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Huge Study Links Ayahuasca to Mental Health Benefits—But It’s Not for Everyone

Naturalistic use of this Amazonian brew shows potential mental health benefits, but with risks.
2 days ago

Women Didn’t Live Longer Than Men in Medieval Times. Here's Why

Bones tell the story of gender and survival in Medieval London.
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This hidden mineral is crumbling thousands of home foundations across New England. “It’s like your house was diagnosed with cancer”

Pyrrhotite causes cracks in concrete. But research on how widespread the issue might be has only scratched the surface.
2 days ago

Roman-Era Britons Had Scandinavian DNA Long Before Viking Raids

Centuries before the Vikings, Scandinavian roots intertwined with Britain's ancient history.
2 days ago

Software files: the science behind file conversion and why it matters

Efficient document conversion technologies like OCR are revolutionizing workplace productivity
2 days ago

Loneliness makes you more prone to disease. Interacting with friends and family can help

Social isolation and loneliness are more than personal struggles—they're global public health crises.
2 days ago

What Turkey’s Cats Teach Us About Human-Animal Relationships

On a visit to feline-friendly Turkey, an anthropologist considers what long-standing practices of caring for cats reveal about human societies.
2 days ago

Scientists Achieve Quantum Teleportation Using Existing Internet Cables

Researchers demonstrate quantum teleportation over internet traffic, paving the way for secure applications.
2 days ago

9 in 10 new cars sold in Norway in 2024 were electric

Norway’s bold policies and long-term vision have turned it into a global leader in electric vehicle adoption.
2 days ago

This Radar System Can Detect Hidden Moisture in Your Walls

Mold is one of the most significant challenges for homeowners, and once it takes hold, it can be incredibly difficult to eliminate. Preventing mold is the best approach, and the cornerstone of mold prevention is managing humidity. Now, researchers from Oa
3 days ago

The surprising link between your pupils and how your brain stores memories at night

In the dim glow of the lab, mice slept peacefully like every other night. But this was no ordinary evening slumber. Scientists had mounted special equipment, including tiny cameras that recorded the movement of the rodents’ pupils while they slept.
3 days ago

Japan is using AI to combat anime and manga piracy

Japan’s anime industry is a multibillion-dollar cultural powerhouse, but piracy poses a massive challenge.
3 days ago

Underwater volcano off Oregon coast on the verge of eruption in 2025

Scientists anticipate the submarine volcano will erupt before the end of 2025.
3 days ago

Marine protection efforts in 2024 were still a drop in the ocean

In 2022, the world agreed at a U.N. biodiversity summit to protect 30% of Earth’s land and water by 2030. While protected areas already account for almost 15% of the planet’s land, protection for the world’s oceans is lagging far behind, at just over 8%.
4 days ago

Chatbots won’t help anyone make weapons of mass destruction. But other AI systems just might

Over the past two years, we have seen much written about the “promise and peril” of artificial intelligence (AI). Some have suggested AI systems might aid in the construction of chemical or biological weapons. How realistic are these concerns? As research
4 days ago

Valencia floods showed why coastal cities should restore their wetlands

Valencia, a city and province in south-east Spain, became synonymous with disaster in October 2024 when floods killed at least 231 people. Extreme rainfall will happen more often as the climate warms and the cost to coastal cities like Valencia is expecte
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Local governments are using AI without clear rules or policies, and the public has no idea

In 2017, the city of Rotterdam in the Netherlands deployed an artificial intelligence (AI) system to determine how likely welfare recipients were to commit fraud. After analysing the data, the system developed biases: it flagged as “high risk” people who
5 days ago

Does IQ Really Measure Your Intelligence?

Intelligence Quotient (IQ) tests have long been the standard for measuring human intelligence. Developed in the early 20th century, these assessments evaluate cognitive abilities through tasks that test logic, reasoning, and problem-solving skills. A high
6 days ago

Godfather of AI says there's a 10-20% chance AI wipes out humanity in 30 years

AI could bring an industrial revolution-level change, but at what cost?
6 days ago

The pair of jeans that sent the chess world in turmoil

Magnus Carlsen wore jeans to a chess tournament. Now the entire sport is boiling over.
1 week ago

Ants outperform humans at group puzzle-solving activity

Ants may have tiny brains, but when it comes to teamwork, they pack a mighty punch.
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Geneticists have finally solved the mystery of Garfield’s orange coat

Garfield, star of the eponymous comic strip created by Jim Davis in 1978, is, like many of the cats that roam our homes, orange. He is orange in the same way that some people are redheaded, some horses are brown, or some dogs are Irish setters, but there
1 week ago

