FDA-Approved Drug Shows Promise for Reversing Osteoarthritis Damage
Researchers at Yale have identified lacosamide, an FDA-approved medication…
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More Screen Time, Better Thinking? An 8-Year Study Finds a Surprising Link
Screen time was associated with better adolescent cognitive processing, while links be…
Dogs and Humans May Share a Surprising Biological Secret to Longevity
Dogs and humans may share surprisingly similar metabolic signatures linked to lifespan…
A 150-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Flight Mystery May Finally Have an Answer
Archaeopteryx may have taken off by using two or three powerful leaps to reach the spe…
Giant Crocodylians Ruled South America’s Ancient Food Chain
Fossil bite marks suggest giant crocodylians, especially Purussaurus neivensis, domina…
Astronomers Detect a Record-Breaking “Cosmic Laser” From 8 Billion Light-Years Away
MeerKAT has detected a record-breaking hydroxyl megamaser from a merging galaxy more t…
A 47-Year-Old Scientist Tracked Himself for Months – His Biological Age Fell to 32
Continuous tracking of one participant showed how metabolic and physiological health m…
Scientists Warn of a Nearly 400% Increase in Toxic Liver Injuries – One Common Drug Leads the List
U.S. poison centers have recorded a sharp long-term rise in liver injuries linked to m…
Earth-Like Worlds Could Have Formed Billions of Years Earlier Than Scientists Thought
Rocky planets may have gotten their start far earlier than anyone expected, almost as …
JWST Finds a “Star” 100 Billion Times Brighter Than Any Star Should Be
Something in the young universe is shining like a star that should not be possible. NA…
Something Mysterious Just Passed Between Earth and a Distant Star
A mysterious object dubbed Phoebe may be a primordial black hole from the early univer…
This Natural Gut Compound Could Point to Better Treatments for IBD
What if your next meal could help your gut defend itself? Your gut bacteria may be doi…
Why Is Colorectal Cancer Rising in People Under 50? New Clues Point to the Environment
Epigenetic fingerprints may help explain how environmental exposures contribute to col…
Archaeologists Discover a Forgotten 3,000-Year-Old Egyptian Tomb – Now They’re Racing To Save It
A newly discovered Ramesside tomb near Luxor is revealing details about ancient Egypti…
Scientists Find Just 3 Minutes of Sprinting Can Transform Blood Chemistry
A few minutes of sprinting triggered a much larger immediate molecular response than p…
FDA-Approved Drug Shows Promise for Reversing Osteoarthritis Damage
Researchers at Yale have identified lacosamide, an FDA-approved medication, as a promi…
Scientists Identify a Surprising 129-Day Limit for Predicting the Weather
A new study suggests the atmosphere may retain enough information for weather to remai…
Quantum Computer Solves a Problem in 15 Minutes That Classical Methods Can’t Practically Compute
Researchers have demonstrated a quantum computation that appears to exceed the practic…
Taking the Stairs Could Cut Your Risk of Heart-Related Death by 39%
Regular stair climbing was associated with substantially lower risks of cardiovascular…
Has the Autism Spectrum Become Too Broad? Leading Scientist Warns of Hidden Consequences
Autism diagnoses have risen dramatically as definitions have expanded, but that shift …
Scientists Uncover New Clues to a Long-Standing Bonnethead Shark Mystery
Bonnethead sharks start life with pointed heads, but females undergo a striking transf…
Rewriting History: Researchers Uncover a Forgotten Amazon Civilization That May Have Housed 3 Million People
For nearly 1,500 years, the Aquiry civilization shaped southwestern Amazonia, and new …
New Museum Discovery Shows Evolution Keeps Reinventing the Seahorse
CT scans and DNA revealed that Australia’s rare sea muppets only look like seahorses a…
Scientists Discover Hermit Crabs Doing a Job No One Expected
A parasitic plant on a Japanese island has found an unlikely way to send its offspring…
Scientists Discover a 245-Million-Year-Old Reptile With Its Organs Still Preserved
An international research team examined a unique fossil from China that, for the first…
Scientists May Have Solved a Long-Standing Melanoma Treatment Mystery
With cancer treatment, when a drug is given may matter almost as much as which drug is…
“Entirely Surprising” – Scientists Have Found a Martian Meteorite Unlike Any Known Before
