy suggest that when they gave birth, they may have exerted tremendous pressure on their pelvic floors, putting them at risk of tearing

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Learn how a freakishly large shinbone found in New Mexico is rewriting the T. rex family tree.

Science Focus

People weren't always able to read silently. Writing began as a way to encode speech, not thought. In the early days, written text was performed for an audience, rather than consumed silently and alone. Religious scripture, royal...