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February 12, 2026
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Feb. 12, 2026 A newly identified protein may hold the key to rejuvenating aging brain cells. Researchers found that boosting DMTF1 can restore the ability of neural stem cells to regenerate, even when age-related damage has set in. Without it, these cells ...
Feb. 12, 2026 Long before agriculture, humans were transforming Europe’s wild landscapes. Advanced simulations show that hunting and fire use by Neanderthals and Mesolithic hunter-gatherers reshaped forests and ...
Feb. 12, 2026 A new scientific review challenges the headline-grabbing claim that Yellowstone’s returning wolves triggered one of the strongest trophic cascades on Earth. Researchers found that the reported 1,500% surge in willow growth was based on circular ...
Feb. 12, 2026 Even when Earth was locked in its most extreme deep freeze, the planet’s climate may not have been as silent and still as once believed. New research from ancient Scottish rocks reveals that during Snowball Earth — when ice sheets reached the ...
Feb. 11, 2026 A simple brain-training program that sharpens how quickly older adults process visual information may have a surprisingly powerful long-term payoff. In a major 20-year study of adults 65 and older, those who completed five to six weeks of adaptive ...
Feb. 11, 2026 Three major reviews commissioned by the World Health Organization find that GLP-1 drugs including tirzepatide (sold as Mounjaro and Zepbound), semaglutide (Ozempic and Wegovy), and liraglutide ...
Feb. 11, 2026 Depression in older adults may sometimes signal the early stages of Parkinson’s disease or Lewy body dementia. Researchers found that depression often appears years before diagnosis and remains ...
Feb. 11, 2026 Blood vessels twist, branch, narrow, and balloon in ways that dramatically affect how blood flows — but most lab models have long treated them like straight pipes. Researchers at Texas A&M have now built a new kind of “vessel-chip” that ...
Feb. 11, 2026 Why does the same virus barely faze one person while sending another to the hospital? New research shows the answer lies in a molecular record etched into our immune cells by both our genes and our life experiences. Scientists at the Salk Institute ...
Feb. 10, 2026 Scientists have uncovered a surprising way tumors turn the immune system to their advantage. Researchers at the University of Geneva found that neutrophils—normally frontline defenders against infection—can be reprogrammed inside tumors to fuel ...
Feb. 10, 2026 Around 1550, life on Rapa Nui began changing in ways long misunderstood. New research reveals that a severe drought, lasting more than a century, dramatically reduced rainfall on the already water-scarce island, reshaping how people lived, ...
Feb. 10, 2026 Life’s story may stretch further back than scientists once thought. Some genes found in nearly every organism today were already duplicated before all life shared a common ancestor. By tracking these rare genes, researchers can investigate how ...
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Feb. 12, 2026 A newly identified planet candidate, HD 137010 b, looks strikingly Earth-like in size and orbit — but it may be colder than Mars due to its dimmer star. If it has a thick enough atmosphere, though, ...
Feb. 12, 2026 Scientists studying a rock sample collected by NASA’s Curiosity rover have uncovered something tantalizing: the largest organic molecules ever ...
Feb. 12, 2026 Coral reefs, worth an estimated $9.8 trillion a year to humanity, are in far worse shape than previously realized. A massive international study found that during the 2014–2017 global marine ...
Feb. 12, 2026 Swapping just an hour of TV a day for something more active could significantly lower the risk of developing major depression—especially in middle age. A large Dutch study tracking more than 65,000 ...
Feb. 12, 2026 For the first time, deadly H5N1 bird flu has been confirmed as the cause of a wildlife die-off in Antarctica, killing more than 50 skuas during the 2023–2024 summers. Researchers on an Antarctic ...
Feb. 12, 2026 Deep inside a nearby galaxy cloaked in thick clouds of gas and dust, astronomers have uncovered a surprising treasure trove of organic molecules ...
Feb. 11, 2026 A six-week study from the University of Nottingham suggests that pairing fermented kefir with a diverse prebiotic fiber mix may deliver a powerful anti-inflammatory boost. This “synbiotic” ...
Feb. 11, 2026 A new clinical trial suggests that changing when you eat could make a meaningful difference for people living with Crohn’s disease. Researchers found that time-restricted feeding, a form of ...
Feb. 11, 2026 Life may have started in sticky, rock-hugging gels rather than inside cells. Researchers suggest these primitive, biofilm-like materials could trap and concentrate molecules, giving early chemistry a ...
Feb. 11, 2026 For millions of years, a frozen wanderer drifted between the stars before slipping into our solar system as 3I/ATLAS—only the third known interstellar comet ever spotted. When scientists turned ...
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Feb. 11, 2026 Avian malaria is spreading across Hawaiʻi in a way scientists didn’t fully grasp until now: nearly every forest bird species can help keep the disease alive. Researchers found the parasite at 63 ...
Feb. 11, 2026 Hundreds of millions of years ago, the first animals to crawl onto land were strict meat-eaters, even as plants had already taken over the landscape. Now scientists have uncovered a ...
