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Zepbound’s and Ozempic’s greatest benefit may be their anti-inflammatory power

A growing body of research suggests that GLP-1 drugs do more than control appetite and blood sugar. They could also fight inflammation

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NASA Curiosity discovery, suicide hotline hope, the AI voice clone upper hand

What NASA’s Curiosity Rover found on Mars, how youth suicides dropped after the launch of the 988 crisis line, and what people think of AI voice clones

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Entire NSF science advisory board fired by Trump administration

Members of the National Science Board, which the US Congress founded in 1950, were given no explanation for their termination

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Anti-vax protesters stood on a street corner, holding yellow placards with anti vaccine slogans.
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‘Staggering’ number of people believe unproven claims about vaccines, raw milk and more

Survey results suggest a rise in questioning of scientific evidence

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An African leopard catches an Egyptian fruit bat as seen on video from a remote solar-powered camera trap at Python Cave, Uganda.
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‘Bat feast’ animal videos at African cave offer clues to how deadly viruses spread

Researchers filmed 10 species eating or scavenging bats at known Marburg-virus hotspot—and caught hundreds of humans visiting

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Can electric air taxis carry passengers? Vertical Aerospace’s VX4 just cleared a key test

A British start-up recently pulled off a key maneuver for electric vertical flight—but certification, infrastructure and demand will decide whether air taxis fill our skies

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Mollusk shells could pave the way to greener materials

Nacre-inspired ceramics could be the basis for the next generation of energy-efficient technology

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One scientist’s 10-year quest to calculate the strength of gravity

Earth’s gravitational force, g, has been known for centuries. But the exact value of G, the universal gravitational constant, is elusive

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RFK, Jr., praises ibogaine for depression treatment. Is the psychedelic a magic bullet?

At a Senate hearing on Wednesday, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., referred to ibogaine as the most promising treatment for PTSD and depression “that anybody’s ever seen.” Does the science hold that up?

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RFK, Jr. puts psychedelics on fast track to FDA review and approval

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is seeking to accelerate the review process for three companies studying psilocybin and an MDMA-like drug as treatments for depression and PTSD

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Alien comet suggests our solar system is the oddball

Measurements of this interstellar comet’s molecular makeup show an excess of heavy water molecules that is dramatically different from anything known to have ever formed around our sun

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Geese in flight in front of the moon at dusk.
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How darkness might save migratory birds

Light pollution is dangerous for birds flying over towns and cities. Here’s how you can help

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Image of a planetary nebula taken by the James Webb Space Telescope.
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New JWST images reveal cosmic question marks and buckyballs in a planetary nebula

New James Webb Space Telescope images could shed fresh light on how dying stars evolve over time

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Amateur armed with ChatGPT 'vibe-maths' a 60-year-old problem

A ChatGPT AI has proved a conjecture with a method no human had thought of. Experts believe it may have further uses

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Rosa Rademakers and Bryan Traynor stand in formal dress in front of a Breakthrough Prize backdrop. They are wearing medals and holding an award.
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How geneticists uncovered a common root of two neurological diseases

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) can have the same genetic cause, a discovery that won two neurogeneticists a portion of the 2026 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences

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Cropped image of a line chart highlights a comparison of expected and actual deaths following the launch of the 988 Lifeline in 2022.
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988 crisis hotline linked to drop in young adult suicide rates

The states with the greatest increases in 988 crisis hotline use since 2022 experienced the greatest decrease in suicide mortality, but the hotline alone may not explain the drop

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What happens if you’re hit by a primordial black hole?

Subatomic black holes from ancient cosmic history could, in principle, make you have a very bad day. But chances are you’ll never encounter one

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Trump wants Iran's 'nuclear dust.' Here's how the U.S. could remove the uranium

President Trump keeps promising to secure Iran’s nuclear “dust,” which is actually a gas

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Africa could split apart sooner than scientists thought

New research reveals that a rift in Earth’s crust is just a few million years away from splitting the continent of Africa into two—and creating a new ocean

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From pet stores to pandemics—how wildlife trade helps diseases jump to humans

New research shows the global wildlife trade is rapidly accelerating the spread of animal pathogens that can jump to humans

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How do earthquakes end? A seismic 'stop sign' could help predict earthquake risk

When an earthquake rupturing along a fault hits a barrier, it creates a seismic signature called the “stopping phase.” Scientists have isolated this and could use it to better predict earthquake risk

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Wildfire ‘red flag’ warnings in effect for large chunk of the U.S. Here’s what to know

These wildfire warnings are in place up and down the country, from Texas to North Dakota and Minnesota

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‘Kraken’ fossils show enormous, intelligent octopuses were top predators in Cretaceous seas

Fossil jaws from colossal octopuses place them at the top of a prehistoric marine food chain

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Trump administration officially reclassifies state-licensed medical marijuana as Schedule III

The Trump administration said this move, which does not legalize marijuana for medical or recreational use under federal law, is just the start of a process to reclassify the drug more broadly

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U.S. scientists solve the mystery of a golden orb discovered in the deep sea. Here’s what it really is

This enigmatic orb has undergone extensive examination and DNA testing, enabling scientists to reveal its true origins

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NASA’s Artemis II was a major success—so why couldn’t the crew flush the toilet?