Leopards have unique roars, and AI can identify them

They say you can identify the leopard by its spots, but as it turns out, you can also identify it through its unique roar. Leopards, notoriously difficult to monitor due to their elusive nature, could soon be tracked using passive acoustic recorders paire
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3D-printed 'ghost guns', like the one Luigi Mangione allegedly used to kill a health care CEO, surge in popularity as law enforcement struggles to keep up

The use of 3D-printed guns in criminal and violent activities is likely to continue to increase. And governments and police will continue to have trouble regulating them.
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The Billion-Year Journey That Shaped the Universe We Know Today

The revolutionary James Webb Space Telescope and next-gen radio telescopes are probing what’s known as the epoch of reionization. It holds clues to the first stars and galaxies, and perhaps the nature of dark matter.
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Some Cultures Have No Words for Numbers Beyond 'Three'. Here's What They Can Teach Us

Can you imagine a world without numbers? For many people, that's their reality.
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Changes in Your Dental Health After Holiday Indulgence — What You Need to Know

With the holiday season in full swing, everyone’s stockpiling their favorite seasonal snacks – and maybe even indulging a little more than they usually would throughout the rest of the year. However, a seasonal snack binge, especially on sugary trea
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Two tiger cubs were released in Siberia. They reunited as mates after a trek of 120 miles

Reuniting as mates, they’ve not only adapted to the wild but sparked new hope for the survival of Amur tigers.
2 weeks ago

Haunting video from NASA and ESA shows Greenland losing 563 cubic miles of ice in under 30 seconds

We all know (hopefully) that warming temperatures is driving ice loss. But seeing it makes it all the more disturbing. Don’t get me wrong, the visualization produced by NASA and ESA is beautiful, but what it’s showing is simply heartbreaking.
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NASA spots Christmas "tree" and "wreath" in the cosmos

NASA has captured the holiday spirit in space with stunning images of NGC 602 and NGC 2264.
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Microplastics Discovered in Human Brain Tissue: What Are The Health Risks?

From the air we breathe to the water we drink, microplastics infiltrate every corner of our lives—but what happens when they cross into our brains?
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The Future of Acne Scar Treatment: How Exosomes and Fractional CO2 Lasers are Changing the Game

Disclaimer: This article is not intended to be medical advice. For guidance on treating acne scars, consult a dermatologist. Acne scars can serve as a frustrating reminder of previous skin struggles. For years, treatment options were limited to invasive p
2 weeks ago

When a Vital Cancer Therapy Relies on a Reliable Test, the Details Matter

How researchers are refining a key method to develop better cancer treatments.
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Why Santa’s Reindeer Are All Female, According to Biology

Move over, Rudolph—Santa’s sleigh team might just be a league of extraordinary females.
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What do reindeer do for Christmas? Actually, they just chill through it

As climate change and human development reshape the Arctic, reindeer face unprecedented challenges.
2 weeks ago

Ducks in the Amazon: Pre-Colonial Societies Mastered Complex Agriculture

Far from being untouched wilderness, the Amazon was shaped by pre-Columbian societies with a keen understanding of ecology.
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Archaeologists Uncover Creepy Floor Made From Bones Hidden Beneath a Medieval Dutch House

Archaeologists uncover a mysterious flooring style in the Netherlands, built with cattle bones.
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New tools enable companies to improve the sustainability of their products

There’s no shortage of environmental crises. Whether it’s climate change, plastic pollution, or simply our mounting waste, we just produce too much stuff — and then throw it away. There’s no silver bullet or magic tool that can sol
2 weeks ago

Remote Work Promised Freedom — But Isolation and Burnout Are the Reality for Many

How freedom from the office comes with surprising challenges and trade-offs.
2 weeks ago

How Hot is the Moon? A New NASA Mission is About to Find Out

Understanding how heat moves through the lunar regolith can help scientists understand how the Moon's interior formed.
2 weeks ago

This 5,500-year-old Kish tablet is the oldest written document

Beer, goats, and grains: here's what the oldest document reveals.
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A Huge, Lazy Black Hole Is Redefining the Early Universe

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a massive, dormant black hole from just 800 million years after the Big Bang.
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Did Columbus Bring Syphilis to Europe? Ancient DNA Suggests So

A new study pinpoints the origin of the STD to South America.
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The Magnetic North Pole Has Shifted Again. Here’s Why It Matters

The magnetic North pole is now closer to Siberia than it is to Canada, and scientists aren't sure why.
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For better or worse, machine learning is shaping biology research

Machine learning tools can increase the pace of biology research and open the door to new research questions, but the benefits don’t come without risks.
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This Babylonian Student's 4,000-Year-Old Math Blunder Is Still Relatable Today

More than memorializing a math mistake, stone tablets show just how advanced the Babylonians were in their time.
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Sixty Years Ago, We Nearly Wiped Out Bed Bugs. Then, They Started Changing

Driven to the brink of extinction, bed bugs adapted—and now pesticides are almost useless against them.
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LG’s $60,000 Transparent TV Is So Luxe It’s Practically Invisible

