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Why ALS Destroys Only One Kind of Neuron — New Study May Finally Explain the Mystery
ALS — amyotrophic lateral sclerosis — is a disease that is as cruel as it is puzzling. It strips people…
Crocodile Ancestor Discovered in Egypt Survived the Dinosaur Extinction
In Egypt’s Western Desert — a place that once lay beneath warm ancient seas — a team of Egyptian paleontologists…
Ancient Maya Eclipse Math Finally Decoded — Scientists Stunned by Precision Without Telescopes
The Maya Civilization is often remembered for its monumental temples and its mysterious societal collapse. But beneath the stones lay…
You Can’t Feel UVA Destroying Your Cells — But This Near-Invisible Device Can
Every summer, beaches and city sidewalks fill with people soaking in sunlight without realizing that an unseen radiation is quietly…
Your Watch May Soon Know Exactly Where You Are — Within a Fingernail’s Width
For as long as GPS has existed on wrist-worn devices, accuracy has always been “good enough,” not perfect. A runner’s…
Scientists Crack Ammonia at 50°C — and Produce Pure Hydrogen With Zero Waste
Humanity’s race toward a carbon-neutral future hinges on one deceptively simple question: can we make clean hydrogen cheaply, cleanly, and…
Scientists Generate Electricity Using Nothing But Water and Nanopores — No Batteries Needed
Most of the devices around us depend on electricity that has been generated at a distant power plant, transmitted across…
New Cooling Tech Lets Future Chips Run Hotter, Faster — Without Melting Themselves
Every year our phones, laptops, VR headsets and data-center chips become thinner, faster and more powerful. That progress comes with…
Scientists Watch an AI Evolve a Learning Rule No Human Ever Imagined
For most of AI’s history, machines have not truly “figured things out” on their own. They have learned — but…
Why Your Gray Hair Might Be a Sign Your Body Just Prevented Cancer
Every day, the cells in our bodies are bombarded by harmful influences — ultraviolet rays from sunlight, environmental toxins, metabolic…
Liver Cancer Doesn’t Spread Alone — It Forces Immune Cells to Help, Study Reveals
Liver cancer is one of the deadliest cancers on Earth, not because it grows fast but because it spreads silently.…
No Sugar Before Age 2 Could Delay Heart Disease by Years, Study Suggests
A new study published in The BMJ suggests that the human body does not easily forget what is eaten in…
Your Brain Doesn’t Fully Shut Down When You Sleep — New Study Reveals the Secret
Every night, the brain performs a delicate and mysterious maneuver: it withdraws from conscious life without ever going fully offline.…
Scientists Watch Deadly Lung Bug Evolve Live Inside Patients — And Finally Understand Why It Won’t Die
Chronic lung infections do not always announce themselves with drama. Sometimes they live quietly for years, weakening patients slowly, surviving…
This Open-Source AI Can See Brain Damage Before Doctors Can
The human brain is often described as the most complex object in the known universe. Hundreds of billions of neurons…
Napoleon’s Army Didn’t Die From Typhus After All — Ancient DNA Just Revealed a Different Killer
In the summer of 1812, Napoleon Bonaparte crossed into Russia with an army so vast that it seemed to guarantee…
New Study Claims Entanglement No Longer Proves Gravity Is Quantum — Did We Misread Feynman?
For more than a century, physics has been haunted by a stubborn fracture at its foundation. On one side stands…
Quantum Chip Beats the World’s Fastest Supercomputer by 13,000× — and Solves a Real Physics Problem
For years, quantum computing has lived in the realm of promise — a breathtaking theory waiting to prove its worth…
Scientists Build First “X-Ray” of RNA Droplets — Could This Crack the Code of ALS and Cancer?
Inside every living cell, there is no stillness. Molecules ricochet and fold and collide; proteins twist into working shapes, RNAs…
Scientists Train Shiitake Mushrooms to Store Digital Memory — Could Your Next Chip Be Alive?
For decades, the computing world has been guided by the steady shrinking of metal-based hardware — more transistors packed onto…
Astronomers Stunned: Three Earth-Sized Worlds Found Orbiting a Double Sun System
In a quiet corner of the galaxy, 190 light-years from Earth, astronomers have uncovered something that until recently seemed nearly…