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The Secret Weapon Hiding in Pine Trees for 300 Million Years
Walk through a pine forest on a summer day, and you will notice the scent long before you see the…
Scientists May Have Finally Solved Mercury’s Bizarre Origin Story
Mercury, the smallest planet in our solar system and the one that orbits closest to the Sun, has long baffled…
Scientists Finally Solve 20-Year Mystery of the Crater Hidden Beneath the North Sea
For more than two decades, a strange structure hidden beneath the southern North Sea has puzzled scientists, sparking heated arguments…
24-Million-Year-Old Bees Found with Pollen Still Attached—Unlocking the Oldest Pollination Story Ever Told
Twenty-four million years ago, in what is now Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, a volcanic crater lake quietly held the remains of plants…
Scientists Unearth Giant Ancestor of Australia’s Lyrebird—And It Couldn’t Fly
Deep in the rugged landscapes of Boodjamulla National Park in northwestern Queensland, a fossil has been uncovered that whispers of…
Older Than Egypt? Scientists Uncover 10,000-Year-Old Smoke-Dried Mummies in Asia
When most people think of mummies, their minds immediately turn to the golden sands of Egypt, where bandage-wrapped pharaohs rest…
Astronomers Spot a “Half-Exploded” Star 72 Million Light-Years Away—And It’s Unlike Anything Seen Before
In the grand theater of the universe, stars live brilliant but finite lives. Some fade quietly, while others die in…
Billions of Invisible Particles Pass Through You Every Second—But They Might Be Making the Universe’s Gold
Few events in the universe are as violent, spectacular, and meaningful as the collision of two neutron stars. These compact…
Why Night Owls Are More Likely to Get Hooked on Their Phones, According to Science
Many young adults proudly call themselves “night owls.” They thrive after dark, feeling most alive when others are winding down…
Scientists Uncovered 13 New Genes Linked to Dyslexia—And It Could Change How We See Learning Differences Forever
Dyslexia is far more than a difficulty with reading or spelling—it is a unique way of processing language that has…
Long COVID May Be Silently Changing Women’s Menstrual Cycles—Here’s How
The COVID-19 pandemic has reshaped medicine in ways no one anticipated. While most early attention was focused on the lungs,…
Your Pancreas Has a Secret Weapon Against Diabetes—And We’re Only Just Discovering It
For decades, biology textbooks told a simple story: pancreatic beta cells make insulin to lower blood sugar, while alpha cells…
Scientists Discover Pain-Sensing Nerves Could Hold the Key to Stopping Deadly Lung Scarring
Pulmonary fibrosis, often described as “lung scarring,” is one of the most devastating lung diseases known today. Though relatively uncommon,…
Scientists May Have Found a Way to Heal the Brain After a Stroke—And It Starts With Stem Cells
When a stroke strikes, it does so with brutal speed. In just minutes, brain cells begin to die, and with…
Your Brain Has Two Modes of Thinking—And They Switch Without You Knowing
Every time we walk into a room, meet a stranger, or recall the face of a loved one, our brain…
Can Ancient Breathing Practices Calm Modern Minds? New Study Says Yes
Breathing is the one function of the human body that is both automatic and voluntary. We can let it happen…
Scientists Found a Hidden Switch in the Brain—And It Could Treat Schizophrenia, Anxiety, and Memory Loss
For decades, scientists have known that the brain is a bustling universe of signals—tiny electrical impulses racing across vast networks…
James Webb Found ‘Small Red Dots’—And They Might Be a Whole New Kind of Cosmic Monster
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) was built to look deeper into the cosmos than any instrument before it. Its…
3,300-Year-Old Bone Whistle Found in Egypt Could Reveal Secrets of Royal Tomb Guards
More than three thousand years ago, in the desert city of Akhetaten—today known as Amarna—a sharp, piercing sound may have…
Viking Religion: Gods and Afterlife Beliefs
To step into the world of the Vikings is to enter a landscape where the natural and supernatural were inseparably…
This New Algorithm Could Finally Make Quantum Computers Work Like We Dreamed
Quantum computers have long been hailed as the next great leap in technology, promising to outperform classical machines in tasks…