This TV screen vanishes at the push of a button.
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Couple Finds Giant Teeth in Backyard Belonging to 13,000-year-old Mastodon

A New York couple stumble upon an ancient mastodon fossil beneath their lawn.
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The Math Behind Why Mexico’s Cartel War is a Never-Ending Nightmare

Cartels are Mexico's fifth largest employer. They are recruiting faster than the government can arrest them.
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America’s Favorite Christmas Cookies in 2024: A State-by-State Map

Christmas cookie preferences are anything but predictable.
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Worms and Dogs Thrive in Chernobyl’s Radioactive Zone — and Scientists are Intrigued

In the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, worms show no genetic damage despite living in highly radioactive soil, and free-ranging dogs persist despite contamination.
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The 2,500-Year-Old Gut Remedy That Science Just Rediscovered

A forgotten ancient clay called Lemnian Earth, combined with a fungus, shows powerful antibacterial effects and promotes gut health in mice.
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How a 1932 Movie Lawsuit Changed Hollywood Forever and Made Disclaimers a Thing

MGM Studios will remember Rasputin forever. After all, he caused them to lose a legal battle that changed the film industry forever.
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Should we treat Mars as a space archaeology museum? This researcher believes so

Should rover and spacecraft debris be considered "artifacts"? Some anthropologists think so.
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Mysterious "Disease X" identified as aggressive strain of malaria

The mystery of this Disease X seems to have been solved. Now to develop an approach to handling it.
3 weeks ago

Bird Flu Strikes Again: Severe Case Confirmed in the US. Here's what you need to know

Bird flu continues to loom as a global threat. A severe case in Louisiana is the latest development in a series of concerning H5N1 outbreaks.
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These "Ants" Use Ultrablack to Warn Predators — and Stay Cool

Velvet ants, actually flightless wasps, boast an ultrablack exoskeleton thanks to dense nanostructures.
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A Factory for Cyborg Insects? Researchers Unveil Mass Production of Robo-Roaches

The new system can turn cockroaches into cyborgs in under 70 seconds.
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These Squirrels Are Hunting and Eating Meat. Scientists Are Stunned — And They Have Video Proof

California ground squirrels surprise scientists with their newly discovered taste for mammalian flesh.
3 weeks ago

Proba-3: The Budget Mission That Creates Solar Eclipses on Demand

Now scientists won't have to travel from one place to another to observe solar eclipses. They can create their own eclipses lasting for hours.
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Depression Risk Surges by 40% During Perimenopause, New Study Reveals

Women in the perimenopause stage are 40% more likely to experience depression compared to those who aren’t undergoing menopausal changes, according to a new study led by researchers at University College London (UCL). This research, published in the Journ
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Scientists Discover a Surprising Side Effect of Intermittent Fasting — Slower Hair Regrowth

Fasting benefits metabolism but may hinder hair regeneration, at least in mice.
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The Oldest Human Genomes in Europe Show How an Entire Branch of Humanity Disappeared

An ancient human lineage roamed Europe's frozen tundra for nearly 80 generations. Then they died out.
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CCTV Cameras Are Everywhere — And They’re Changing How Your Brain Works

New research reveals how being watched triggers unconscious hyper-awareness.
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Hidden for Centuries, the World’s Largest Coral Colony Was Mistaken for a Shipwreck

This massive coral oasis offers a rare glimmer of hope.
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This Supermassive Black Hole Shot Out a Jet of Energy Unlike Anything We've Seen Before

A gamma-ray flare from a black hole 6.5 billion times the Sun’s mass leaves scientists stunned.
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This New Catalyst Can Produce Ammonia from Air and Water at Room Temperature

Forget giant factories! A new portable device could allow farmers to produce ammonia right in the field, reducing costs, and emissions.
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New York City is introducing a congestion tax for cars. Can it really work?

NYC’s upcoming congestion pricing plan promises less traffic and cleaner air — but is the $9 toll fair for everyone?
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Origami-Inspired Heart Valve May Revolutionize Treatment for Toddlers

A team of researchers at UC Irvine has developed an origami-inspired heart valve that grows with toddlers.
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Scientists Say Antimatter Rockets Could Get Us to the Stars Within a Lifetime — Here’s the Catch

The most explosive fuel in the universe could power humanity’s first starship.
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Scientists Unearth a 4,000-Year-Old Massacre So Brutal It May Have Included Cannibalism

It's Britain's bloodiest prehistoric massacre.
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Astronauts will be making sake on the ISS — and a cosmic bottle will cost $650,000

Astronauts aboard the ISS are brewing more than just discoveries — they’re testing how sake ferments in space.
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Superflares on Sun-Like Stars Are Much More Common Than We Thought

