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Your Kitchen Sponge Is Releasing Microplastics Every Time You Wash Dishes

June 1, 2026 Kitchen sponges release microplastics as they wear down during everyday use, with some sponge types shedding far more than others. Researchers estimated that millions of households could collectively release hundreds of tons of microplastics ...

Scientists Discover Inherited Traits That Break Mendel’s Laws of Genetics

June 1, 2026 A major mouse study found that some inherited traits are passed down through epigenetic changes that break the classic rules of genetics. Researchers discovered hundreds of cases where these chemical DNA marks behaved unexpectedly, including some ...

Hubble Captures M88 on a Perilous Journey That Could Change It Forever

June 1, 2026 A stunning spiral galaxy called Messier 88 is racing through the crowded Virgo Cluster on a journey that will dramatically reshape its future. At its heart lies a supermassive black hole about 100 million times the mass of the Sun, while its ...

NASA’s Roman Telescope Could Reveal 100,000 Hidden Worlds

June 1, 2026 NASA’s Roman Space Telescope could revolutionize the search for alien worlds by discovering around 100,000 exoplanets—far more than all previous missions combined. It will look deep into unexplored parts of the Milky Way, helping scientists ...

The Forgotten Organ That Could Predict How Long You Live

June 1, 2026 A long-overlooked organ may hold surprising clues to healthy aging and cancer survival. Researchers at Mass General Brigham used AI to analyze CT scans from tens of thousands of adults and found that people with healthier thymuses—a small ...

Chimpanzees and Bonobos Have Human-like Friend Circles, Study Finds

May 31, 2026 Great apes appear to build friendships much like humans do. By studying grooming behavior, researchers discovered that chimpanzees and bonobos form close inner circles along with wider networks of weaker social connections. Chimpanzees focus on a ...

New Solar Desalination Breakthrough Makes Fresh Water Without Toxic Brine

May 31, 2026 Scientists have developed a solar desalination system that turns seawater into drinking water without creating environmentally damaging brine. Special laser-textured metal panels use sunlight to evaporate water while automatically moving salt ...

The Ocean's Health May Depend on a Tiny Microbe Inside Fish

May 31, 2026 A surprising new discovery suggests that tiny microbes living inside fish may be helping shape the chemistry of the world’s oceans. Scientists found evidence that bacteria in the guts of marine fish work alongside their hosts to produce calcium ...

The Secret to Pigeons’ Incredible Navigation Was Hiding in Their Liver

May 31, 2026 Scientists have uncovered a surprising navigation system in pigeons: iron-filled immune cells in the liver that may act like tiny magnetic sensors. Birds deprived of these cells struggled to find their way home under overcast skies, indicating they ...

Intermittent Fasting Triggers Surprising Changes in the Brain

May 31, 2026 Losing weight may involve rewiring the gut and the brain at the same time. In a study of obese adults, an intermittent fasting-style diet led to significant weight loss, healthier metabolic markers, and notable shifts in gut bacteria. Brain scans ...

Ancient DNA Reveals How Women Helped Transform Prehistoric Europe

May 30, 2026 New DNA evidence shows that Europe’s hunter-gatherers and early farmers interacted far more closely than previously thought, with women likely playing a crucial role in spreading farming across northwestern Europe. Centuries later, the arrival of ...

This Strange New Phase of Matter Could Transform Quantum Technology

May 30, 2026 By stacking custom-designed silver nanoparticles like nanoscale LEGO bricks, scientists stabilized a mysterious crystal phase that had never been observed before. The material not only solves a longstanding puzzle in materials science but also ...

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Caffeine Reversed Memory Problems Caused by Sleep Deprivation

May 30, 2026 Scientists discovered that sleep deprivation damages a key brain circuit responsible for social memory, making it harder to recognize familiar individuals. In laboratory studies, caffeine restored ...

Astronomers Finally Solve Saturn’s Decades-Long Spin Mystery

May 29, 2026 A decades-old mystery about Saturn has finally been solved thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope. Scientists discovered that Saturn’s changing “rotation rate” was never caused by the planet ...

Hidden Driving Danger When Edible Cannabis and Alcohol Mix

May 29, 2026 Using cannabis edibles and alcohol together may make drivers far more impaired than either substance alone, according to new research from Johns Hopkins. Even more concerning, common field sobriety ...

This Bizarre Crocodile Relative from the Triassic Looked Like an Ostrich Dinosaur

May 29, 2026 Scientists have discovered Labrujasuchus expectatus, a bizarre crocodile relative that looked more like an ostrich-like dinosaur than anything ...

This Newly Discovered Raptor May Have Hunted Like a Giant Heron

May 29, 2026 A newly discovered raptor-like dinosaur from Patagonia is changing how scientists think about ancient predators. Named Kank australis, the 70-million-year-old dinosaur appears to have hunted fish ...

Scientists Say Evolution May Work Differently Than We Thought

May 29, 2026 A major research study is challenging one of evolution’s most influential ideas: that most genetic changes that become permanent are essentially neutral. Researchers at the University of Michigan ...

A Silent Kidney Crisis Is Spreading Far Faster Than Experts Expected

May 29, 2026 A sweeping global study found that chronic kidney disease now affects nearly 800 million people and has become one of the world's leading causes of death. Often silent in its early stages, the ...

Twisted Graphene Reveals a Hidden Superconductivity Switch

May 29, 2026 Scientists have uncovered a surprising new way to control superconductivity — the mysterious phenomenon where electricity flows with zero energy loss. By pairing twisted layers of graphene with a ...

Rogue Planet Moons Could Harbor Alien Life for Billions of Years

May 29, 2026 Scientists say moons around rogue planets wandering through the galaxy could remain warm enough for life thanks to tidal heating and hydrogen-rich atmospheres. These dark, starless worlds may have ...

