Health
A Brain Protein Found in Fat Could Help Burn Away Obesity
Could fighting obesity be as simple as revving up the body's own heat-producing fat?
Sep 4, 2025
Health
Your Router Could Read Your Pulse Through the Air
For most of us, WiFi means Netflix, email, and a dozen smart gadgets clamoring for bandwidth.
Sep 4, 2025
Physics
Scientists Watch Single Atomic Nucleus Flip In Real Time
Seconds matter when you zoom in far enough. At Delft University of Technology, researchers watched a single atomic nucleus switch its spin live, not as an…
Sep 4, 2025
Physics
InSight Seismic Data Reveals Solid Inner Core On Mars
Turns out Mars is not just a ball of molten metal inside. New seismic analyses from NASA’s InSight mission point to a solid inner core about 613 kilometers in…
Sep 4, 2025
Brain & Behavior
How Mice Reveal the Brain’s Hidden Conversations
Neural activity spreads like wildfire across the brain, touching far more regions than most scientists expected.
Sep 4, 2025
Health
A Natural Brake on Cancer Comes Into View
Inside every cancer cell, the MYC gene pushes growth into overdrive. But nature built in a way to hit the brakes.
Sep 4, 2025
Health
Common Allergy Spray Cuts Covid Infections By Two-Thirds
Twice-weekly swabs, three daily sprays, and a surprise: fewer infections. In a randomized, placebo-controlled trial at Saarland University Hospital in Germany…
Sep 4, 2025
Health
Medical Cannabis Linked To Better Sleep Over 18 Months
Insomnia patients in the UK who were prescribed cannabis-based medicines reported better sleep that largely persisted for a year and a half.
Sep 4, 2025
Brain & Behavior
Gossiping With Your Partner Predicts Happiness And Bonding
Gossip, the habit we claim to hate, may be good for love. In a naturalistic study from UC Riverside, researchers tracked real conversations and found that…
Sep 4, 2025
Health
A Shampoo-Like Gel Could Help Chemo Patients Keep Their Hair
Hair loss is one of the most visible scars of chemotherapy, and for many, it is more than cosmetic.
Sep 3, 2025
Health
When Weed Is Banned, Delta-8 Steps Into The Gap For Millions
Where states ban marijuana, people are almost twice as likely to try delta-8. That is the headline finding from a nationally representative UC San Diego study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, which estimates more than 19 million U.S.
Sep 3, 2025
Health
Homeless Street Sweeps Strip Lives and Fuel Overdose Crisis
The numbers are grim: nearly one in four unhoused people in Vancouver reported losing their belongings to city workers during street sweeps between 2021 and 2023. For many, that loss was not just inconvenient.
Sep 3, 2025
Health
Phone Use On The Toilet Linked To Hemorrhoid Risk In Adults
Turns out the bathroom is a terrible place to doomscroll. In a small PLOS One study from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, adults who reported using…
Sep 3, 2025
Health
Plant-Based Dog Foods Match Meat Diets in Most Nutrients
Vegan dog food might not be such a radical idea after all. A comprehensive analysis of 31 commercial dog foods in the UK reveals that plant-based diets deliver…
Sep 3, 2025