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Migraine Attacks May Be Triggered by “Unusual Days,” Study Finds

Migraine Attacks May Be Triggered by “Unusual Days,” Study Finds

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayNovember 17, 2025November 17, 2025

The story begins not in a lab but in the quiet, unpredictable rhythm of daily life. A slightly worse night…

Scientists Find Fetal Brain “Echoes” Hidden in Adult Schizophrenia Brains

Scientists Find Fetal Brain “Echoes” Hidden in Adult Schizophrenia Brains

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayNovember 17, 2025November 17, 2025

The mystery began with a contradiction that has haunted psychiatry for decades. Schizophrenia, a disorder marked by hallucinations, delusions, and…

Scientists Discover the Uterus Has “Pressure Sensors” That Help Control Labor — And It Changes Everything We Thought We Knew

Scientists Discover the Uterus Has “Pressure Sensors” That Help Control Labor — And It Changes Everything We Thought We Knew

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayNovember 17, 2025November 17, 2025

Labor begins with a whisper, not a roar. Before the first visible contraction, before the gripping tension that signals a…

Scientists Discover Two Genes That Decide Which Fly Neurons Live—or Die—and the Secret Determines Who Can Sing

Scientists Discover Two Genes That Decide Which Fly Neurons Live—or Die—and the Secret Determines Who Can Sing

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayNovember 17, 2025

In the quiet unfolding of a fly’s nervous system, long before it learns to flutter its wings or find a…

Scientists Finally Crack Hydralazine’s Mystery—and Discover It Stops Aggressive Glioblastoma

Scientists Finally Crack Hydralazine’s Mystery—and Discover It Stops Aggressive Glioblastoma

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayNovember 16, 2025

For generations, hydralazine has been one of medicine’s quiet workhorses. Doctors reached for it during emergencies, pregnant patients relied on…

Scientists Discover First Single Gene That Can Directly Cause a Mental Illness

Scientists Discover First Single Gene That Can Directly Cause a Mental Illness

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayNovember 16, 2025

For decades, the story of mental illness has been told in many threads, woven from environmental influences, life experiences, and…

Scientists Discover Gut Bacterium That Prevents Obesity — Even on a High-Fat Diet

Scientists Discover Gut Bacterium That Prevents Obesity — Even on a High-Fat Diet

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayNovember 16, 2025November 16, 2025

For as long as people have struggled with weight, the world has offered an endless parade of solutions. Diet trends…

Young Adults Are Getting Colorectal Cancer—And Ultra-Processed Foods May Be to Blame, Study Finds

Young Adults Are Getting Colorectal Cancer—And Ultra-Processed Foods May Be to Blame, Study Finds

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayNovember 14, 2025November 15, 2025

Colorectal cancer has long been considered a disease of age—an illness that typically emerges after decades of cellular wear, environmental…

Your Anxiety Might Be Controlled by the Brain’s Immune System, Not Your Thoughts

Your Anxiety Might Be Controlled by the Brain’s Immune System, Not Your Thoughts

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayNovember 13, 2025November 15, 2025

Anxiety affects millions of people around the world—so many, in fact, that it’s become one of the defining mental health…

This Shape-Shifting Ultrasound Patch Could Transform How We Heal Our Bodies

This Shape-Shifting Ultrasound Patch Could Transform How We Heal Our Bodies

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayNovember 13, 2025November 15, 2025

For decades, scientists have dreamed of creating wearable ultrasound devices that could image the body with the same clarity as…

Scientists Finally Prove a Common Virus Causes Lupus — And Nearly Everyone Has It

Scientists Finally Prove a Common Virus Causes Lupus — And Nearly Everyone Has It

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayNovember 13, 2025November 15, 2025

It hides in nearly everyone you know—inside your family, your friends, even yourself. The Epstein-Barr virus, or EBV, quietly lives…

Silent Bird Flu Infections Found in Humans — CDC Confirms Rare H5N1 Cases Without Symptoms

Silent Bird Flu Infections Found in Humans — CDC Confirms Rare H5N1 Cases Without Symptoms

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayNovember 13, 2025November 15, 2025

When we think of bird flu, we picture scenes of mass poultry culls, soaring egg prices, and biohazard-suited workers struggling…

LSD Microdosing Cut Depression by Nearly 60% — and the Results Lasted Six Months

LSD Microdosing Cut Depression by Nearly 60% — and the Results Lasted Six Months

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayNovember 13, 2025November 15, 2025

For millions around the world living under the heavy fog of major depressive disorder, the search for relief can feel…

Scientists Discover Depression Isn’t All the Same — and One Type Is Far More Hereditary

Scientists Discover Depression Isn’t All the Same — and One Type Is Far More Hereditary

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayNovember 13, 2025November 15, 2025

Depression is one of the most common and devastating mental illnesses in the world. It can arrive quietly or suddenly,…

Scientists Discover Pancreatic Tumors “Hack” the Nervous System to Grow Faster

Scientists Discover Pancreatic Tumors “Hack” the Nervous System to Grow Faster

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayNovember 12, 2025November 15, 2025

Pancreatic cancer is often called a silent killer. It grows quietly, spreads aggressively, and resists most treatments, making it one…

Your Mind and Brain Are More Connected Than You Think—New Research Just Proved It

Your Mind and Brain Are More Connected Than You Think—New Research Just Proved It

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayNovember 12, 2025November 15, 2025

For more than a century, medicine has drawn a clear line between the fields of neurology and psychiatry. Neurology was…

Scientists Discover Compound in Pomegranates That May Rejuvenate the Aging Immune System

Scientists Discover Compound in Pomegranates That May Rejuvenate the Aging Immune System

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayNovember 9, 2025November 15, 2025

Aging is inevitable—but what if some aspects of it could be slowed, or even gently reversed? A new international study…

Scientists Discover How Friendship Literally Rewires Your Brain for Better Memory

Scientists Discover How Friendship Literally Rewires Your Brain for Better Memory

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayNovember 8, 2025November 15, 2025

It has long been said that humans are social creatures—that we thrive on connection, conversation, and community. But new research…

Scientists Discover a Hidden Brain Enzyme That Could Slow Alzheimer’s Disease

Scientists Discover a Hidden Brain Enzyme That Could Slow Alzheimer’s Disease

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayNovember 8, 2025November 15, 2025

Deep inside the cells of the brain, a small and often overlooked enzyme has been quietly playing a powerful role…

Scientists Discover Experimental Drug That Stops Aggressive Breast Cancer in Its Tracks

Scientists Discover Experimental Drug That Stops Aggressive Breast Cancer in Its Tracks

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayNovember 8, 2025November 15, 2025

Among all forms of breast cancer, one type continues to haunt patients and researchers alike: triple-negative breast cancer. It’s a…

Your Kidneys Might Be Failing Even If Your Lab Results Look ‘Normal,’ Scientists Warn

Your Kidneys Might Be Failing Even If Your Lab Results Look ‘Normal,’ Scientists Warn

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayNovember 8, 2025November 15, 2025

Every day, your kidneys quietly filter toxins from your blood, balancing fluids and maintaining the body’s delicate chemistry. Most of…

Scientists Can Now Turn Your Thoughts Into Words — Here’s How “Mind-Captioning” Works

Scientists Can Now Turn Your Thoughts Into Words — Here’s How “Mind-Captioning” Works

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayNovember 8, 2025November 15, 2025

For centuries, humanity has dreamed of reading the mind—of translating thoughts directly into words, images, or sounds. Philosophers once imagined…

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