Vitamin B12 and Folate Deficiencies Linked to Chronic Fatigue

May 28, 2026 Feeling constantly drained might not just be about poor sleep or working too hard. Researchers in Japan found that low levels of key vitamins — especially vitamin B12 and folate — may quietly ...

Why Sweden’s Wolverine Conservation Success Story Is Unraveling

June 1, 2026 A world-famous conservation program that helped save Sweden’s endangered wolverines is now struggling as funding stagnates and local trust erodes. Researchers say the decline offers a cautionary ...

This Strange Crystal Acts Like Metal and Glass at the Same Time

June 1, 2026 A remarkable crystal called molybdenum oxychloride could help make futuristic technologies like smart contact lenses and ultrathin AR glasses a reality. Scientists have created the first detailed ...

New 3D Silicon Chip Breakthrough Could Extend Moore’s Law for Years

May 30, 2026 As traditional chip miniaturization slows, researchers have found a way to pack more computing power into the same space by stacking silicon circuits in multiple layers. The new process uses ...

NASA’s X-59 Is About to Break the Sound Barrier for the First Time

June 1, 2026 NASA’s futuristic X-59 jet is about to face its biggest challenge yet: breaking the sound barrier for the first time. After a successful series of test flights that pushed the aircraft to ...

Human Organoids Reveal How to Reverse “irreversible” Nerve Damage

May 28, 2026 Cambridge researchers created miniature brain-and-spinal-cord systems in the lab that can send signals and even trigger tiny muscle contractions. They discovered that human neurons gradually lose ...

Arctic Ocean Passed a Tipping Point and Scientists Say It May Never Recover

May 28, 2026 The Arctic Ocean may have crossed a dangerous tipping point. Scientists say the rapid disappearance of sea ice is triggering a hidden chemical shift that is stripping the ocean of nitrate — a ...

Antarctica’s Ice Sheet Hit a Climate Tipping Point 1 Million Years Ago

May 29, 2026 A new study suggests Antarctica’s ice sheet hit a climate tipping point about one million years ago, making it far more reactive to temperature and CO2 changes. Researchers warn this surprising ...

Scottish Wrens May Be Evolving Into New Species Through Island Gigantism

May 28, 2026 Tiny birds on remote Scottish islands are undergoing a dramatic evolutionary transformation. Scientists studying four isolated populations of British Wrens discovered that some island birds have ...

This Tomato-Soy Juice Reduced Inflammation in Just Four Weeks

May 30, 2026 A specially formulated tomato-soy juice packed with natural plant compounds may help calm inflammation linked to obesity, according to a new clinical study. Healthy adults with obesity who drank the ...

Scientists Say Guava Juice Could Make Iron Supplements Work Better

May 27, 2026 Researchers found that drinking guava juice may significantly improve anemia by helping the body absorb iron more efficiently. In a review of 17 studies, women and teenage girls who consumed guava ...

Tiny “sesame” Sea Slug Discovered in Taiwan Turns out to Be a New Species

May 27, 2026 A sea slug smaller than a sesame seed has turned up in Taiwan’s coastal waters — and it’s so tiny and unusual that scientists realized they had discovered a completely new species. Named ...

Deadly Fungus and Lung Parasites Are Hammering Wild Rattlesnakes

May 26, 2026 A sweeping new study of wild snakes in the southeastern US has revealed a hidden health crisis slithering beneath the surface. Researchers found that many snakes are carrying multiple infections at ...

Scientists Discover Ancient Single-Celled Ancestors Still Live on in Your Blood

May 26, 2026 Scientists uncovered evidence that human blood cells may trace their origins back to single-celled ancestors that lived 700 million years ago. By rebuilding the evolutionary family tree of blood ...

Queenless Wasp Colonies Explode Into Chaos but Hidden Helpers Save Them

May 26, 2026 When a queen wasp suddenly disappears, her colony doesn’t calmly choose a successor — it erupts into chaos. Researchers found that female wasps immediately begin battling for power, shattering ...

Venomous Himalayan Pit Viper Was Actually 5 Different Species All Along

May 26, 2026 Hidden deep in the towering mountains of the Himalayas, one of Asia’s most mysterious venomous snakes has been keeping a major secret for over 160 years. Scientists have now discovered that the ...

Adorable Tiny Blue Octopus Found Nearly 6,000 Feet Beneath the Galápagos

May 25, 2026 A mysterious little blue octopus discovered nearly 6,000 feet beneath the waters of the Galápagos Islands has officially been identified as a brand-new species. About the size of a golf ball, the ...

A Quantum Metasurface Breakthrough Could Finally Close the Terahertz Gap

May 31, 2026 Researchers have developed a compact quantum detector that makes terahertz radiation much easier to detect. A specially designed metasurface funnels incoming energy into tiny active regions, greatly ...

Scientists Thought Brain Inflammation Was Driving Long COVID but the Scans Told a Different Story

May 28, 2026 A new brain imaging study has found no evidence of widespread brain inflammation in patients suffering from prolonged symptoms after COVID-19 infection. Instead, the most severe long COVID symptoms ...

Scientists Discover Hidden Gut-Brain Circuit That Triggers Protein Cravings

May 28, 2026 When the body runs low on protein, the gut sends powerful signals to the brain that reshape cravings and push animals to seek essential amino acids instead of sugar. Researchers say this newly ...

Scientists Discover a Giant “planet Factory” Beyond Jupiter

May 26, 2026 Scientists believe a dust-filled ring just outside Jupiter acted like a cosmic “planetesimal factory,” producing multiple generations of early space rocks with very different compositions. The ...