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Too Much Dairy Could Be Fueling Your Nightmares
If you’ve ever blamed a late-night slice of pizza or a bowl of ice cream for your restless sleep or…
Scientists Discover Fleeting Atom That Defies Nuclear Expectations
In the deep vaults of the universe’s building blocks, where protons and neutrons crowd together in volatile clusters, a quiet…
New Study Reveals Pets Might Not Be the Cure for Loneliness
When the world shuttered its doors in 2020, leaving streets empty and hearts heavy, countless people turned to a timeless…
Scientists Make Brain Drugs Visible with Molecular Clicks That Could Change Neurology
In a laboratory half a world apart from one another, scientists in the United States and Sweden are working on…
Animals in the Mountains Are Losing Their Sense of Smell
High up in the thin, crisp air where mountains scrape the sky, animals have evolved countless extraordinary tricks to survive.…
Astronomers Discover Ghostly Stars Tracing Dark Matter in Violent Cosmic Collision
In a distant corner of the universe, two colossal clusters of galaxies slammed into each other billions of years ago…
Early Humans Used Ochre as Precision Tools 70,000 Years Ago
Beneath the coastal cliffs of South Africa, inside the dark, humid corridors of Blombos Cave, a 70,000-year-old secret was hiding…
Archaeologists Uncover 3,000-Year-Old Burials Beneath Trelai Park
Every day, laughter echoes across Trelai Park in Cardiff. Children kick footballs across green grass, dogs sprint after frisbees, and…
Enceladus’s Hidden Ocean May Be Even Stranger—And More Life-Friendly—Than We Thought
Far beyond the warmth of Earth, orbiting a planet adorned in rings, lies a moon barely 500 kilometers across—yet packed…
Ancient DNA Reveals Leprosy Struck the Americas 4,000 Years Ago
For much of human history, Hansen’s Disease—commonly known as leprosy—has been one of the most feared and misunderstood illnesses. It…
Astronomers Detect Baby Stars Hidden in a Distant Cosmic Cloud
In a dark, quiet corner of the southern sky, 620 light-years from Earth, a vast molecular cloud silently churns with…
Venus Accidentally Photobombs Earth Satellite and Reveals a Decade of Weather Data
It started with something unexpected—an accidental guest in the background of images meant only for Earth. While scanning through routine…
Scientists Discover a Brain Connection That Could Explain Criminal Behavior
In recent years, a strange new kind of evidence has begun to appear in courtrooms: brain scans. Once the domain…
AI Tool from Mayo Clinic Helps Detect Nine Types of Dementia with a Single Brain Scan
Every day, millions of people around the world begin to lose pieces of themselves—memories slipping like grains of sand, familiar…
Study Finds Sugar Relationships Are Driven by Mating Preference Not Childhood Trauma
It’s a modern kind of romance—or at least a modern kind of arrangement. On dating apps and sleek websites, older,…
Scientists Discover a Hidden Protein That Powers Plant Reproduction
Deep within the delicate tissues of a flowering plant, a molecular dance unfolds—one so intricate, so essential, that life itself…
Scientists Discover Genetic Dimmer Switch That Fine-Tunes Life Itself
Inside every cell of your body lies the same instruction manual: your DNA. Whether you’re looking at the cells that…
Bacteria in Worm Guts Reveal a Hidden Weapon Against Infection
Inside the gut of a tiny, transparent worm called Caenorhabditis elegans, a hidden drama unfolds every day—a molecular dance between…
What Happens in the Brain During Meditation
It begins with stillness. No matter the form—sitting cross-legged in a quiet room, walking mindfully beneath trees, breathing slowly on…
Why Anxiety Feels So Physical
Anxiety doesn’t whisper. It screams. Not in thoughts—but in tight chests, racing hearts, trembling hands, and stomachs that twist like…
The Silent Rules of Social Behavior You Follow Without Knowing
You walk into a room and feel the shift. No one says anything, but you know. You stand a little…