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August 24, 2026
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Aug. 24, 2026 Common medications may reshape the gut microbiome long after the last dose is taken. In a study of more than 2,500 people, researchers found lasting microbial changes linked not only to antibiotics, but also to antidepressants, beta-blockers, ...
Aug. 24, 2026 Backyard bird feeders could become unexpected hotspots for H5N1 as Australia’s bird flu outbreak spreads, bringing species together in ways that rarely occur naturally. Experts say stopping feeding is safest, while smaller amounts of food, no ...
Aug. 24, 2026 A faint ribbon of stars around a distant galaxy has become the first globular cluster stellar stream ever identified beyond the Milky Way. Because the stars trace the galaxy’s gravity, researchers used the stream to estimate how much invisible ...
Aug. 24, 2026 Both too little and too much sleep may be linked to faster aging throughout the body. Researchers analyzing 23 biological aging clocks found the lowest aging levels among people sleeping about 6.4 to 7.8 hours per day. Short or long sleep was also ...
Aug. 24, 2026 More screen time during infancy and around the start of school was linked to poorer academic performance and weaker working memory years later. The findings suggest that early childhood may contain particularly sensitive windows when screen habits ...
Aug. 24, 2026 Researchers have found a way to create a complete 3D image of a molecule’s wavefunction, one of quantum mechanics’ most fundamental yet elusive features. By combining advanced photoelectron measurements with newly designed algorithms, the ...
Aug. 24, 2026 NASA’s Roman Space Telescope has been cleared for final launch preparations ahead of a targeted August 30 liftoff aboard SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy. The powerful new observatory will probe cosmic expansion, the history of the universe, and distant ...
Aug. 24, 2026 The Artemis II crew will receive the Congressional Space Medal of Honor after becoming the first humans in more than 50 years to travel beyond the Moon. Their 10-day Orion mission also carried them farther into space than anyone in ...
Aug. 23, 2026 Scientists discovered a small, yellowish mountain horned dragon in Thailand and named it Acanthosaura syrax after a dragon from House of the Dragon. Found only in a narrow band of high-elevation forest, the distinctive new species could become a ...
Aug. 23, 2026 Researchers have uncovered a possible reason why the Alzheimer’s risk gene APOE4 can disrupt the brain long before memory problems begin. In mice, APOE4 increased a protein called Nell2, shrinking ...
Aug. 23, 2026 Researchers at CERN have created microscopic versions of the early Universe by colliding surprisingly small atomic nuclei at nearly the speed of light. The collisions produced quark-gluon plasma, the ...
Aug. 23, 2026 Researchers have used AI to uncover the DNA signature of a key genetic “switch” involved in turning genes on. After analyzing about 500,000 DNA sequences, the model identified the initiator in roughly 60% of human genes. The breakthrough could ...
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Aug. 23, 2026 A decades-old compound may point to a new way of treating obesity by making the body burn more energy rather than simply reducing appetite. In mice, TOFA increased energy use by as much as 18%, ...
Aug. 23, 2026 Older adults with mild cognitive impairment and sleep problems who took at least 5,000 IU of vitamin D daily scored more than 13% higher on a cognitive test than those taking none. The preliminary ...
Aug. 23, 2026 Astronomers have found stars that repeatedly skim past supermassive black holes, surviving each encounter while producing a new burst of light. In some systems, those flares mysteriously fade with ...
Aug. 22, 2026 Greenland sharks may live for 400 years without suffering the kind of retinal decline normally associated with aging. Researchers found healthy eye tissue and active proteins specially adapted for ...
Aug. 22, 2026 People who speak several languages may have brains that age more slowly, with four-language speakers showing brains that appeared about 13 years younger than those of monolinguals. Starting earlier ...
Aug. 22, 2026 Astronomers using JWST have discovered that massive early galaxies contain far more small, faint stars than expected. That hidden population could make some of these galaxies three to four times more ...
Aug. 22, 2026 A simple yeast-based food supplement may help restore the immune system’s ability to fight cancer, according to new research in mice. Scientists found that yeast beta-glucan reprogrammed early ...
