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December 6, 2025
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Dec. 6, 2025 FGF19 triggers the brain to burn more energy and activate fat-burning cells, offering a potential new path for obesity treatments. The hormone enhances thermogenesis and reduces inflammation, but only when the sympathetic nervous system is active. ...
Dec. 6, 2025 SQUIRE aims to detect exotic spin-dependent interactions using quantum sensors deployed in space, where speed and environmental conditions vastly improve sensitivity. Orbiting sensors tap into ...
Dec. 6, 2025 SPHERE’s detailed images of dusty rings around young stars offer a rare glimpse into the hidden machinery of planet formation. These bright arcs and faint clouds reveal where tiny planet-building bodies collide, break apart, and reshape their ...
Dec. 5, 2025 Researchers have uncovered a new species of wolf snake on Great Nicobar Island and named it Lycodon irwini in tribute to Steve Irwin. The glossy black, non-venomous snake grows up to a meter and appears confined to a small area. Scientists warn its ...
Dec. 5, 2025 An immense Bronze Age settlement has emerged from the Kazakh Steppe, revealing a surprisingly urban and industrial society where archaeologists once expected nomadic camps. At Semiyarka, researchers uncovered massive residential compounds, a ...
Dec. 5, 2025 Regular consumption of polyphenol-rich foods like tea, coffee, berries, nuts, and whole grains may significantly support long-term heart health. A decade-long study of more than 3,100 adults found that those who consistently ate polyphenol-packed ...
Dec. 5, 2025 A large study found that people with impaired kidneys tend to have higher Alzheimer’s biomarkers, yet they don’t face a higher overall risk of dementia. For those who already have elevated biomarkers, kidney problems may speed up when symptoms ...
Dec. 5, 2025 Researchers engineered a strained germanium layer on silicon that allows charge to move faster than in any silicon-compatible material to date. This record mobility could lead to chips that run cooler, faster, and with dramatically lower energy ...
Dec. 4, 2025 Researchers found that people with anxiety disorders consistently show lower choline levels in key brain regions that regulate thinking and emotions. This biochemical difference may help explain why the brain reacts more intensely to stress in ...
Dec. 4, 2025 Researchers studying people with major psychiatric disorders found that drinking up to four cups of coffee a day is associated with longer telomeres. This suggests a potential slowing of biological aging by about five years. However, drinking five ...
Dec. 4, 2025 A network of powerful ground-based telescopes captured rare starspot-crossing events on TOI-3884b, revealing cooler patches on the star’s surface and rapid changes tied to its rotation. By combining multicolor transit observations with months of ...
Dec. 4, 2025 Experiments reveal that pond frogs can eat highly venomous hornets without suffering noticeable damage, even after repeated stings. Most frogs successfully consumed hornets, including the notorious Asian giant hornet. This unusual resilience ...
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Dec. 6, 2025 Scientists have discovered that complex life began evolving much earlier than traditional models suggested. Using an expanded molecular clock approach, the team showed that crucial cellular features ...
Dec. 6, 2025 Scientists uncovered a surprising four-layer structure hidden inside the hippocampal CA1 region, one of the brain’s major centers for memory, navigation, and emotion. Using advanced RNA imaging ...
Dec. 5, 2025 A next-generation drug tested in yeast was found to extend lifespan and slow aging by influencing a major growth-control pathway. Researchers also uncovered an unexpected role for agmatinases, ...
Dec. 5, 2025 Cedars-Sinai scientists have created a new experimental drug called TY1 that helps the body repair damaged DNA and restore injured tissue. The discovery came from studying tiny molecular messages ...
Dec. 5, 2025 Kyushu University scientists have achieved a major leap in fuel cell technology by enabling efficient proton transport at just 300°C. Their scandium-doped oxide materials create a wide, soft pathway ...
Dec. 4, 2025 Penn State researchers created seven new high-entropy oxides by removing oxygen during synthesis, enabling metals that normally destabilize to form rock-salt ceramics. Machine learning helped ...
Dec. 4, 2025 Fresh evidence suggests early Earth wasn’t locked under a rigid stagnant lid but was already experiencing intense subduction. Ancient melt inclusions and advanced simulations point to continents ...
Dec. 4, 2025 Scientists have captured a never-before-seen, high-resolution look at influenza’s stealthy invasion of human cells, revealing that the cells aren’t just helpless victims. Using a groundbreaking ...
