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Scientists Discovered the Biological Reason Parents Can Handle So Much Mess
Every day, millions of people do things they never imagined they could tolerate. They change diapers, clean messes, wipe noses,…
Scientists Finally Found the Natural Off Switch for Human Inflammation
Inflammation is the body’s battle cry. When bacteria invade or tissue is injured, immune cells rush in, blood vessels widen,…
Massive Oceans of Glowing Liquid Stone May Be Hiding Inside Alien Super-Earths
Far beneath the imagined landscapes of distant worlds, beyond mountains no telescope can see and depths no probe has reached,…
This Ancient Supernova Exploded When the Universe Was Only a Billion Years Old
Long before Earth existed, before the Sun had fully taken shape, the universe was still learning how to shine. Galaxies…
This Distant Galaxy Is Coming Back to Life and It Looks Like a Violent Explosion
For almost 100 million years, the heart of a distant galaxy lay quiet. At its center, a supermassive black hole…
James Webb Finally Solved the Mystery of the Little Red Dots
When the James Webb Space Telescope opened its golden eyes to the cosmos, it did more than deliver breathtaking images.…
Scientists Finally Found the Missing Body of the World’s Most Elusive Human Relative
In the sun-baked landscape of East Turkana in northern Kenya, time has a way of holding onto secrets. For decades,…
This Neolithic Stone Tomb Stayed Spiritually Active for Over 5000 Years
Long before written history shaped memory, a vast stone monument rose from the landscape of what is now Antequera, Spain.…
Scientists Found a Woolly Rhino’s Last Meal Inside a 14,000-Year-Old Wolf Pup
Long before written history, humans shared their world with a creature so striking that it demanded to be remembered in…
This New Sound Wave Technology Is Probing the Deepest Secrets of Human Consciousness
For decades, consciousness has sat at the center of science like an unsolved riddle. We experience it every waking moment,…
This Tiny Genetic Particle in Your Blood Predicts Heart Health 30 Years Into the Future
For decades, doctors have searched for simple signals that can whisper the future of the heart long before illness appears.…
Scientists Uncover a Hidden Link Between Antibiotics and Sudden Anxiety
Antibiotics are among the most familiar medicines in the modern world. They are trusted, often lifesaving tools, taken to stop…
These 19 Newly Discovered Pulsars Were Hiding in Our Own Galactic Backyard
Sometimes discovery does not come from pointing a new instrument at the heavens, but from listening more carefully to what…
Scientists Finally Know Why the Moon Has Two Completely Different Faces
Every night, the moon rises with the same familiar face turned toward Earth. Its dark volcanic plains form shapes people…
This Ordinary Point of Light Was Actually Hiding a Massive Cosmic Secret
At first glance, LAMOST J065816.72+094343.1 looked like just another faint point of light cataloged in a massive sky survey. Identified…
Scientists Thought This Black Hole Was Exploding but It’s Actually Doing the Opposite
Thirteen million light-years away, the Circinus galaxy appears calm and unassuming. But deep in its core, hidden behind dense curtains…
Scientists Discover Delusions Are Actually High Intensity Metaphors for Our Deepest Emotions
For many people, the word psychosis immediately brings to mind images of incomprehensible beliefs and broken reasoning. Delusions are often…
Scientists Discovered a Massive Error in Decades of Climate Data That Was Hiding the Melting Arctic
For decades, scientists have watched the Arctic through layers of numbers, charts, and satellite images, trying to understand how fast…
Scientists Discover a Toxic Feedback Loop That Makes Winter Fog Effectively Unstoppable
In the cold months, Northern India often wakes beneath a familiar, suffocating blanket. Roads vanish into gray silence. Trains crawl…
Scientists Discover the Pacific Ocean Is Controlling Water Levels Thousands of Miles Away
Water has a quiet way of shaping human life until it suddenly doesn’t. One year the land cracks under drought,…
Scientists Discover That Same Sex Behavior in Primates Is a Secret Survival Strategy
For centuries, people have watched animals closely and still missed something that was happening right in front of them. Across…