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August 15, 2026
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Aug. 15, 2026 Scientists have uncovered why two seemingly opposite ways of targeting the same brain receptor can both promote weight loss. In mice, activating the GIP receptor in the brainstem reduced appetite, ...
Aug. 14, 2026 Scientists have discovered that the aging human brain may be far less isolated from the rest of the body than once believed. Stanford researchers found that large numbers of immune cells from the blood begin entering the brain as early as middle ...
Aug. 14, 2026 Nuclear reactors may go dark, but their fuel continues producing a faint antineutrino “glow” long after shutdown. Researchers have now detected that residual signal for the first time, finding it ...
Aug. 14, 2026 A surprising stress-related signal may help the brain repair itself after injury. Researchers found that myelin-producing precursor cells rapidly release the stress hormone CRH near damaged brain tissue, helping control how those cells mature and ...
Aug. 14, 2026 Women who used estrogen-only hormone therapy later in life were less likely to develop dementia and showed fewer signs of Alzheimer’s disease in their brains, according to a large study of more than 21,000 participants. Hormone therapy use was ...
Aug. 14, 2026 Researchers have found strong evidence that original collagen can survive inside dinosaur fossils for tens of millions of years, overturning a long-standing assumption about fossilization. The ...
Aug. 14, 2026 JWST has uncovered surprising clues that Neptune’s strange inner moons may be the wreckage of an ancient cosmic catastrophe. Researchers detected clay-like minerals on Larissa, Galatea, and Neptune’s rings that form in the presence of liquid ...
Aug. 14, 2026 Astronomers have released more than three million new spectra in a sweeping expansion that, for the first time, brings SDSS-V optical observations to the Southern Hemisphere. The data reveal ...
Aug. 13, 2026 Researchers have discovered that a gene linked to congenital heart disease acts like an architect for the heart cell’s DNA. Losing just one copy of TBX5 can cause the genome’s carefully folded 3D structure to unravel, disrupting the genes needed ...
Aug. 13, 2026 NASA’s Perseverance rover caught a striking first from Mars: Earth disappearing behind the tiny moon Phobos. Seen from nearly 195 million miles away, our planet was reduced to a single point of light before briefly vanishing behind Phobos. The ...
Aug. 13, 2026 Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a bizarre object from just a few hundred million years after the Big Bang that looks like an enormous star but shines far too brightly ...
Aug. 13, 2026 Scientists may have uncovered evidence that a mammal ancestor was giving birth to live young 236 million years ago. A fossilized cynodont showed a neonatal growth line and an unusually large birth size that closely match patterns seen in modern ...
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Aug. 13, 2026 A protein inside appetite-controlling brain cells may play an important role in preventing overeating and obesity, particularly when high-fat foods are readily available. Unexpected differences ...
Aug. 13, 2026 A single human brain cell may be far more powerful than scientists once realized. Researchers found that cortical neurons can perform remarkably complex computations, giving them capabilities more ...
Aug. 12, 2026 Why do we keep making the same choices even when better options are available? Researchers found that simply repeating a decision can reshape what we ...
Aug. 12, 2026 AI has helped scientists measure the brain’s hidden cleaning system, revealing that fluid moves rapidly around its outer spaces but about 50 times ...
Aug. 12, 2026 Ozempic-like drugs appear to weaken more than hunger—they may also reduce cravings for alcohol and other addictive substances. Scientists are increasingly tracing this effect to the lateral septum, ...
Aug. 12, 2026 Researchers have found a clever new way to map a part of Earth’s upper atmosphere that is notoriously difficult to observe. Using orbital data from ...
Aug. 12, 2026 Scientists have pinpointed a brain network—and its distinctive electrical rhythm—that appears to drive the benefits of deep brain stimulation for ...
Aug. 12, 2026 Ancient remains from Vietnam suggest diseases like yaws may have been passed from mother to child thousands of years ago, a form of transmission ...
Aug. 12, 2026 The adult brain may be far better at repairing itself than scientists once believed. In mice, researchers discovered a special group of support cells called astrocytes that respond to damaged brain ...
Aug. 12, 2026 Keratin extracted from sheep’s wool helped damaged bone regenerate in animals, producing tissue that was more organized and structurally similar to healthy bone than tissue grown with conventional ...
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Aug. 14, 2026 Scientists have found that the AMOC may be far more vulnerable to rapid warming than to temperature alone. When warming happens slowly, the ocean can adapt, but at faster rates similar to today’s, ...
Aug. 14, 2026 Simply choosing the stairs could have surprisingly big benefits for your heart and longevity. A large analysis involving more than 480,000 people found that regular stair climbers were 39% less ...
Aug. 12, 2026 Physicists have found a new way to peer inside one of matter’s most elusive quantum states: the Wigner crystal, where electrons stop behaving like independent particles and organize into a ...
Aug. 12, 2026 James Webb has captured a striking new infrared view of NGC 2392, the Lion Nebula, revealing the dramatic aftermath of a dying Sun-like star. At its center, a scorching white dwarf is blasting ...
Aug. 13, 2026 Researchers have found a striking new way to potentially eliminate HIV soon after infection using a one-time combination of three therapies. In newborn nonhuman primates treated within three days of ...
