The Story of How Wolves Became Dogs Is Stranger Than We Thought
For 15,000 years, humans and dogs have been changing together, creating on…
Where Does Fat Go When You Lose Weight? The Answer May Surprise You
The surprising final step of fat loss happens in the lungs, where most burned fat appe…
Stanford Researchers Discover That the Human Brain May Be Two Separate Organs Fused Together
A split in early brain development helped researchers grow human hindbrain neurons tha…
Healthy Eating May Slow Biological Aging – but There Isn’t a Single “Best” Diet
Ten healthy dietary patterns were linked to slower biological aging, suggesting that e…
Pancreatic Cancer Disappears in Mice After New mRNA Immunotherapy
Pancreatic tumors vanished in roughly half of mice given an experimental mRNA therapy …
Alzheimer’s Brain Damage May Begin Outside the Brain
A study found that immune cells that drive neurodegeneration, the progressive damage a…
NASA’s Chandra Reveals Galaxies Being Torn Apart, Blasted by Black Holes, and Reborn in Stars
Galaxies can be peaceful star factories or cosmic wrecking grounds, torn apart by coll…
Two Dead Stars Are Racing Around Each Other Every 6.2 Minutes
A pair of white dwarfs race around each other every 374 seconds, creating a rhythmic X…
Natural Compound May Help Protect the Brain and Heart From Excess Salt
A soy-derived compound may help counter some of the cardiovascular and cognitive effec…
Ancient DNA Rewrites the Story of the “American Cheetah”
The “American cheetah” may have looked built for speed, but new evidence reveals a str…
Biggest Supernova Dataset Yet Challenges Dark Energy Theory
Nearly 3,000 exploding stars have revealed a startling possibility: the mysterious for…
Einstein Called It “Spooky.” CERN Just Found It at Extreme Energies at the Large Hadron Collider
Particles left behind by decaying Z bosons reveal strong evidence of quantum entanglem…
New Treatment Cuts “Bad” Cholesterol in Half for a Full Year
A single infusion of an experimental CRISPR-Cas9 therapy was reported to safely lower …
Scientists Discover Trees Have a Hidden “Muscle” That Helps Them Straighten Themselves
Young poplar trees can sense bends in their stems and straighten them by changing wher…
Scientists Just Found a Hidden Factor That Could Trigger an Atlantic Ocean Collapse
Rapid warming could cause a major Atlantic Ocean current system to collaps…
Einstein’s Gravity Just Passed a Strange New Quantum Test
An experiment comparing falling and stationary rubidium atomic waves found…
The Story of How Wolves Became Dogs Is Stranger Than We Thought
For 15,000 years, humans and dogs have been changing together, creating on…
Scientists Just Found a Hidden Factor That Could Trigger an Atlantic Ocean Collapse
Rapid warming could cause a major Atlantic Ocean current system to collaps…