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AI reveals new class of cellular 'off switch' linked to cancer pathways
Cornell researchers have used artificial intelligence to uncover a previously unknown way cells control how proteins move inside them, a pro
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Body-related TikTok content linked to self-objectification and mood
Viewing "thinspiration" content on TikTok increases self-objectification and worsens mood, while viewing body-positive content also increase
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'Here, There and Everywhere': The Beatles have permeated research papers across academic disciplines
More than 3,000 scientific article titles across disciplines have made use of Beatles song titles and lyrics, according to a study published
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Fossils from embryo to adult suggest how an enigmatic, bird-like troodontid dinosaur grew
Analysis of fossilized remains from dinosaurs known as troodontids reveals how one species' hip and leg bones may have developed over its li
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Asian elephants can resist impulsive behavior, researchers find
Researchers at the CUNY Graduate Center and Hunter College have found that Asian elephants can suppress impulsive behaviors and adjust their
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JWST discovers that Chariklo's invisible rings are changing
Until just over a decade ago, ring systems were thought to be exclusive to the giant planets of the solar system, such as Jupiter, Saturn, U
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Ice Age origins of one of humanity's oldest drug habits discovered
A team of Griffith University archaeologists has uncovered evidence that humans were using mind-altering substances much earlier than previo
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Heat spikes over Tibet may help explain severe Californian flooding
Unusually high temperatures over the mountainous region can kick-start a chain of events that ultimately leads to a severe deluge on the US
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Earliest evidence of habitual drug use found in teeth in Indonesia
Strange, rounded grooves in prehistoric teeth are thought to have been made by regularly sucking whole betel nuts to extract a pain-relievin
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Bursts of ‘pink noise’ during sleep seem to help clear waste from brain
The human brain flushes out waste products while we sleep and now it seems that certain sounds might enhance the process
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Decades-old DNA mystery solved after strands are captured zipping together for the first time
Researchers have captured the moment two DNA molecules zip together, overcoming their identical negative charges to pair up and revealing a
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Liquid gold: Could we turn our urine into fertilizer?
For thousands of years, human urine has had real value. After our bodies absorb nutrients from our food, they excrete the rest—mainly via ur
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Survey shows public confidence in Fauci declines since spring but still exceeds RFK Jr.
Americans' confidence in Dr. Anthony Fauci as a source of trustworthy public health information declined over the four months from April to
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The Anthropocene was rejected as a geological epoch—but the idea is still changing how we see the world
The Anthropocene became part of the zeitgeist after Nobel laureate Paul Crutzen launched the idea in 2000. This is the notion that a crescen
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The surprising place where giant dinosaurs incubated their eggs
Finding a fossilized dinosaur egg is exceptionally rare, but finding a stash of more than 250 shell fragments in the chilly southern reaches
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Canada's last epishelf lake is gone for good, study confirms
Canada's last epishelf lake drained into the Arctic Ocean following the 2020 breakup of the Milne Ice Shelf and will not recover, a new stud
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When benefit corporations get certified, is it 'greenwashing' in stereo?
The term "benefit corporation" is becoming increasingly familiar as a label for companies with a hybrid commitment to the social good and pr
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Are anti-black holes possible, and how could we tell if we were looking at one?
One reader thinks the answer is yes, and gives ways we could spot them
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Unexpected hints of dark matter should breathe life into particle physics
With little in the way of significant discoveries since 2012, there have been mutterings that particle physics is at a dead end. However, ne
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Twisteddoodles on spies through the ages
This week's cartoon from Twisteddoodles
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What changes will occur on Earth as the moon moves further away? part 3
A reader thinks outside the box on ways to mitigate against this slow-forming issue
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Why do humans have a common sense of beauty for things like sunsets and do other animals share this appreciation?
Although one reader thinks it would be virtually impossible to tell if animals have a sense of beauty, they give their two cents on why huma
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Tom Gauld on an introduction to basic philosophical astronomy
Tom Gauld's weekly cartoon
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New Scientist recommends a fascinating deep dive into the real Vikings
The stories we tell about the Vikings often say more about us than them. Archaeologist Neil Price's new book The Sea-King and the Sorceress
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