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May 9, 2026

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Physicists Discover Quantum Particles That Break the Rules of Reality

May 9, 2026 Physicists may have just cracked open a hidden side of the quantum world. For decades, every known particle was thought to belong to one of two categories — bosons or fermions — but researchers have now shown that bizarre “in-between” ...

Scientists Say This Simple Music Trick Can Boost Workout Endurance by 20%

May 9, 2026 A new study shows that listening to your own favorite workout music can dramatically boost endurance. Cyclists exercising with self-selected songs lasted nearly 20% longer than when riding in silence, yet they didn’t feel more exhausted at the ...

New Chemical Kills 95% of Termites Without Harming Humans

May 9, 2026 Scientists may have found a smarter, safer way to wipe out termites hiding inside homes. A chemical called bistrifluron prevents drywood termites from forming new exoskeletons during molting, killing entire colonies from within. In tests, it ...

Deep Diving Fur Seals Experience Delayed Heart Surges After Returning to Land

May 9, 2026 Fur seals may look like they’re simply resting after exhausting hunting trips at sea, but their bodies are secretly working overtime. Scientists discovered that hours after returning to land, the ...

Ice Age Humans in China Crafted Surprisingly Advanced Stone Tools 146,000 Years Ago

May 9, 2026 Scientists in China discovered that ancient humans were making surprisingly advanced stone tools during a harsh ice age 146,000 years ago. The tools, created by Homo juluensis, show careful planning ...

Scientists Found the “Holy Grail” Gene That Could One Day Help Humans Regrow Limbs

May 9, 2026 Scientists studying axolotls, zebrafish, and mice have uncovered a shared set of genes that may one day help humans regrow lost limbs. By identifying powerful “SP genes” involved in regeneration, ...

New Obesity Discovery Rewrites Decades of Fat Science

May 8, 2026 Scientists have uncovered a surprising secret hidden inside fat cells that could reshape how we think about obesity and metabolic disease. A protein called HSL, long believed to simply release stored fat when the body needs energy, turns out to have ...

A Common Constipation Drug Shows Surprising Power to Protect Kidneys

May 8, 2026 A common constipation drug may have unexpectedly unlocked a new way to slow chronic kidney disease — a condition that affects millions and often leads to dialysis. In a clinical trial involving 150 patients, researchers found that lubiprostone, a ...

Scientists Discover a New Way to Prevent Gum Disease Without Killing Good Bacteria

May 8, 2026 Scientists have uncovered a surprising way to influence the bacteria living in our mouths — not by killing them, but by interrupting how they “talk” to each other. Researchers found that dental ...

Scientists Make Stunning Discovery That Could Change Our Understanding of the Universe

May 8, 2026 Scientists may have uncovered a surprising secret behind why life exists at all. A new study suggests that the Universe’s fundamental constants — the deep physical rules that govern everything ...

Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Contains Strange Water Never Seen in Our Solar System

May 8, 2026 A mysterious comet from beyond our solar system is giving astronomers a rare glimpse into alien worlds — and it may have formed in a place far colder and stranger than anything around our Sun. The ...

The Universe’s Biggest Black Holes May Be Forged in Violent Mergers

May 8, 2026 The Universe’s biggest black holes may not be born giants after all. Scientists analyzing gravitational-wave signals from dozens of black hole collisions found evidence that the heaviest black holes are likely “cosmic recyclers” — formed ...

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What Scientists Found Inside Coral Reefs Could Change the Future of Medicine

May 8, 2026 Beneath the beauty of coral reefs lies a hidden universe of microbes unlike anything scientists expected. Each coral species supports its own ...

Scientists Find Natural Compounds That Hit COVID-19 from Every Angle

May 7, 2026 A little-known tree from Brazil’s Atlantic Forest may hold a surprising weapon against COVID-19. Researchers discovered that compounds called galloylquinic acids, extracted from its leaves, can ...

Eating Eggs Could Cut Alzheimer’s Risk by 27%

May 7, 2026 Eating eggs might do more than just start your day—it could help protect your brain. Researchers found that people 65 and older who eat eggs regularly have a significantly lower risk of developing ...

Webb Space Telescope Finds a Giant Galaxy That Doesn’t Spin

May 7, 2026 Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have spotted something that shouldn’t exist—at least not so early in the universe. A massive galaxy, formed less than 2 billion years after the ...

This Strange Planet Pair Shouldn’t Exist, but It Does

May 7, 2026 A bizarre planetary pairing 190 light-years away is challenging everything astronomers thought they knew about how worlds form. A “lonely” hot Jupiter — typically found without nearby ...

Scientists Accidentally Discover DNA That Breaks the Rules of Life

May 7, 2026 A routine experiment with a new single-cell DNA sequencing method turned into a surprising scientific twist when researchers stumbled upon a bizarre genetic code in a microscopic pond organism. ...

People Once Risked Everything Just to Keep Their Hats on

May 7, 2026 Centuries ago in England, hats weren’t just accessories—they were statements of power and rebellion. Refusing to remove a hat could challenge authority, even in courtrooms and before kings. ...

Your DNA May Predict Your Future Success More Than Your Upbringing

May 6, 2026 A new twin study suggests your genes may play a bigger role in your future success than your upbringing. Researchers found that IQ, which is largely genetically influenced, strongly predicts ...

Scientists Finally Solve 40-Year-Old Physics Puzzle About How Things Grow

May 6, 2026 In a major breakthrough, scientists have experimentally confirmed a universal growth law in two dimensions using a quantum system of fleeting light–matter particles. The finding strengthens the ...