Aug. 11, 2026 Dogs may understand our emotions more deeply than scientists realized. Brain scans show that happy human faces activate regions in dogs linked to higher-level processing and reward, suggesting that ...
Aug. 11, 2026 A forgotten fragment of a lost papal letter is offering a surprising new explanation for the Norman Conquest. England may have backed the wrong pope during a bitter religious power struggle, giving ...
Aug. 11, 2026 Marine heatwaves are emerging as a threat not just to coral reefs and fisheries, but to human health and well-being. Researchers warn that unusually hot oceans can fuel stronger storms, trigger ...
Aug. 10, 2026 Dogs have been shaping—and being shaped by—humans for about 15,000 years, evolving from early partners of hunter-gatherers into an astonishing range of specialized companions. Across the globe, ...
Aug. 10, 2026 Silver nanocatalysts have been found to switch where they perform their most important reactions depending on whether a solid oxide cell is making electricity or hydrogen. The discovery could enable ...
Aug. 8, 2026 A new nanostructured carbon design lets fuel-cell catalysts use tiny amounts of platinum while remaining remarkably stable and efficient. The breakthrough could help hydrogen fuel cells become a more ...
Aug. 7, 2026 Scientists have generated quantum entanglement directly from sunlight, potentially offering a lower-energy alternative to the lasers normally used in quantum technology. Their outdoor experiment ...
Aug. 6, 2026 Genetic changes may set off a chain reaction that causes the spine’s natural shock absorbers to harden and deteriorate. Zebrafish with a faulty collagen-related gene developed mineral buildup and ...
Aug. 12, 2026 Scientists probing life’s deepest origins have uncovered evidence that the first free-living cells may have emerged not once, but twice. The findings suggest a striking possibility: life may share ...
Aug. 10, 2026 A total solar eclipse will plunge parts of Europe into darkness on August 12, 2026, with Spain offering some of the best views. ESA will livestream the spectacle from the Javalambre Observatory, ...
Aug. 8, 2026 CT scans of the world’s rarest dodo skulls suggest the extinct bird may have had a stronger sense of smell, a highly sensitive beak, and a lifestyle that extended into dawn and dusk. The ...
Aug. 8, 2026 Scientists have discovered incredibly tiny plasma whirlpools swirling across the Sun’s surface, some just 20 kilometers wide. These previously invisible vortices may twist magnetic fields and help ...
Aug. 9, 2026 Dinosaurs conquered the land at enormous sizes, but strangely, they almost never evolved into truly tiny animals. New research suggests that physiology alone can’t explain this missing miniature ...
Aug. 5, 2026 Tiny pollution particles from smoke, soot, and dust may worsen rheumatoid arthritis and raise the risk of painful flares, particularly after prolonged exposure. The findings suggest that avoiding ...
Aug. 5, 2026 A prescription form of THC helped many people with PTSD escape recurring trauma-related nightmares, with more than one-third reporting that the nightmares disappeared completely after ten weeks. The ...
Friday, August 14, 2026
- The Atlantic Ocean Can Handle More Warming Than Expected — With One Big Catch
- Taking the Stairs Could Protect Your Heart and Help You Live Longer
Wednesday, August 12, 2026
- A Strange Crystal Made of Electrons Just Revealed Its Hidden Motion
- James Webb Captures a Cosmic Lion Sculpted by a Dying Star
Thursday, August 13, 2026
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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
Monday, August 10, 2026
- For 15,000 Years, Humans and Dogs Have Been Changing Each Other
- Scientists Discover a Hidden Switch Inside Silver Nanocatalysts
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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
Sunday, August 9, 2026
Wednesday, August 5, 2026
- Dirty Air May Trigger Painful Rheumatoid Arthritis Flares
- THC Medication Made PTSD Nightmares Disappear for More Than a Third of Patients
Thursday, August 13, 2026
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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
Thursday, August 6, 2026
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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
Tuesday, August 4, 2026
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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
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- Scientists Find a Simple Way to Stop Cavities Without Drilling
- Daily Multivitamin May Help Older Adults Stay Independent
- Your Gut May Help Your Brain Decide What to Remember
Tuesday, July 28, 2026
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- Scientists Reveal What Sparkling Water Really Does to Your Teeth
- Eating Within 8 Hours May Help Keep the Aging Brain Sharp
- Why the Same DNA Damage Causes Cancer in Some People but Not Others
Sunday, July 26, 2026
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Friday, July 24, 2026
- Venus May Be Tearing Itself Apart from Within
- Scientists Discover a Compound That Could Supercharge Aging Muscle Repair
- A New Antiviral Could Stop Measles Before an Outbreak Takes Off
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- Scientists Put the “recycling Is a Distraction” Claim to the Test
- A Single Dose Reversed Autism-Like Symptoms in Adult Mice Within Hours
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- Scientists Revive a Powerful Antibiotic That Superbugs Had Defeated
- Ancient Ferns Turned Triassic Europe Into a Wildfire Inferno
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- Coffee May Protect Your Heart but Energy Drinks Could Harm It
- New Molecular Map Reveals How the Flu Virus Hijacks Human Cells
- A Hidden “switch-Off” Signal Could Predict Solar Storms Seven Years Early