Feb. 11, 2026 A distant star system with four super-sized gas giants has revealed a surprise. Thanks to JWST’s powerful vision, astronomers detected sulfur in their atmospheres — a chemical clue that they ...
Feb. 10, 2026 Researchers at the University of Michigan have created an AI system that can interpret brain MRI scans in just seconds, accurately identifying a wide range of neurological conditions and determining ...
Feb. 9, 2026 Time may feel smooth and continuous, but at the quantum level it behaves very differently. Physicists have now found a way to measure how long ultrafast quantum events actually last, without relying ...
Feb. 9, 2026 Satellite imagery reveals how the 2026 Winter Olympics are spread across northern Italy, from alpine valleys to historic cities. Events are hosted in mountain resorts, while Milan and Verona frame ...
Feb. 9, 2026 Scientists have discovered why ovarian cancer spreads so rapidly through the abdomen. Cancer cells enlist normally protective abdominal cells, forming mixed groups that work together to invade new ...
Feb. 7, 2026 A newly discovered deep-sea creature has become an unlikely Internet star. After appearing in a popular YouTube video, a rare chiton found nearly three miles beneath the ocean surface sparked a ...
Feb. 10, 2026 Methane levels in Earth’s atmosphere surged faster than ever in the early 2020s, and scientists say the reason was a surprising mix of chemistry and climate. A temporary slowdown in the ...
Feb. 10, 2026 A bonobo named Kanzi surprised scientists by successfully playing along in pretend tea party experiments, tracking imaginary juice and grapes as if they were real. He consistently pointed to the ...
Feb. 10, 2026 Ultra-processed foods are everywhere in the American diet, and researchers are finding alarming consequences. Using national health data, scientists found that adults with the highest intake of these ...
Feb. 10, 2026 Human evolution has long been tied to growing brain size, and new research suggests prenatal hormones may have played a surprising role. By studying the relative lengths of index and ring fingers — ...
Feb. 6, 2026 New research suggests that Epstein-Barr virus may actively provoke the immune system in people with multiple sclerosis. Scientists found large buildups of virus-targeting immune cells in the nervous ...
Feb. 6, 2026 Inspired by the shape-shifting skin of octopuses, Penn State researchers developed a smart hydrogel that can change appearance, texture, and shape on command. The material is programmed using a ...
Feb. 6, 2026 Scientists have cracked a key mystery behind spider silk’s legendary strength and flexibility. They discovered that tiny molecular interactions act like natural glue, holding silk proteins together ...
Feb. 6, 2026 Quantum computers struggle because their qubits are incredibly easy to disrupt, especially during calculations. A new experiment shows how to perform quantum operations while continuously fixing ...
Feb. 7, 2026 Astronomers propose that an ultra-dense clump of exotic dark matter could be masquerading as the powerful object thought to anchor our galaxy, explaining both the blistering speeds of stars near the ...
Feb. 6, 2026 Scientists at Keck Medicine of USC are testing an experimental stem cell therapy that aims to restore the brain’s ability to produce dopamine, the chemical whose loss drives Parkinson’s disease. ...
Feb. 10, 2026 Autism has long been thought of as a condition that mostly affects boys, but a massive study from Sweden suggests that idea may be misleading. Tracking nearly 3 million people over decades, ...
Feb. 9, 2026 A long-term study found that women who closely followed a Mediterranean diet had a much lower risk of stroke. The strongest benefits were seen in women who ate more plant-based foods, fish, and olive ...