A meteorite found in Algeria has opened a rare window into nearly 2 billion years of M…
This Simple Measurement Could Expose a Hidden Diabetes Risk (And It’s Not Your Waistline)
A new screening method uses an unexpected body measurement to estimate diabetes risk w…
Where Were All the Tiny Dinosaurs? Scientists May Finally Have an Answer
For all their astonishing diversity, dinosaurs seem to have hit one evolutionary limit…
Humanity May Soon Have the Technology To Reach Other Star Systems
Tiny spacecraft riding beams of light could put humanity within reach of another star …
Mushroom Mystery: The Fungus That Makes People See Tiny Humans
A mushroom sold in markets and served in restaurants in Southwest China has an unusual…
A Human-Specific Gene May Help Explain Our Extraordinary Brainpower
The new findings could help explain what made the human brain unique during evolution.…
A Rare Look Inside the Dodo’s Skull Challenges Centuries of Myths
CT scans reveal new clues to how the dodo sensed its environment and challenge its rep…
Did Cellular Life Begin Twice? New Study Points to Two Independent Origins
Early metabolism may have begun as a mix of metal and enzyme catalysis before bacteria…
This Common Amino Acid May Help the Body Fight Cancer and Viruses
A shortage of one common nutrient could help cancer cells and viruses hide from the im…
Schizophrenia’s Brain Damage May Start in One Key Region
Schizophrenia may leave a distinctive biological footprint across the brain’s communic…
Low-Protein “Longevity Diet” Linked to Fat Loss, Muscle Preservation, and Healthy Aging
A new study suggests the secret to healthier aging may not be eating less but eating t…
Starlink Satellites Reveal a Hidden Atmosphere 300 Miles Above Earth
Satellites designed to provide internet service are now serving an unexpected second p…
Cancer Cells Exploit a Hidden Immune “Off Switch”
A protein called TRAILshort may act as a central immune brake that limits T-cell respo…
Scientists Solve a Long-Standing Mystery About Bird and Dinosaur Eggs
Analysis of living vertebrates shows that changes in brain evolution helped drive majo…
Cave Discovery Suggests Neanderthals and Modern Humans May Have Shared Culture
Modern humans and Neanderthals may have shared more than land and genes. They may have…
Scientists Discover a Hidden Way T Cells Attack Leukemia
T cells may use a previously unknown CD64-dependent pathway to attack acute myeloid le…
Why Are Wasps Disappearing This Summer?
Weather extremes may be contributing to an unusually quiet summer for Britain’s ecolog…
This Fingertip Patch Tracks Parkinson’s Medication Using Sweat
A battery-free sweat sensor could make levodopa monitoring faster and more personalize…
Why Low-Carb Diets Send Some People’s Cholesterol Soaring
A study suggests that genetic factors may explain why LDL cholesterol rises sharply in…
Oral Weight Loss Pill Helps Patients Lose up to 12% of Body Weight
An oral GLP-1 drug showed promising weight loss results in a phase II trial. A pill-ba…
Two Mysterious ‘Ghost’ Ancestors Are Hiding in Our DNA
Neanderthals and Denisovans interbred with the ancestors of modern humans, leaving rec…
This Widely Used Plastic Could Be Harming Your Liver
Researchers were surprised to find that polyethylene, one of the world’s most widely u…
Perseverance Finds Organic Carbon Preserved Just Beneath the Martian Surface
Perseverance has found shallow preserved organic carbon on Mars, raising new questions…
Ozempic Changes Your Body, but Does It Change Your Life? A New Study Suggests Not
Research by a University of Chicago economist found no measurable changes in mood, emp…
Astronomers Find Ancient Black Holes Shining With the Power of a Trillion Suns
Euclid’s expanding quasar census is revealing how enormous black holes emerged during …
Quantum Computer Solves a Problem in 15 Minutes That Classical Methods Can’t Practically Compute
Researchers have demonstrated a quantum computation that appears to exceed…
Scientists Uncover New Clues to a Long-Standing Bonnethead Shark Mystery
Bonnethead sharks start life with pointed heads, but females undergo a str…
FDA-Approved Drug Shows Promise for Reversing Osteoarthritis Damage
Researchers at Yale have identified lacosamide, an FDA-approved medication…
Quantum Computer Solves a Problem in 15 Minutes That Classical Methods Can’t Practically Compute
Researchers have demonstrated a quantum computation that appears to exceed…