Did We Finally Spot Dark Matter in the Milky Way Halo?
After 15 years of gamma-ray observations, astronomers have identified a faint, high-energy glow in the Milky Way's halo ...
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Where Did Theia Come From? New Evidence Points Nearby
Roughly 4.5 billion years ago a Mars-sized planetesimal smashed into the young Earth, producing a molten, chaotic afterm...
Persistent Maternal Thyroid Imbalance Raises Autism Risk
New large-scale research links ongoing maternal thyroid hormone imbalance during pregnancy with an increased chance of a...
Brain Rot and Short Videos: APA Finds Cognitive Harm
Last year Oxford Dictionaries popularized the term "brain rot" to describe the numbing effect of endless low-quality onl...
Married and Gaining Weight: Why Couples Pack on Pounds
New data from an Australian longitudinal study suggests romantic partnerships often coincide with modest but consistent ...
Rapid Rescue: Shenzhou-22 Emergency Launch to Tiangong
China carried out its first-ever emergency space launch when an unmanned Shenzhou-22 capsule, lofted by a Long March-2F ...
Boeing’s Starliner Set for Uncrewed ISS Flight in 2026
NASA and Boeing have confirmed that the Starliner spacecraft is being prepared for another trip to the International Spa...
Could a Primordial Black Hole Ever Pass Through You?
Primordial black holes are a theoretical class of black holes thought to have formed in the very early universe. In popu...
Most Dog Breeds Carry Detectable Wolf DNA, Study Finds
Many pet dogs carry a trace of their wild relatives: a new genomic analysis finds wolf ancestry across a majority of mod...
Untreated Sleep Apnea Nearly Doubles Parkinson’s Risk
New research suggests that leaving obstructive sleep apnea untreated may dramatically raise the odds of developing Parki...
Nasal Nanodrops Target Glioblastoma: A New Immune Route
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine and Northwestern University have developed an intranasal nanodro...
AI Maps 100 Billion Stars: Faster, Sharper Milky Way Sim
A Japanese research team has used artificial intelligence to create the most detailed Milky Way simulation to date — one...
Shear-Driven Bubbles: The Hidden Trigger in Volcanoes
Scientists have found a surprising new trigger inside volcanic conduits: shear forces that "knead" magma and produce gas...
Hidden Deep: How Core Leaks Shaped Earth's Habitability
Deep beneath our feet, enormous and oddly behaving structures at the core–mantle boundary are rewriting parts of Earth’s...
Coastal Upwelling Is Making Oceans Acidify Faster
New research shows that coastal upwelling systems are accelerating ocean acidification well beyond global averages, thre...
Plants That Mine Metals: Ferns Could Unlock Rare Earths
Researchers have discovered that certain ferns can concentrate rare earth elements (REEs) by forming microscopic monazit...
How Mantle Waves Peel Continents and Feed Volcanoes
Geoscientists say a slow, hidden process deep beneath our feet is stripping continental roots and carrying that material...
A Spoonful of Black Cumin: Could It Lower Cholesterol?
A common culinary spice with a long folk-medicine history is drawing renewed scientific attention. A small clinical tria...
Human Evolution Is Ongoing: Evidence from Genes and Culture
For many, human evolution feels like a chapter closed in prehistory — a story of primitive people becoming modern throug...
First Human Death from H5N5 Bird Flu Reported in US
A Washington state resident has died after contracting a rare avian influenza strain, H5N5, marking the first recorded h...