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Scientists have discovered that brief patterns of brain activity usually seen during deep sleep frequently intrude into the waking hours of adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. This phenomenon tends to explain why...

The Guardian

Spinosaurid fossil bought by Stuttgart institution in 1991 has been the subject of a long restitution campaign It is a 113-million-year-old bone of contention. After Stuttgart’s museum of natural history bought a fossilised dinosaur skull...

The Guardian

WHO prequalification of Coartem Baby means newborns can be safely treated rather than using medication for older children The first malaria treatment for babies has been approved by the World Health Organization, opening the door to...

The Guardian

When DNA test results shattered everything Lavinia and Michelle thought they knew about their family history, they also revealed something never before documented in the UK I like being a twin. It defines who I am,” Lavinia Osbourne tells...

PsyPost

A study of young adults with backgrounds in mathematics or music found that individuals with better mathematical abilities tended to have better musical abilities as well, and vice versa. However, this association was most likely caused by...

SciTech Daily

A decades-long experiment in a Massachusetts forest is uncovering unexpected behavior in soil carbon. After nearly 40 years, the longest-running soil warming experiment in the world is producing an unexpected finding. What was once...

SciTech Daily

A powerful tsunami seen from space is overturning what scientists thought they knew about how these waves travel. A satellite designed to measure ocean surface height delivered a remarkable result when a powerful earthquake near Russia’s...

Discover Magazine (Pay Wall)

Learn how trail cameras captured the first evidence of cougar reproduction in Minnesota in over a century — and what it could mean for the species’ return.

MIT Technology Review

In the first week of the landmark trial between Elon Musk and OpenAI, Musk took the stand in a crisp black suit and tie and argued that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and president Greg Brockman had deceived him into bankrolling the company. Along...

PsyPost

A new clinical trial reveals that a popular weight-loss medication helps people with both obesity and alcohol use disorder reduce their frequency of heavy drinking. The results suggest that these hormone-mimicking drugs might offer a novel...

Scientific American

While there is no immediate danger, this crash highlights that space junk is increasingly expanding out of lower-Earth orbit

Discover Magazine (Pay Wall)

Learn about the best way to experience the upcoming Eta Aquarids meteor shower, which will peak before dawn on May 6, 2026. 

Discover Magazine (Pay Wall)

Learn more about a new experimental procedure that uses cancer cells’ DNA repair system against itself to make drug-resistant tumors treatable again.

Scientific American

This next-generation plane is made to go faster than sound without producing a full sonic boom

SciTech Daily

Leaning into ADHD strengths like creativity and hyperfocus may be the key to better mental health and a happier life. Adults with ADHD who understand and actively use their personal strengths tend to experience higher well-being, a better...

NPR Science

NPR's Juana Summers talk with Mike Reid, the former chief science officer of PEPFAR, about why he resigned over concerns about America's global health strategy.

Popular Science

The internet is chock full of talking birds, whether they’re squawking at a vet, singing “You are my sunshine,” or annoying cats while barking like a dog (naturally). But why are some birds so chatty? The answer, which we explore on a new...

Discover Magazine (Pay Wall)

Learn how GLP-1 drugs may protect the heart by lowering inflammation, improving blood vessels, and reducing key risk factors.

PsyPost

A recent study published in Economics & Human Biology suggests that carrying excess body weight does not inherently reduce a person’s chances of finding employment in Australia. By analyzing long-term data, researchers found no...

New Scientist (Pay Wall)

The second half of this year will almost certainly see the start of an El Niño phase that could lead to extreme heat across much of the globe, and James Hansen expects that to make this year surpass 2024 as the hottest on record

Singularity Hub

Abilities taught to one robot don’t usually work on another. With a new approach, it’s one and done. As robots move into the real world, they’ll need to become more adaptable. But right now, it’s hard to transfer skills from one machine...

Universe Today

The Orion Nebula provides a master class in the study of newly born stars as the closest starbirth region to us. Yet, many of its youngest ones are still swaddled in their birth creches, hidden by clouds of gas and dust. The Very Large...

SciTech Daily

A newly uncovered property of light suggests it may be far more self-sufficient than previously believed. Researchers at the University of East Anglia have identified a previously unknown property of light that allows it to twist, spin,...

Wired Science

At WIRED Health, pioneering Alzheimer's researcher John Hardy outlined the stakes—and next steps—of where treatment is headed next.

PsyPost

Taking common cholesterol-lowering medications known as statins does not appear to affect an older adult’s long-term risk of developing dementia. While these drugs reliably protect the heart, they do not seem to offer secondary protection...