Wednesday, February 11, 2026
- Almost Every Forest Bird in Hawaiʻi Is Spreading Avian Malaria
- This Ancient Animal Was One of the First to Eat Plants on Land
- Astronomers Shocked by How These Giant Exoplanets Formed
Tuesday, February 10, 2026
Monday, February 9, 2026
- Physicists Discover What Controls the Speed of Quantum Time
- Italy’s Winter Olympics Are Stunning from Space
- A Secret Cell Alliance May Explain Why Ovarian Cancer Is So Deadly
Saturday, February 7, 2026
Tuesday, February 10, 2026
- Methane Spiked After 2020 and the Cause Was Unexpected
- A Bonobo’s Pretend Tea Party Is Rewriting What We Know About Imagination
- Ultra-Processed Foods Linked to 47% Higher Risk of Heart Attack and Stroke
- Scientists Find a Clue to Human Brain Evolution in Finger Length
Friday, February 6, 2026
- Scientists Find a Missing Link Between Epstein-Barr Virus and Multiple Sclerosis
- Scientists Create Smart Synthetic Skin That Can Hide Images and Change Shape
- This Tiny Molecular Trick Makes Spider Silk Almost Unbreakable
- A Clever Quantum Trick Brings Practical Quantum Computers Closer
Saturday, February 7, 2026
Friday, February 6, 2026
Tuesday, February 10, 2026
Monday, February 9, 2026
Sunday, February 8, 2026
- Scientists May Have Found the Brain Network Behind Parkinson’s
- New Drug Resets the Body Clock and Cuts Jet Lag Recovery Nearly in Half
- Pumas Are Back in Patagonia and Penguins Are Paying the Price
Friday, February 6, 2026
- Scientists Found a Sugar That Could Defeat Deadly Superbugs
- An Invisible Chemical Rain Is Falling Across the Planet
Thursday, February 5, 2026
Friday, February 6, 2026
Thursday, February 5, 2026
- Scientists Discover Hidden Deep-Earth Structures Shaping the Magnetic Field
- Air Ambulance Teams Are Changing Who Survives Critical Injuries
- Endangered Sea Turtles Hear Ship Noise Loud and Clear
Saturday, February 7, 2026
Friday, February 6, 2026
Thursday, February 5, 2026
- Scientists Just Mapped the Mutations That Power Cancer Growth
- This Paper-Thin Chip Turns Invisible Light Into a Steerable Beam
- Two-Month-Old Babies Are Already Making Sense of the World
Wednesday, February 4, 2026
- Melting Antarctic Ice May Weaken a Major Carbon Sink
- Sound Machines Might Be Making Your Sleep Worse
Tuesday, February 3, 2026
- A Hidden Cellular Process May Drive Aging and Disease
- This Strange Little Dinosaur Is Forcing a Rethink of Evolution
Wednesday, February 4, 2026
- The Genetic Turning Point That Made Backbones Possible
- New Nasal Vaccine Shows Strong Protection Against H5N1 Bird Flu
Monday, February 2, 2026
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Saturday, January 31, 2026
Wednesday, February 4, 2026
Sunday, February 1, 2026
Monday, February 2, 2026
Sunday, February 1, 2026
- A Silent Brain Disease Can Quadruple Dementia Risk
- Alzheimer’s Scrambles Memories While the Brain Rests
Saturday, January 31, 2026
Thursday, January 29, 2026
- A Simple Blood Test Could Spot Parkinson’s Years Before Symptoms
- Ancient Oceans Stayed Oxygen Rich Despite Extreme Warming
- Scientists Found a Way to Cool Quantum Computers Using Noise
Monday, February 9, 2026
Thursday, February 5, 2026
Tuesday, February 3, 2026
Monday, February 2, 2026
- Four Astronauts Enter Quarantine as NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 Launch Nears
- A Tiny Light Trap Could Unlock Million Qubit Quantum Computers
Friday, January 30, 2026
- Late Bedtimes Are Linked to Higher Heart Disease Risk
- The Early Turning Point When Men’s Heart Risk Accelerates
Wednesday, January 28, 2026
- The Hidden Reason Cancer Immunotherapy Often Fails
- Why Long COVID Brain Fog Seems So Much Worse in the U.S.
Tuesday, February 3, 2026
Saturday, January 31, 2026
Friday, January 30, 2026
Thursday, January 29, 2026
- Scientists Use AI to Crack the Code of Nature’s Most Complex Patterns 1,000x Faster
- Tiny Mammals Are Sending Warning Signs Scientists Can Finally Read
Wednesday, January 28, 2026
- AI That Talks to Itself Learns Faster and Smarter
- Radio Waves Revealed What Happened Before a Star Exploded
- The Fat You Can’t See Could Be Shrinking Your Brain
Tuesday, January 27, 2026
- New Review Finds Wild Blueberries Support Heart and Gut Health
- A Common Parasite in the Brain Is Far More Active Than We Thought
Saturday, February 7, 2026
Wednesday, February 4, 2026
Tuesday, February 3, 2026
Sunday, February 1, 2026
- Middle Age Is Becoming a Breaking Point in the U.S.
- This AI App Can Tell Which Dinosaur Made a Footprint
Saturday, January 31, 2026
Friday, January 30, 2026
Thursday, January 29, 2026
- Helping With Grandkids May Slow Cognitive Decline
- Long-Term Alcohol Use Linked to a Sharp Rise in Rectal Cancer
Friday, February 6, 2026
Monday, January 26, 2026
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Friday, January 30, 2026
- New Scan Spots Heart Disease Years Before Symptoms
- A Trojan Horse Cancer Therapy Shows Stunning Results
Tuesday, January 27, 2026
Monday, January 26, 2026
- Obesity and High Blood Pressure May Directly Cause Dementia
- Distant Entangled Atoms Acting as One Sensor Deliver Stunning Precision
Sunday, January 25, 2026
Monday, January 26, 2026
- A Lost Disease Emerges from 5,500-Year-Old Human Remains
- Scientists Just Cracked the Hidden Rules of Cancer Evolution
Saturday, January 24, 2026
- Scientists Exposed How Cancer Hides in Plain Sight
- Earthquake Sensors Can Hear Space Junk Falling to Earth
- New Catalyst Makes Plastic Upcycling 10x More Efficient Than Platinum