Could Gum Disease Cause Hidden Brain Damage in Seniors
New research links chronic gum inflammation to subtle signs of brain injury visible on MRI scans. The finding adds to gr...
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New Study Questions Screen Use Before Bed and Sleep
For years we've been warned to put our phones away well before lights-out because blue light suppresses melatonin and wr...
Why You Lose at Rock-Paper-Scissors: Brain Biases Explained
Rock, paper, scissors is often dismissed as child’s play, but neuroscientists have used it as a precise tool to investig...
Ancient Tools in Kenya: 2.75 Million Years of Innovation
Imagine a single toolmaking tradition surviving for nearly 300,000 years while rivers shifted course, fires swept throug...
Digital Brain Training Rewinds Cognitive Aging by a Decade
New clinical results from McGill University suggest that a short, focused course of digital brain exercises can restore ...
Enceladus Warms Up: Hidden Heat Hints at Long-Lived Ocean
New analysis of NASA's Cassini data shows Saturn's icy moon Enceladus releases more heat than scientists expected — and ...
Seven Habits That Can Make Your Brain Years Younger
Your chronological age is fixed on your birth certificate, but your brain’s biological age can differ — sometimes by yea...
Targeting Cancer's Immortality: First RNA-Destroying Drug
Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem report a first-of-its-kind small molecule that seeks out and destroys ...
Why an Extra Forearm Artery Is Increasing in Humans
Small changes in our bodies can reveal big stories about how humans are still evolving. One example is the median artery...
How Engineers Brought Octopus Camouflage to Bacteria
Octopuses, squids and their cephalopod relatives are famous for vanishing acts that look like magic. The secret behind t...
Tobacco Plus Cannabis Linked to Distinct Brain Changes
A small new brain-imaging study suggests people who use tobacco alongside cannabis show distinct changes in brain chemis...
Sweetener Warning: Erythritol May Harm Brain Barrier
Erythritol — a widely used sugar alcohol found in protein bars, energy drinks and many 'keto' products — has long been m...
Neutrino Shape-Shifters: Global Study Reveals Cosmic Clues
Scientists have produced the clearest, most detailed picture yet of how neutrinos — the universe’s most elusive particle...
10,000× Sun: Massive Stars That Shaped Early Galaxies
New research suggests that a handful of gargantuan, short-lived stars—each thousands of times the mass of the Sun—left c...
Topological Insulators Unlock Hidden Terahertz Light
Researchers have demonstrated a new way to coax a previously inaccessible portion of the electromagnetic spectrum out of...
JWST Builds First 3D Map Where Water Breaks on WASP-18b
The James Webb Space Telescope has produced the first three-dimensional map of an exoplanet atmosphere, revealing blazin...
Trump Renominates Jared Isaacman to Lead NASA Again
In a surprising political U-turn, President Donald Trump has renominated billionaire entrepreneur and private astronaut ...
Chinese Taikonauts Delayed After Space Debris Strike
Three Chinese taikonauts have had their planned return to Earth postponed after debris struck their Shenzhou-20 return c...
Stomach Cells Reprogrammed to Produce Insulin in Lab
Researchers have found a surprising new route to create insulin-producing cells: by reprogramming human stomach tissue. ...
COVID Vaccine Reduces Infections, Allergies in Eczema Kids
New research presented at the 2025 ACAAI meeting suggests that COVID-19 vaccination may do more than prevent coronavirus...