Dec. 4, 2025 FROSTI is a new adaptive optics system that precisely corrects distortions in LIGO’s mirrors caused by extreme laser power. By using custom thermal patterns, it preserves mirror shape without ...
Dec. 4, 2025 Scientists have discovered a strange tubular structure inside Profftella, a symbiotic bacterium in the Asian citrus psyllid. These long, helical tubes, filled with ribosomes, show a complexity not ...
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Dec. 5, 2025 A researcher from the University of Tokyo and a U.S.-based structural engineer developed a new computational form-finding method that could change how architects and engineers design lightweight and ...
Dec. 4, 2025 A low-dose mix of zinc, serine, and branched-chain amino acids boosted neural function and social behavior in autism mouse models. The combination restored more typical synaptic protein patterns and ...
Dec. 3, 2025 For thirty years, SOHO has watched the Sun from a stable perch in space, revealing the inner workings of our star and surviving crises that nearly ended the mission. Its long-term observations ...
Dec. 3, 2025 Ant pupae that are fatally sick don’t hide their condition; instead, they release a special scent that warns the rest of the colony. This signal prompts worker ants to open the pupae’s cocoons ...
Dec. 3, 2025 A surprisingly mature spiral galaxy named Alaknanda has been spotted just 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang—far earlier than astronomers believed such well-structured galaxies could form. With ...
Dec. 3, 2025 A unique vaccine rollout in Wales gave researchers an accidental natural experiment that revealed a striking reduction in dementia among seniors who received the shingles vaccine. The protective ...
Dec. 3, 2025 Earth’s orbit is getting crowded with broken satellites and leftover rocket parts. Researchers say the solution is to build spacecraft that can be repaired, reused, or recycled instead of ...
Dec. 3, 2025 Researchers recreated conditions from billions of years ago and found that Earth’s young atmosphere could make key molecules linked to life. These sulfur-rich compounds, including certain amino ...
Dec. 3, 2025 Ancient anaconda fossils show that the snakes became giants soon after emerging in Miocene South America. Their size has stayed stable for over 12 million years, even though other huge reptiles went ...
Dec. 3, 2025 Stanford researchers found that gas stoves expose Americans to surprisingly high levels of nitrogen dioxide—often matching or exceeding outdoor pollution. For millions, cooking alone pushes NO2 ...
Dec. 3, 2025 Sweat carries a rich mix of biomarkers that advanced wearables can now track in real time. New AI-powered patches analyze biochemical patterns to detect disease risks, medication levels, or stress ...
Dec. 2, 2025 Scientists found that adult bristleworm eyes grow continuously thanks to a rim of neural stem cells similar to those in vertebrate eyes. This growth is surprisingly regulated by environmental light ...
Dec. 2, 2025 As the last Ice Age waned and the Holocene dawned, deep-ocean circulation around Antarctica underwent dramatic shifts that helped release long-stored carbon back into the atmosphere. Deep-sea ...
Dec. 1, 2025 Younger women are being diagnosed with breast cancer more often than screening guidelines anticipate. Many of these cancers are invasive and harder to treat, especially in those under 40. After ...
Dec. 2, 2025 Nitrous oxide may offer quick, short-term relief for people with major depression, especially those who haven’t responded to standard medications. The meta-analysis found rapid improvements after a ...
Nov. 30, 2025 Five hundred years ago, a Bible accidentally printed with a backwards map of the Holy Land sparked a revolution in how people imagined geography, borders, and even nationhood. Despite the blunder, ...
Nov. 30, 2025 Scientists found that RSV infection early in life can set the stage for childhood asthma, particularly in kids already genetically prone to allergies. The virus appears to skew the developing immune ...
Nov. 28, 2025 Data from over 47,000 dogs reveal that CBD is most often used in older pets with chronic health issues. Long-term CBD use was linked to reduced aggression, though other anxious behaviors didn’t ...
Nov. 28, 2025 Researchers discovered why bird flu can survive temperatures that stop human flu in its tracks. A key gene, PB1, gives avian viruses the ability to replicate even at fever-level heat. Mice ...
Nov. 28, 2025 Long-term inhalation of toxic air appears to dull the protective power of regular workouts, according to a massive global study spanning more than a decade and over a million adults. While exercise ...
