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For years, scientists at the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center had been chasing a mystery. Prostate cancer, even when treated…
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For as long as neuroscience has tried to understand the brain, neurons have played the lead role in the story.…
Scientists Discover Melanoma Treatment Works Better at a Lower Dose — And Patients Live Three Times Longer
For years, the fight against malignant melanoma has relied on powerful immunotherapies delivered at doses set by long-standing clinical practice.…
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Cancer is often described as a disease of mutations, a chaotic rewriting of the genetic script. But a new study…
Psilocybin Reduces Negative Thought Loops and Boosts Sensory-Motor Wiring, Study Finds
The story starts with a puzzle that has shadowed psychedelic research for years. Psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms,…
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Far below the surface, where light never travels and the sediment grows by only a thousandth of a millimeter each…
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For decades, the terahertz range of the electromagnetic spectrum has been a kind of scientific no-man’s land. It sits quietly…
Forget 1s and 0s: This New Light Tech Could Carry ‘Enormous’ Information Per Photon
The story begins with a simple but bold idea. What if light could be shaped so precisely in space and…
The Coldest Stars in Space May Be Exposing a Hidden Force of Nature
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The ‘Iliad’ Was a Lie: UK’s Greatest Roman Mosaic Hides a Secret Story Lost for 2,000 Years
When the Ketton mosaic first emerged from the quiet soil of rural Rutland, it was hailed as a spectacular Roman…
Forgotten Pit Holds a 2,800-Year-Old Secret That Rewrites Mediterranean History!
The story begins not with a grand monument or a glittering artifact, but with a pit. In 1986, during an…
“Subjugators of the Sky”: Genetic Study Finally Solves the 4,000-Year Mystery of Asia’s Terrifying Cliff-Hanging Coffins
For centuries, the steep river gorges and mountain walls of Southeast and Southern Asia kept a silent vigil over a…
Ancient Humans Didn’t Hunt in Herds — and It May Explain Why Our Species Outlived Them
About 120,000 years ago, long before cities or writing or the familiar rhythm of modern life, the Levant was a…
Ancient Silver Bracelet Reveals Lost Secrets of Bronze Age Europe
When a single silver bangle was lifted from the earth in 1884, no one could have guessed it would one…
Scientists Measure the Universe’s Expansion in a Completely New Way and the Result Deepens the Cosmic Mystery
The universe has a secret, and it is becoming harder to ignore. Astronomers have known for decades that space is…
Astronomers Track a Blazar for 16 Years and Uncover a Cosmic Mystery Hiding in Plain Sight
For more than a decade, a quiet mystery has been unfolding in a distant corner of the universe. The culprit…
Two Stars Just Erupted — and Their Explosions Were Nothing Like Anyone Expected
Astronomers have long known that novae burst into existence with explosive speed, lighting up the sky in a single bright…
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Imagine a world where the very flow of your thoughts feels unpredictable, where reality itself seems to sway beneath your…
Scientists Discover How Exercise Starves Tumors and Boosts Muscle Power
Exercise has long been celebrated as a remedy for body and mind, a ritual that strengthens the heart, lifts the…
Scientists Map the Hidden “Tree of Thought” Inside Mouse Brains Like Never Before
Deep inside the brain, a forest stretches beyond what the eye can see. This forest is not made of trees,…
Young Adults in Pain Scientists Reveal a Hidden Side Effect of Chronic Cannabis Use
In the quiet chaos of an emergency department, a young patient writhes in pain, clutching their stomach, unable to stop…