This Town Found Clean Energy Deep Inside Old Coal Mines

May 6, 2026 Cumberland, B.C. is reimagining its coal mining past as a clean energy opportunity. Water trapped in abandoned mine tunnels could be used in a geothermal system to heat and cool buildings efficiently ...

Blue Origin’s New Moon Lander Just Survived Extreme Space Testing on Earth

May 6, 2026 A bold step toward returning humans to the Moon is underway with Blue Origin’s uncrewed MK1 “Endurance” lander, designed to test the technologies that future astronauts will rely on. Built in ...

This Tiny Outer Solar System World Has an Atmosphere. It Shouldn’t

May 5, 2026 Astronomers have spotted something surprising in the far outer Solar System—a faint, short-lived atmosphere clinging to a tiny icy world that shouldn’t be able to hold one at all. The object, ...

The Dark Side of Weight Loss Drugs: Ozempic's Surprising Hidden Cost

May 5, 2026 GLP-1 weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy are often celebrated as game-changing solutions—but new research reveals a surprising social twist. People who lose weight using these medications ...

Scientists Just Created Exotic New Forms of Matter That Shouldn’t Exist

May 4, 2026 A new quantum physics study reveals that simply changing a magnetic field over time can unlock entirely new forms of matter that don’t exist under normal conditions. By carefully “driving” ...

Webb Space Telescope Reveals a Scorching “super-Earth” That Looks Like Mercury

May 5, 2026 A scorching, airless world just 48 light-years away is offering scientists a rare glimpse into the geology of distant planets. Using the James Webb Space Telescope, researchers studied LHS 3844 b—a ...

This Simple Blood Test Might Detect Depression Before Symptoms Appear

May 4, 2026 A new study suggests depression may soon be detectable through a simple blood test—by tracking how certain immune cells age. Researchers found that accelerated aging in monocytes, a type of white ...

Scientists Reveal Creatine’s Hidden Power Beyond Muscle Gains

May 4, 2026 Creatine might be famous in the gym, but its real story is far more interesting. Naturally produced in the body, it helps power cells by rapidly regenerating ATP—the fuel that keeps muscles, the ...

NASA Captures Wild Swirling Clouds and Rare Arctic Storm Over Alaska

May 6, 2026 Southern Alaska’s winter finale delivered a spectacular atmospheric display, captured by a NASA satellite. Cold Arctic air flowing over warmer ocean waters created long bands of clouds, swirling ...

New AI Method Tackles One of Science’s Hardest Math Problems

May 6, 2026 Penn researchers have developed a smarter AI method for solving notoriously difficult inverse equations, which help scientists uncover hidden causes behind observable effects. By introducing ...

Oak Trees Are Delaying Spring to Starve Caterpillars

May 5, 2026 Oak trees have a surprising trick to fight back against hungry caterpillars: they simply wait. When trees are heavily attacked one year, they delay leaf growth by just three days the next ...

Oxford Physicists Achieve First-Ever “quadsqueezing” Breakthrough in Quantum Physics

May 1, 2026 Scientists have created a powerful new way to control quantum systems, achieving the first-ever demonstration of quadsqueezing—an elusive fourth-order quantum effect. By combining simple forces in ...

MIT Scientists Finally Reveal the Hidden Structure of a Mysterious High-Tech Material

May 4, 2026 For decades, relaxor ferroelectrics have powered everything from medical ultrasounds to sonar systems, yet their inner atomic structure remained a mystery—until now. Researchers have finally mapped ...

Evolution Isn’t Random. Scientists Find the Same Genes Used for 120 Million Years

May 4, 2026 Evolution seems to follow a script more often than expected. Researchers found that distantly related butterflies and moths have reused the same pair of genes for over 120 million years to produce ...

New “Trojan Horse” Obesity Drug Supercharges Weight Loss in Early Tests

May 7, 2026 Researchers have created a next-generation obesity drug that works like a “Trojan horse,” using GLP-1/GIP signals to slip a powerful metabolic enhancer directly into target cells. In mice, it ...

NASA Just Tested a Powerful New Thruster That Could Send Humans to Mars

May 6, 2026 A powerful new electromagnetic thruster has taken a major step forward after a successful high-energy test at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Fueled by lithium vapor and driven by intense ...

Common Knee Surgery Found Ineffective, May Make Things Worse

May 6, 2026 A major 10-year clinical trial is turning one of the world’s most common knee surgeries on its head. Researchers found that trimming a damaged meniscus—a procedure long believed to relieve ...

First-Ever 3D View Shows How Killer T Cells Destroy Cancer

Apr. 30, 2026 The body’s “killer” T cells don’t just attack—they strike with astonishing precision, forming a tiny, highly organized contact zone that lets them destroy dangerous cells without harming ...

Scientists Turn Plastic Waste Into Clean Hydrogen Fuel Using Sunlight

May 4, 2026 Scientists are using sunlight to turn plastic waste into clean fuels like hydrogen, offering a breakthrough solution to both pollution and energy challenges. While still in development, the approach ...

Scientists Built a Memory Chip That Breaks the Rules of Miniaturization

May 3, 2026 A new kind of memory device may finally solve the problem of overheating and battery drain in electronics. By shrinking components to an extreme scale and redesigning their structure, researchers ...

A Hidden Map in Your Nose Could Explain How Smell Works

Apr. 30, 2026 Scientists have finally cracked one of the biggest mysteries in the senses: how smell is organized. By mapping millions of neurons in mice, researchers discovered that smell receptors in the nose ...