Sun-like stars release massive quantities of radiation into space more often than previously believed.
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Video Games Were Blamed for Hurting Mental Health — New Research Says They Do the Opposite

New research challenges old stereotypes about gaming’s impact on well-being.
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AI thought X-rays are connected to eating refried beans or drinking beer

Instead of finding true medical insights, these algorithms sometimes rely on irrelevant factors — leading to misleading results.
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Over 70% of the world's aquifers could be tainted by 2100

Over 2.5 billion people depend on aquifers for fresh water, but rising seas and climate change are pushing saltwater into these crucial reserves.
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Scientists Call for a Global Pause on Creating “Mirror Life” Before It’s Too Late: “The threat we’re talking about is unprecedented”

Creating synthetic lifeforms is almost here, and the consequences could be devastating.
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Modern Humans and Neanderthals Had Kids for 7,000 Years and the Legacy Lives in Our Genes

Most of us have Neanderthal ancestors, and now scientists how revealed important details about how their DNA shape us today.
3 weeks ago

AI is scheming to stay online — and then lying to humans

An alarming third party report almost looks like a prequel to Terminator.
3 weeks ago

Reading Actually Reshapes Your Brain — Here’s How It Changes Your Mind

Reading can change the brain.
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If You Need Only 4 Hours of Sleep, You Might Have This Rare Genetic Mutation

Short sleepers cruise by on four to six hours a night and don’t seem to suffer ill effects. Turns out they’re genetically built to require less sleep than the rest of us.
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This Hornet Can Drink 80% Alcohol Without Ever Getting Drunk and Scientists Finally Know Why

An interesting study from researchers at the Tel Aviv University (TAU) in Israel reveals that the oriental hornet (Vespa orientalis), an insect capable of turning sunlight into electricity using its skin, has one more astonishing superpower. The res
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This 100-Page Proof Claims to Have Solved the World’s Most Frustrating Math Puzzle: What's The Largest Sofa That Fits Around a Corner?

Mathematician claims to have cracked the annoying puzzle of fitting a sofa around a corner.
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Astronomers Just Found Stars That Mimic Pulsars -- And This Explain Mysterious Radio Pulses in Space

A white dwarf/M dwarf binary could be the secret.
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These Satellites Are About to Create Artificial Solar Eclipses — And Unlock the Sun's Secrets

Two spacecraft will create artificial eclipses to study the Sun’s corona.
3 weeks ago

Religious people aren't more generous than atheists — but there's a catch

As it turns out, there's more to generosity than just what you believe.
3 weeks ago

Around 1 in 5 under 50s may be living with genital herpes — many don't even know it

Well, I didn't have herpes on my Christmas bingo card.
3 weeks ago

The heart may have its own "mini-brain": a nervous system that controls heartbeat

Somewhere within the heart, there may be a "little brain".
3 weeks ago

What is "Disease X" and how worried should we be about it?

A mysterious disease has popped up in the DRC and seems to be particularly deadly to children, but we are still not sure exactly what it is.
4 weeks ago

This Wild Quasiparticle Switches Between Having Mass and Being Massless. It All Depends on the Direction It Travels

Scientists have stumbled upon the semi-Dirac fermion, first predicted 16 years ago.
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Mars Dust Storms Can Engulf Entire Planet, Shutting Down Rovers and Endangering Astronauts — Now We Know Why

Warm days may ignite the Red Planet’s huge dust storms.
4 weeks ago

Can You Tell Which Knot Is Strongest? Most People Fail This Surprisingly Tough Challenge

Knots are a test of physical intuition and most of us are failing hard.
4 weeks ago

Crocodile Scales Form in a Surprising Way That Has Nothing to Do With Genetics

The surprising way crocodile scales form offers a glimpse into how evolution works beyond genes.
4 weeks ago

The Smallest Asteroids Ever Detected Could Be a Game-Changer for Planetary Defense

A new technique allowed scientists to spot the smallest asteroids ever detected in the main belt.
4 weeks ago

Hidden 35,000-Year-Old Ritual Site Found Eight Storeys Deep Inside an Israeli Cave

New study reveals ancient rituals, a carved turtle, and clues to early human gatherings.
4 weeks ago

Superhot Rock Energy Could Could Provide Enough Power to Fuel the U.S. Thousands of Times Over

Could next-generation geothermal energy finally fulfill its promise of ridding us of fossil fuels for good?
4 weeks ago

Scientists Built a Radioactive Diamond Battery That Could Last Longer Than Human Civilization

A tiny diamond battery could power devices for thousands of years.
4 weeks ago

The sound of traffic really has a negative impact on you

A new study reveals how urban noise pollutes more than just the environment — it affects our mood and mental health.
4 weeks ago

New Study Suggests GPT Can Outsmart Most Exams, But It Has a Weakness

Professors should probably start changing how they evaluate students.
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