The space environment—microgravity, extreme temperatures and more—make it near-impossible to truly test a space toilet like Artemis II's ahead of launch, experts say

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Passage from Homer’s Iliad discovered in the abdomen of a Roman-era Egyptian mummy

A snippet of text from Homer’s famous epic recounting the siege of Troy was apparently placed inside this body as part of the mummification process

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A volcanic mystery reveals that rising magma has a stealth mode

In 2022 a swarm of earthquakes in the Azores suggested that an eruption was imminent, but none happened. Now we know why, and it means magma can be sneakier than we knew

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Genetic origins of language may predate modern humans splitting from Neanderthals, a new study suggests

A new study links genetic regions that predate the divergence of modern humans and Neanderthals to language

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New York City, New Orleans at greatest risk of extreme damage from floods, new analysis reveals

While New York City leads in terms of the absolute number of people threatened by flood, more than 98 percent of New Orleans’ population is at risk, according to a new study

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RFK, Jr., set to overhaul key committee that issues disease screening recommendations

Lawmakers grilled Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., on cuts and changes to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, which focuses on preventive health screening

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NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will launch in September

Ahead of schedule and under budget, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will launch in early September. The mission aims to map the universe in unprecedented detail

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The solar system’s first solids had a fast start

Rather than slowly condensing over millions of years, the first building blocks of Earth and other planets may have formed rapidly in a chaotic disk at the dawn of the solar system

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Smoking ban for people born after 2008 is on the cusp of becoming law in the U.K.

This ban applies to various tobacco products and also seeks to beef up existing laws that restrict the sale and marketing of vapes to children

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Plants can ‘hear’ rain coming, spurring them into action

Even before water reaches them, the sound of droplets triggers germination in rice plants

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A humanoid robot beat the human half-marathon record at a Beijing race. But what did it actually prove?

A premapped course, a crew of handlers and a world-beating time: here’s what this Beijing half marathon reveals about how far humanoid robots have come—and how far they haven’t

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NASA’s ‘Earthrise’ image changed how we see our planet. Can the Artemis moon missions do the same?

Fresh takes on Apollo’s famous “Earthrise” and “Blue Marble” images showed off our planet’s beauty just weeks before Earth Day

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Whatever happened to the ozone hole, acid rain and DDT?

The environmental crises of the past often seem to disappear—have problems like acid rain and smog been solved?

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This Earth Day, three experts share tips on how to feel hopeful about the environment

This Earth Day three environmental experts share stories about times when environmental action succeeded in saving the planet—and explain why this can be done again

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Gibraltar macaques are self-medicating with dirt to help them digest human junk food

Gibraltar’s macaques have been observed engaging in geophagy, the consumption of soil and clay, in an apparent attempt to quell their nausea from eating fatty and salty foods offered by tourists

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Hegseth says U.S. military no longer requires flu vaccination, drawing criticism from health experts

The decision to no longer enforce mandatory annual flu shots for military personnel could mean more troops will get sick during flu season, one expert says

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Mathematicians found out why waiting for the elevator takes forever

Does it ever feel like an elevator is always going in the wrong direction? Mathematics can explain why

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The quantum arrow of time can be reversed, physicists show

Researchers have developed a way to flip time to move backward in a quantum system. This level of control could lead to bizarre real-world applications

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Former NASA astronauts launch new group to promote U.S. constitutional values

More than 100 NASA astronauts have signed on to a nonpartisan effort to promote “the principles that have propelled our nation for 250 years”

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NASA just dropped a stunning new Hubble image of a ‘Cosmic Sea Lemon’ 5,000 light-years away

The Hubble Space Telescope turns 36 this year. And to celebrate, it released an incredible new image of the Trifid Nebula

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FBI investigating possible links between deaths and disappearances of at least 10 scientists

This announcement from the FBI came after President Donald Trump highlighted the recent deaths of several scientists and government workers who may have had access to sensitive information

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Why firstborns may be more likely than secondborns to be autistic or to have allergies

A comprehensive study found differences in numerous health conditions in firstborn children versus those born second

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Trump’s order on psychedelics could have far-reaching science consequences

A new executive order could make it easier for researchers studying how psychedelic drugs such as psilocybin, LSD and ibogaine may be useful in medicine

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NASA’s 2028 moon landing may be delayed because of lack of space suits, watchdog report warns

NASA needs new space suits to land astronauts on the moon by 2028, but development is behind and in danger of slipping further, according to a report from the agency’s Office of Inspector General

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Astronauts’ brains don’t fully adapt to life in microgravity, new study finds

New research shows astronauts tend to grip objects in microgravity as if they felt as heavy as or heavier than they would on Earth, a finding that could help future space exploration

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Risk of ‘megaquake’ in Japan higher after powerful earthquake strikes

After a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck off the coast of Japan and set off tsunami warnings, there’s an elevated risk of a “megaquake” following in its wake

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NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft down to just two working science instruments

This iconic spacecraft launched nearly 49 years ago and is running perilously low on power

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See Bruce the parrot wield his broken beak like a deadly weapon

Bruce the Kea parrot is missing the upper half of his beak, but he has turned this disability into a weapon to keep subordinates in line

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The strange way cocaine water pollution is changing salmon

It turns out that salmon exposed to cocaine through water pollution do a lot of swimming—which may not be a good thing

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Magnetic muon measurements and gene-therapy advances win $3 million Breakthrough prizes

This year’s winners include hundreds of physicists across more than 30 institutions

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Ancient Roman ‘machine-gun’ damage discovered on Pompeii walls

Recently uncovered damage to walls in Pompeii displays patterns that may have been made by an ancient “machine gun” called a polybolos

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The Lyrid meteor shower is peaking now

The Lyrid meteor shower is peaking from April 21 to April 22. Here’s how to spot this annual celestial light show

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‘Cocaine hippos’ raise tough questions, and scientists uncover insights on faster aging and heart risks

“Cocaine hippos,” underground bees, and fresh insights into aging and heart health

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Why game theory could be critical in a nuclear war

Military strategists use game theory to evaluate possible strategies—but there are limits to what this approach to decision-making can achieve

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How a Renaissance gambling dispute spawned probability theory

A dispute over how to divvy up the pot in an interrupted game of chance led early mathematicians to invent modern risk assessment

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