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Can Fat Help Hair Grow Back? New Study Reveals a Hidden Regeneration Circuit Beneath the Skin
Baldness has always been framed as a permanent loss: once hair disappears, it is gone for good. But science has…
Rapid Tooth Loss Could Be a Silent Death Warning, New Study Finds
We tend to think of losing teeth as an ordinary part of growing old — inconvenient, maybe embarrassing, but not…
Did a Common Psoriasis Drug Quietly Slash Long-Term Cancer Risk? New Danish Data Says Maybe
Cancer risk is the shadow that follows every long-term immune-modifying therapy. For people living with moderate to severe psoriasis, biologic…
Lack of Oxygen Leaves a Genetic Scar on Immunity, New Study Warns
Our lungs are not only gateways for air — they are gatekeepers for immunity. When oxygen runs low inside the…
First-Ever DNA “Self-Antibody” Shot Works in Humans, and Its Protection Lasted 72 Weeks
For years, medicine has fought viruses with a straightforward logic: if a patient doesn’t have enough protective antibodies, supply them…
James Webb Spots a Giant “Planet-Building Graveyard” Around a Tiny Star — and It Shouldn’t Be There
Not every discovery in astronomy is a new world or a blazing star. Some of the most revealing findings are…
Mysterious Sky Flashes From the 1950s Linked to Nuclear Tests, New Study Finds
Before satellites existed, before humans had filled low Earth orbit with debris and hardware, the night sky was far less…
Dark Matter Strikes Back: New Galaxy Study Deals Major Blow to Modified Gravity Theories
For decades, one of the most persistent riddles in astrophysics has been why galaxies—especially tiny, dim ones—rotate faster than they…
Astronomers Catch 30 “Blinking” Dead Stars in Real Time — And No One Knows Why They Flash
High above deserts and oceans, beyond the haze of human interference, the universe hums with signals too faint for the…
Not Dark Matter? Astronomers Stunned as Dwarf Galaxy Is Held Together by a Monster Black Hole
At first glance, Segue 1 hardly seems like something that should rewrite astronomy textbooks. It is faint, sparse, and fragile-looking…
Young Sun’s Violent Blasts Could Be the Reason We Exist, New Study Suggests
Every second, our sun boils and breathes. It hurls bright flares into space and sometimes throws colossal arcs of plasma…
Did Yellowstone’s Wolf Comeback Get Oversold? New Study Says the Iconic Story Doesn’t Hold Up
Few ecological stories have captured the public imagination like the return of wolves to Yellowstone National Park. For nearly three…
Fight-or-Flight Can Grow Arms? New Study Says Salamanders Regenerate Using Adrenaline
For centuries the salamander has been nature’s quiet provocation — a small, soft-bodied creature that can do something no human…
Scientists Find Brain Sends “Stress Bombs” That Ignite Gut Inflammation
For millions of people living with inflammatory bowel diseases such as Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, the illness is not…
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…