Aug. 21, 2026 Honeybee queens exposed to pesticides can shift some of the contamination into their eggs, revealing a previously unknown survival strategy. The process may protect the queen while putting developing ...
Aug. 21, 2026 A tiny, fully intact Indigenous pot buried for roughly 400 years has left archaeologists wondering why such a usable object was deliberately abandoned. Found at a historic Potano-Timucua village in ...
Aug. 21, 2026 A hormone already known for curbing appetite and supporting weight loss may have a surprising second job: protecting the liver from inflammation and scarring. Researchers at McMaster University found ...
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Aug. 23, 2026 Scientists have developed an ultrathin coating that could dramatically improve how efficiently heat is transferred during condensation. By turning tiny polymer structures once considered ...
Aug. 24, 2026 Researchers have created a tiny chip that produces a stable “rainbow” of light capable of generating multiple high-frequency signals at once, potentially boosting the speed and capacity of future ...
Aug. 21, 2026 AI may be able to predict how strongly someone will respond to a vaccine before they receive it. By analyzing antibody patterns in more than 4,000 people, researchers found signs of “immune ...
Aug. 21, 2026 People who participated in colorectal cancer screening had a 43% lower risk of dying from the disease, according to long-term data from more than 376,000 people in Sweden. The findings suggest that ...
Aug. 23, 2026 Gut bacteria can transform nitrate and plant-based iron from vegetables and other foods into protective molecules that may benefit the heart and metabolism. In experimental models, higher levels of ...
Aug. 20, 2026 A colossal cliff system created as the supercontinent Rodinia broke apart may have exposed the heart of the Grand Canyon nearly a billion years before the Colorado River carved it. The ancient ...
Aug. 20, 2026 A discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 stage crashed into the Moon on Aug. 5, leaving behind a newly formed crater about 60 feet wide. NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter captured detailed images showing ...
Aug. 20, 2026 The human family tree may be due for a major rewrite. Researchers argue that Australopithecus and Paranthropus should be folded into the genus Homo because new fossils have blurred many of the traits ...
Aug. 19, 2026 A tomb in Egypt’s Theban Necropolis reveals a surprisingly organized story of burial, reuse, and changing beliefs spanning hundreds of years. Researchers found 16 mummified people, the remains of ...
Aug. 21, 2026 For decades, scientists have puzzled over why certain atomic nuclei unexpectedly produce large numbers of low-energy gamma rays. A new experiment traced the effect to magnetic changes inside the ...
Aug. 21, 2026 Two very different types of quantum particles may be able to form stable droplets that hold themselves together, challenging decades of conventional thinking. The prediction could soon be tested ...
Aug. 20, 2026 Spain’s total solar eclipse delivered an unexpected sight: a corona glowing gold instead of its usual pearly white. Because the Sun was setting, its light passed through more atmosphere, while ...
Aug. 20, 2026 Knee osteoarthritis can seriously affect mobility and quality of life, but its progression isn’t completely out of your control. Exercise, stronger leg muscles, a healthier diet, and even modest ...
Aug. 19, 2026 The brain has a remarkably flexible system for handling uncertainty and changing situations. Researchers found that the frontoparietal cortex constantly shifts how it communicates with other brain ...
Aug. 19, 2026 A tiny machine made from just an atom and particles of light may sound impossibly simple, but it raises a surprisingly difficult question: what counts as heat, and what energy can still do useful ...
Aug. 19, 2026 Scientists have found evidence that the effects of a mother’s age on her offspring may be driven by reversible changes in gene activity rather than permanent DNA damage. The discovery raises the ...
Aug. 19, 2026 Miocene South America was packed with giant prey—and the predators hunting them were just as spectacular. Fossil bite marks suggest crocodylians, especially the enormous Purussaurus neivensis, were ...
Aug. 22, 2026 Mice that developed compulsive drinking after alcohol abstinence showed more than double the activity in a brain region associated with stress and addiction. Because the signal appeared before they ...
