Microdoses of Cannabis Slow Alzheimer’s Decline, Trial Shows
Researchers report that tiny, sub-psychoactive doses of a cannabis extract stabilized cognitive decline in people with m...
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Why Swearing Can Boost Strength and Workout Focus Now
Swearing might feel like an instinctive release after a stubbed toe — but new research suggests it can also give your bo...
Six Midlife Depression Symptoms That Predict Dementia Risk
New research suggests that not all depressive symptoms are equal when it comes to dementia risk. A long-term UK study fi...
Why December Seems to Come Faster Every Year — Science
How did we suddenly jump from Easter chocolate to December decorations? The sensation that a year—or just the last few m...
Baikonur Launch Pad Crash Grounds Russia's ISS Flights
On November 27, a dramatic accident at Russia's Baikonur Cosmodrome disrupted the country's ability to send crews and ca...
James Webb Finds a Lemon-Shaped Planet Packed with Carbon
Space keeps delivering surprises. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has spotted an exoplanet so unusual that astrono...
Why the Arctic Just Had Its Hottest Year on Record
The Arctic has just recorded its warmest 12-month stretch since observations began, a stark signal of accelerating clima...
Could One Blood Test Predict Your Risk of Dying Next Decade?
Imagine a routine blood draw—no scans, no invasive tests—that could flag whether your risk of dying in the next five to ...
One Solar Storm Could Ground Spaceflight for Decades
Modern low-Earth orbit (LEO) has become a crowded, fast-moving environment. New research warns that a single powerful so...
New Microscope Makes Invisible 2D Boron Nitride Glow
Researchers have found a clever optical trick to visualize single-atom-thick sheets of hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) — a...
AI That Predicts Pedestrian Moves: OmniPredict's Leap
Researchers have developed a new AI system that moves autonomous vehicles beyond simply seeing pedestrians to anticipati...
Timing Reveals Calm Origins for Some Hot Jupiters Today
Hot Jupiters — giant planets that hug their stars in blisteringly short orbits — have puzzled astronomers for decades. A...
Real-Life Tatooine: A Young Giant Planet Orbits Two Suns
Astronomers have found and directly imaged a massive exoplanet that orbits two suns — a real-life echo of the fictional ...
Not a Mushroom: The Strange Parasitic Plant Balanophora
A tiny, mushroom-like organism that never sees sunlight: Balanophora is a flowering plant that defies expectations. Lack...
If Temperatures Rise 4C: 4,000 Glaciers Lost Each Year
Under a high-warming scenario, the world’s glaciers could vanish at a staggering rate. New projections show that, if glo...
30,000 Brain Scans Link Ultra-Processed Foods to Brain Change
An international analysis of nearly 30,000 brain scans finds links between frequent consumption of ultra-processed foods...
How Microbial Signals from Diet Could Prevent Diabetes
New research suggests tiny molecules produced by gut microbes act as signals that shape immune function and metabolic he...
James Webb Finds Atmosphere on Lava World TOI-561 b
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has delivered the strongest evidence yet that a small, ultra-hot rocky exoplanet — TOI...
JWST Sees Exoplanet Sprout Two Giant Helium Tails Unexpected
About 880 light-years away a scorched gas giant is literally pouring part of itself into space. New observations from th...
2.75 Billion Buildings Mapped in a Global 3D Atlas
Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have published the largest three-dimensional map of human-built ...