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March 20, 2026
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Mar. 20, 2026 Many people believe closing their eyes sharpens hearing, but that is not always true. In noisy settings, participants struggled more to hear faint sounds with their eyes closed, while matching visuals made it easier. Researchers found that shutting ...
Mar. 20, 2026 A mysterious spike of platinum buried deep in Greenland’s ice has long fueled theories of a catastrophic comet or asteroid strike 12,800 years ago—possibly triggering a sudden return to icy conditions known as the Younger Dryas. But new research ...
Mar. 20, 2026 A nearby galaxy is behaving strangely—and now scientists know why. The Small Magellanic Cloud’s stars move in chaotic patterns because it slammed into its larger neighbor millions of years ago. That collision disrupted its structure and even ...
Mar. 20, 2026 Researchers have created a cutting-edge catalyst that turns CO2 into methanol more efficiently than ever before. Instead of using clumps of metal atoms, they engineered a system where each single indium atom actively drives the reaction. This ...
Mar. 19, 2026 Stopping popular weight-loss injections like Ozempic or Mounjaro might not trigger the dramatic rebound many fear. A large real-world study of nearly 8,000 patients found that most people who discontinue these drugs manage to keep the weight ...
Mar. 19, 2026 Ravens have long been thought to follow wolves to find food, but new research shows they’re far more strategic. By tracking both animals in Yellowstone, scientists discovered that ravens memorize areas where wolf kills are likely and fly directly ...
Mar. 19, 2026 New strength training guidelines emphasize that doing any resistance training is what truly matters. Based on decades of research, experts say even simple routines can increase muscle, strength, and physical function. The key is not perfection but ...
Mar. 19, 2026 A new subatomic particle known as the Ξcc⁺ has been discovered at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider. This heavy proton-like particle contains two charm quarks and was detected using the upgraded LHCb ...
Mar. 19, 2026 Malaria parasites contain tiny spinning crystals that have puzzled scientists for years. New research reveals they’re powered by a rocket-like reaction that breaks down hydrogen peroxide, releasing energy. This motion may help the parasite ...
Mar. 19, 2026 Scientists recreated a life-size oviraptor nest to understand how these dinosaurs hatched their eggs. Their experiments showed the parent likely couldn’t heat all the eggs directly, meaning sunlight played a key role. This uneven heating could ...
Mar. 18, 2026 Scientists have mapped the genetics of cancer in cats for the first time at scale, uncovering major overlaps with human cancers. Key mutations—like those linked to breast cancer—appear in both species, and some human cancer drugs may also work ...
Mar. 18, 2026 Pink granite boulders sitting mysteriously atop Antarctica’s Hudson Mountains have led scientists to a stunning discovery: a hidden granite mass buried beneath Pine Island Glacier, stretching nearly 100 km wide and 7 km thick. By dating the rocks ...
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Mar. 18, 2026 Some feathered dinosaurs may have briefly taken to the skies—only to give it up later. By studying rare fossils with preserved feathers, researchers uncovered a surprising clue hidden in molting ...
Mar. 18, 2026 A critically ill 33-year-old man survived an almost unimaginable scenario—living for 48 hours without lungs—thanks to a groundbreaking surgical approach. After a severe flu-triggered infection ...
Mar. 18, 2026 Kepler-51d is a giant, ultra-light “super-puff” planet wrapped in an unusually thick haze that’s blocking scientists from seeing what it’s made of. Observations from JWST revealed that this ...
Mar. 17, 2026 MIT physicists have built a powerful new microscope that uses terahertz light to uncover hidden quantum motions inside superconductors. By ...
Mar. 17, 2026 Bull sharks may have a reputation as lone hunters, but new research reveals they actually form social bonds and even have preferred “friends.” After six years of observing 184 sharks in Fiji, ...
Mar. 17, 2026 Astronomers have identified a strange new kind of exoplanet that challenges how scientists classify worlds beyond our Solar System. The planet, L 98-59 d, appears to contain a vast ocean of molten ...
Mar. 17, 2026 A mysterious metal-rich asteroid called Psyche has been baffling scientists for over two centuries, and its true origin remains one of the biggest unanswered questions in planetary science. Is it the ...
Mar. 17, 2026 The James Webb Space Telescope has revealed new details in a bizarre nebula that looks like a brain floating in space. Formed by a dying star, the “Exposed Cranium” nebula shows layered gas and a ...
Mar. 16, 2026 Astronomers may have found an exciting new clue about dark energy—the mysterious force driving the universe’s accelerating expansion. They ...
Mar. 16, 2026 Scientists studying a mysterious effect called cosmic birefringence—a subtle twist in the polarization of the universe’s oldest light—have ...