Aug. 21, 2026 A few minutes of sprinting may reshape the bloodstream far more dramatically than a much longer moderate workout. Six 30-second sprints altered nearly a quarter of the blood proteins measured and ...
Aug. 20, 2026 Extreme experiments have revealed how diamond behaves at crushing pressures beyond those inside Neptune and Uranus, resolving a decades-old conflict between theory and observation. The results could ...
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- AI May Know How You’ll Respond to a Vaccine Before You Get It
- A Simple at-Home Test Could Cut Colorectal Cancer Death Risk by 43%
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- A Lost Mega-Cliff May Explain the Grand Canyon’s Missing Billion Years
- A SpaceX Rocket Smashed Into the Moon — NASA Just Revealed the Crater
- Scientists Say the Human Family Tree May Need a Major Rewrite
Wednesday, August 19, 2026
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- Hidden Magnetism Inside Atoms May Explain Mysterious Gamma Rays
- A Strange New Quantum Droplet Can Hold Itself Together
Thursday, August 20, 2026
- This Total Solar Eclipse Looked Strangely Golden — Here’s Why
- Knee Osteoarthritis Isn’t Inevitable — Here’s What You Can Do
Wednesday, August 19, 2026
- Researchers Reveal Deeper Workings of Brain’s Information Hub
- Tiny Quantum Engines Reveal Useful Energy Hiding in “waste Heat”
- A Mother’s Age Can Shape Her Offspring Without Changing Their DNA
- This 23-Foot Crocodylian May Have Ruled South America’s Food Chain
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- A 236-Million-Year-Old Fossil Could Rewrite the Story of Mammalian Birth
- A Surprising Brain Discovery Could Help Explain Why We Overeat Fatty Foods
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- Taking the Stairs Could Protect Your Heart and Help You Live Longer
- Women Taking Estrogen Had Fewer Signs of Alzheimer’s in Their Brains
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- A Strange Crystal Made of Electrons Just Revealed Its Hidden Motion
- James Webb Captures a Cosmic Lion Sculpted by a Dying Star
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- Dogs Can Tell Fear from Sadness — and Scientists Saw It in Their Brains
- King Harold May Have Lost England by Backing the Wrong Pope
- Marine Heatwaves Are Harming Human Health in Surprising Ways
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- The Dodo Bird Had a Secret Sensory World Scientists Are Only Now Discovering
- The Sun Is Covered in Tiny Whirlpools We’ve Never Seen Before
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- Dirty Air May Trigger Painful Rheumatoid Arthritis Flares
- THC Medication Made PTSD Nightmares Disappear for More Than a Third of Patients
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- Sitting Up Straight May Improve Your Mood and Decision-Making
- Scientists Discover the Brain Cells That Keep You Motivated
- 80-Million-Year-Old Snake Brain Reveals a Surprising Evolutionary Secret
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- Europe’s Wildfires Became So Intense They Created Their Own Storm
- A Solar Eclipse and the Perseid Meteor Shower Arrive on the Same Day
Monday, August 3, 2026
- Ancient Arctic Carbon Is Pouring Into the Sea, but the Seabed Captures Most of It
- Scientists Reveal the Hidden Force Driving the Universe’s Hottest Fluid
- Moonquakes Could Reveal Hidden Water Beneath the Lunar Surface
- A Simple Supplement Could Help the Immune System Fight Cancer and Viruses
- Two Deadly Flowers Could Inspire Powerful New Medicines
- Giant Waves Are Sweeping Mars’ Atmosphere Into Space
Sunday, August 2, 2026
- Without This Protein, Damaged Muscle Turns to Fat and Scar Tissue
- Mathematicians Prove Perfectly Fair Elections Are Impossible
- Eating Less Protein Could Slow Aging, Major Review Finds
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- Scientists Found Two Mysterious ‘ghost’ Ancestors Hiding in Our DNA
- Experts Say Blood Pressure Guidelines Are Missing Half the Equation
- World-First Photonic Time Crystal Opens a New Era of Light Control
- Black Holes May Spit out Nearly as Much Matter as They Swallow