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- The Solar Mission That Survived Disaster and Found 5,000 Comets
- Doomed Ants Send a Final Scent to Save Their Colony
- JWST Finds a Milky Way Twin Born Shockingly Early in the Universe
- A Routine Shingles Shot May Offer Powerful Defense Against Dementia
- Space Is Filling With Junk and Scientists Have a Fix
- Early Earth’s Sky May Have Created the First Ingredients for Life
- Scientists Discover Why Anacondas Stayed Giants for 12 Million Years
- Gas Stoves Are Filling Millions of Homes With Hidden Toxic Air
- Your Sweat Reveals Health Problems Long Before Symptoms Appear
Tuesday, December 2, 2025
- A Tiny Ocean Worm Just Revealed a Big Secret About How Eyes Evolve
- A Hidden Antarctic Shift Unleashed the Carbon That Warmed the World
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- Scientists Studied 47,000 Dogs on CBD and Found a Surprising Behavior Shift
- Bird Flu’s Surprising Heat Tolerance Has Scientists Worried
- Polluted Air Quietly Erases the Benefits of Exercise
Wednesday, December 3, 2025
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- New 3D Scan Reveals a Hidden Network of Moai Carvers on Easter Island
- Why Some Memories Last a Lifetime While Others Fade Fast
- Scientists Find a Hidden Obesity Trigger in Soybean Oil
Friday, November 28, 2025
- Repeated Head Impacts May Quietly Break the Brain’s Cleanup System
- A Strange Ancient Foot Reveals a Hidden Human Cousin
- Scientists Uncover the Brain’s Hidden Learning Blocks
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- Simple Thyroid Check in Pregnancy May Lower Autism Risk
- Scientists May Have Found Dark Matter After 100 Years of Searching
Thursday, November 27, 2025
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- How Personalized Algorithms Trick Your Brain Into Wrong Answers
- Tiny Yellowstone Quakes Ignite a Surge of Hidden Life Underground
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- The Body Trait That Helps Keep Your Brain Young
- Scientists Reveal a Hidden Alarm System Inside Your Cells
Monday, November 24, 2025
- Europe Launches Bold Plan to Harness Twisting Beams of Light
- Vegan Diet Beats Mediterranean for Weight Loss Even With Potatoes and Grains
- Scientists Find Hidden Switch That Lets Tumors Shapeshift and Evade Treatment
Saturday, November 22, 2025
- Hidden Copper Switch Supercharges Green Ammonia Production
- Fossils Reveal a Massive Shark That Ruled Australia in Dinosaur Times
Thursday, November 27, 2025
- Half of Heart Attacks Strike People Told They’re Low Risk
- Your Body May Already Have a Molecule That Helps Fight Alzheimer’s
- Nanoflowers Supercharge Stem Cells to Recharge Aging Cells
Wednesday, November 26, 2025
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- New Nasal Nanodrops Wipe out Brain Tumors in Mice
- The Mystery of Volcanoes That Don’t Explode Finally Has an Answer
Friday, November 21, 2025
- Simple Amino Acid Supplement Greatly Reduces Alzheimer’s Damage
- A Drug Already in Trials May Stop Chemotherapy Nerve Damage
- New Airflow Device Captures Indoor Germs Before They Spread
Monday, November 24, 2025
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- How Parakeets Make New Friends in a Surprisingly Human Way
- Scientists May Have Found the Planet That Made the Moon
- A Tiny Enzyme May Hold the Key to Safer Pain Relief
- Scientists Capture Stunning Real-Time Images of DNA Damage and Repair
- Solar Superstorm Gannon Crushed Earth’s Plasmasphere to a Record Low
Saturday, November 22, 2025
- Scientists Reveal How Baby Turtles Navigate Thousands of Miles With a Hidden Magnetic Sense
- AI Detects a Secret Lion Roar No One Knew Existed
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- Rapid Fault Healing Could Rewrite Earthquake Physics
- The Five Great Forests That Keep North America’s Birds Alive
Friday, November 21, 2025
- This Engineered Fungus Cuts Emissions and Tastes Like Meat
- This Tiny Pill Could Change How We Diagnose Gut Health
Thursday, November 20, 2025
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- Scientists Warn Heatwaves Will Intensify for 1,000 Years Even After Net Zero
- Massive Hidden Structures Deep Inside Earth May Explain How Life Began
Saturday, November 29, 2025
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- Scientists Grow a Tiny Human “blood Factory” That Actually Works
- A Compact Fusion Machine Just Hit Gigapascal Pressures
- MIT Ultrasonic Tech Pulls Drinking Water from Air in Minutes
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- New Antibody Breakthrough Could Finally Slow Polycystic Kidney Disease
- Ancient Bogs Reveal a Hidden 15,000-Year Climate Shift