NASA Breaking News

NASA/Bill Ingalls Nasdaq Chair and Chief Executive Officer Adena T. Friedman, left, and NASA’s Artemis II crewmembers CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, and NASA astronauts Christina Koch, Victor Glover, and Reid Wiseman,...

NASA Breaking News

Portrait of Janet Petro, center director for NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: NASA NASA announced Friday Janet Petro, center director for the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, is retiring. Prior to joining NASA,...

NASA Breaking News

5 min read NASA’s STORIE Mission to Tell Tale of Earth’s Ring Current Earth’s magnetic field is like a powerful trap. It lures electrically charged particles in space, near our planet, and snares them in an invisible, doughnut-shaped...

SciTech Daily

Scientists just uncovered the cellular “blueprint” that could one day let us regrow real teeth. Researchers at Science Tokyo have uncovered two distinct stem cell lineages that play a central role in forming tooth roots and the surrounding...

StudyFinds.org

It incorporates what the authors describe as the first global paleogeographic model back to 320 million years that also restores many rock units now stacked inside mountain ranges like the Himalayas, the Alps, and the Andes. The post...

MIT Technology Review

Cybersecurity was already under strain before AI entered the stack. Now, as AI expands the attack surface and adds new complexity, the limits of legacy approaches are becoming harder to ignore. This session from MIT Technology Review’s...

Ars Technica

Scorpions are armed with dual front pincers (technically known as chelae or pedipalp appendages) and a venom-injecting telson, or stinger, on the posterior of their tail. These things look dangerous enough on their own, but a chemical...

Scientific American

Nearly a third of all U.S. adults are sleeping fewer than the recommended seven hours per night on average

Scientific American

A draft bill would preserve NASA’s overall funding but downsize the National Science Foundation’s budget by 20 percent.

Popular Science

After careful deliberation by a brilliant group of students, Jackie and Shadow’s new eaglets have names. Chick 1 will henceforth be known as Sandy and chick 2 is Luna. According to Friends of Big Bear Valley (FOBBV), Sandy was the most...

SciTech Daily

L-arginine helps protein droplets stay stable and prevents fibril formation linked to Alzheimer’s. This process occurs at droplet surfaces, offering a potential therapeutic target. Inside living cells, tiny liquid-like droplets quietly...

PsyPost

Older adults who begin to experience loneliness face an accelerated rate of cognitive decline compared to their peers. A new analysis of long-term health records shows that memory and thinking skills deteriorate at similar rates until a...

NASA Breaking News

Technicians at NASA’s Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility (PHSF) at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida offloaded eight high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) wall modules and other ground support equipment on April 27. The...

MIT Technology Review

Companies are taking control of their own data to tailor AI for their needs. The challenge lies in balancing ownership with the safe, trusted flow of high‑quality data needed to power reliable insights. This conversation from MIT...

StudyFinds.org

All that dazzling light creates shadows and visual clutter that help hidden objects blend in more effectively. The post Study: Sunlight Makes Camouflage More Effective, Not Less appeared first on StudyFinds.

Universe Today

Our most massive satellite galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), has been the center of a heated debate in the astrophysics community over the last few years. That debate centers on whether this is the LMC’s first or second “pass” by...

Science News

Stop and smell America’s state flowers at the U.S. Botanic Garden in Washington, D.C., open now through October 12, 2026.

Science Focus

As Apple turned 50 in April 2026 (happy birthday Apple!), we decided it was best to take a look at some of the company's most iconic products, the flops that helped shape it, and what could be coming next. The hits #1 Apple II Launched in...

Quanta Magazine

Roughly 540 million years ago, toward the start of the Cambrian Period, the planet was mostly ocean, and life was both alien and vaguely familiar. Small, phallic-looking worms rummaged through ocean-floor sediments while blind swimming...

New Scientist (Pay Wall)

Should you really be drinking eight glasses of water a day? What about reaching for a sports drink after exercise? Physiologist Tamara Hew-Butler is here to bust these hydration myths and more.

New Scientist (Pay Wall)

National Health Service rules state that all software created with public money should be publicly available, but fears of computer-hacking AI models like Mythos have prompted a change in policy

Scientific American

The migration of birds from their southern wintering grounds to their breeding grounds in the north is in full swing

NASA Breaking News

4 Min Read Space Out This Summer with Variety of NASA STEM Activities Summer is “Go” for launch, and NASA has a universe of ways to help you to jump in, explore, and create! Whether you prefer to spend this season fueling...

Science News

Rather than reining in the compounds, the FDA may be poised to broaden access, perhapas even adding peptides to supplements. Experts say “buyer beware.”

Chemistry World

Virologist David Morens, who was a long-term NIH adviser, faces up to 51 years in prison