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Mar. 19, 2026 Eating large amounts of ultra-processed foods like chips, frozen meals, sugary drinks, and packaged snacks may significantly raise the risk of serious heart problems. In a major U.S. study, people ...
Mar. 19, 2026 Carrying extra fat around the waist may be more dangerous than the number on the scale suggests. Researchers found that belly fat was more strongly linked to heart failure risk than BMI, even in ...
Mar. 20, 2026 A shingles vaccine might double as a powerful heart protector. In people already at high risk, it cut major cardiac events by 46% and deaths by an impressive 66% within a year. Scientists think ...
Mar. 19, 2026 Tropical peatlands, some of the planet’s largest underground carbon stores, are now burning at levels never seen in at least 2,000 years. By analyzing charcoal preserved in peat across multiple ...
Mar. 20, 2026 The largest review of medicinal cannabis to date found it doesn’t effectively treat anxiety, depression, or PTSD—despite millions using it for those reasons. Researchers warn it could even make ...
Mar. 17, 2026 A new study put ChatGPT to the test by asking it to judge whether hundreds of scientific hypotheses were true or false—and the results were far from reassuring. While the AI got it right about 80% ...
Mar. 17, 2026 Early life stress may set the stage for long-term digestive problems by disrupting the gut-brain connection. Studies in both mice and thousands of children found links to symptoms like pain, ...
Mar. 17, 2026 Researchers have identified a surprising brain pattern that may help explain why people with ADHD often struggle to stay focused. Even while awake, their brains can slip into brief episodes of ...
Mar. 15, 2026 A major clinical trial has delivered an unexpected twist in the search for ways to fight COVID-19 and its lingering effects. Researchers at Mass General Brigham found that taking high doses of ...
Mar. 15, 2026 A new study in mice suggests that a father’s nicotine exposure could influence the metabolic health of his children. Researchers found that when male mice consumed nicotine, their offspring showed ...
Mar. 15, 2026 Scientists studying crops irrigated with treated wastewater discovered that trace pharmaceuticals often collect in plant leaves. Tomatoes, carrots, and lettuce absorbed medications such as ...
Mar. 13, 2026 Scientists have uncovered evidence that our Sun may have traveled across the Milky Way as part of a massive migration of Sun-like stars billions of years ago. The journey may have carried the solar ...
Mar. 14, 2026 Cambridge scientists have discovered a light-powered chemical reaction that lets researchers modify complex drug molecules at the final stages of development. Unlike traditional methods that rely on ...
Mar. 14, 2026 Scientists have uncovered an enormous hidden archive of plant DNA that has endured for more than 400 million years. By comparing hundreds of plant genomes, researchers identified more than 2.3 ...
Mar. 17, 2026 mRNA vaccines saved millions of lives during COVID-19 but have limitations like waning immunity and complex production. Scientists are now testing a new platform called DoriVac, which uses folded DNA ...
Mar. 13, 2026 A severe case of COVID-19 or influenza could increase the risk of lung cancer later on, according to new research. Scientists discovered that serious viral infections can alter immune cells in the ...
Mar. 12, 2026 Decades of data from over 80,000 great tits reveal that extreme weather can shape the fate of baby birds. Cold snaps soon after hatching and heavy rain later in development shrink nestling body mass ...
Mar. 12, 2026 Scientists analyzing a gravitational-wave signal have discovered that a neutron star and black hole spiraled together on an oval-shaped orbit just before merging. This unusual motion, detected in the ...
Mar. 11, 2026 Astronomers have caught what may be a rare cosmic catastrophe unfolding 11,000 light-years away. A seemingly ordinary sun-like star suddenly began flickering wildly, puzzling scientists until they ...
Mar. 11, 2026 Astronomers have discovered a strange new signal coming from an exploding star — a “chirp” that speeds up over time, similar to the signals seen when black holes collide. The unusual pattern ...
Thursday, March 19, 2026
- Ultra-Processed Foods Linked to 67% Higher Risk of Heart Attack and Stroke
- Belly Fat Linked to Heart Failure Risk Even in People With Normal Weight
Friday, March 20, 2026
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Tuesday, March 17, 2026
- Study Finds ChatGPT Gets Science Wrong More Often Than You Think
- Scientists Link Childhood Stress to Lifelong Digestive Issues
- ADHD Brains Show Sleep-Like Activity Even While Awake
Sunday, March 15, 2026
- Scientists Tested Vitamin D for COVID and Found an Unexpected Long COVID Clue
- Fathers’ Tobacco Use Linked to Metabolic Changes in Their Children
- Crops Irrigated With Wastewater Store Drugs in Their Leaves
Friday, March 13, 2026
Saturday, March 14, 2026
- A Lab Mistake at Cambridge Reveals a Powerful New Way to Modify Drug Molecules
- Scientists Discover Ancient DNA “switches” Hidden in Plants for 400 Million Years
Tuesday, March 17, 2026
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Thursday, March 12, 2026
- Extreme Weather Is Hitting Baby Birds Hard in a 60-Year Study
- A Black Hole and Neutron Star Just Collided in a Strange Oval Orbit
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
- Astronomers Think They Just Witnessed Two Planets Colliding
- Strange Chirping Supernova Confirms Long-Debated Magnetar Theory
Thursday, March 12, 2026
- Depression May Start With an Energy Problem in Brain Cells
- Scientists Discover Hedgehogs Can Hear Ultrasound and It Could Save Them from Cars
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
- Cannabis Study Finds THC Can Create False Memories
- Ocean Warming May Supercharge a Tiny Microbe That Controls Marine Nutrients
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Monday, March 9, 2026
- Light-Guided Evolution Creates Proteins That Can Switch, Sense, and Compute
- Scientists Detect a Sudden Acceleration in Global Warming
- Hidden Metabolism Found Operating Inside the Cell Nucleus
- NASA’s DART Asteroid Smash Shows We Could Deflect a Future Threat
Sunday, March 8, 2026
- Brain Scans Reveal How Ketamine Quickly Lifts Severe Depression
- A New “magic Mushroom” Drug Could Treat Depression Without Psychedelic Hallucinations
- Engineers Make Magnets Behave Like Graphene
- Parents’ Stress May Be Quietly Driving Childhood Obesity, Yale Study Finds
- NASA DART Mission Reveals Asteroids Throw “cosmic Snowballs” at Each Other
Thursday, March 12, 2026
- Scientists Discovered a Secret Deal Between a Plant and Beetles
- Chickpeas Could Become the First Food Grown on the Moon
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
- Scientists Turn Brain Cells Into Alzheimer’s Plaque Cleaners
- Scientists Discover Tiny Plant Trick That Could Supercharge Crop Yields
Tuesday, March 10, 2026
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Friday, March 6, 2026
- Cannabis Compounds CBD and CBG May Help Reverse Fatty Liver Disease, Study Finds
- Koalas Survived a Devastating Population Crash and Their DNA Is Bouncing Back
- Electrons Catapult Across Solar Materials in Just 18 Femtoseconds
Monday, March 16, 2026
Saturday, March 7, 2026
- Scientists Discover a Brain Signal That May Trigger Autism’s Domino Effect
- AI Discovers the Hidden Signal of Liquid-Like Ion Flow in Solid-State Batteries
Friday, March 6, 2026
- Boosting a Key Brain Protein Could Help Treat Rett Syndrome
- Tiny Clump of Moss Helped Solve a Shocking Cemetery Crime
- Scientists Discover the Brain Protein That Drives Cocaine Relapse
- This Ancient Sea Creature May Already Have Had a Brain
- AI Blood Test Finds Silent Liver Disease Years Before Symptoms
Thursday, March 5, 2026
Wednesday, March 4, 2026
- Record-Breaking Photodetector Captures Light in Just 125 Picoseconds
- New Drug Cuts Seizures by Up to 91% in Children With Rare Epilepsy
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Tuesday, March 3, 2026
- Laser Printed Hydrogel Implant Could Transform Bone Repair
- Scientists Find the Genetic Switch That Makes Pancreatic Cancer Resist Chemotherapy
- The Hidden Technology That Could Unlock Commercial Fusion Power
- For Every Known Vertebrate Species, Two More May Be Hiding in Plain Sight
Thursday, March 5, 2026
Wednesday, March 4, 2026
- A Simple Hand Photo May Be the Key to Detecting a Serious Disease
- Climate Models May Be Missing Massive Carbon Emissions from Boreal Wildfires
Sunday, March 1, 2026
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Saturday, February 28, 2026
- How the Body Really Ages: 7 Million Cells Mapped Across 21 Organs
- A Major Climate Hope in Antarctica Just Melted Away
Thursday, February 26, 2026
- Green Hydrogen Has a Hidden Problem and Scientists May Have Fixed It
- Ireland’s Old Irish Goat Has Survived 3,000 Years
- PFAS Found in Most Americans Linked to Rapid Biological Aging
Friday, March 13, 2026
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Friday, February 27, 2026
- Iron Outperforms Rare Metals in Stunning Chemistry Advance
- American Heart Association Warns 60% of US Women Will Have Cardiovascular Disease by 2050
Thursday, February 26, 2026
- Hidden Architecture Inside Cellular Droplets Opens New Targets for Cancer and ALS
- Apollo Rocks Reveal the Moon Had Brief Bursts of Super-Strong Magnetism