Health
They Reversed Alzheimer's in Mice. Here's Why That Changes Things.
Mice with Alzheimer's ran through mazes. They remembered things. They learned. If you didn't know better, you'd think they were fine.
Jan 20, 2026
Health
Long-term Mental Health Outcomes of Kurdish Chemical Gas Attacks
ONE STORY still stays vividly in Ibrahim Mohammed's mind. A man suffering from acute respiratory problems due to chemical exposure, his scars as deep in his mind as in his body.
Jan 19, 2026
Technology
The Cigarette Butt Supercapacitor
Eight million tonnes of cigarette butts are tossed onto streets and into bins worldwide each year.
Jan 18, 2026
Health
Type 2 Diabetes Drugs Cut Dementia Risk
People taking a little-known class of diabetes drugs are developing dementia at notably lower rates than those on older medications.
Jan 15, 2026
Life
What Happens When Bacteria-Killing Viruses Go to Space
The oldest battle on Earth, the one between bacteria and the viruses that prey on them, has been running for billions of years.
Jan 13, 2026
Health
How Much Cannabis Is Too Much? Scientists Finally Have a Number
People who drink alcohol have long had a rough guide: count your drinks, stay within a weekly limit, and you can sidestep most of the trouble.
Jan 12, 2026
Life
The Catastrophe That Made Your Backbone Possible
Every fish you have ever eaten, every frog that has croaked outside your window, every bird and mammal and reptile on Earth owes its existence to a disaster.
Jan 10, 2026
Physics
This 700-Meter Space Rock Spins So Fast It Should Be Dust by Now
Picture a boulder eight football fields wide, tumbling through the void between Mars and Jupiter.
Jan 9, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Scientists Find the Brain Circuit That Keeps You From Starting Hard Tasks
You have a deadline. You know exactly what needs to happen. And yet you sit there, unable to begin.
Jan 9, 2026
Earth & Environment
Ancient Seafloor Mud Shows West Antarctic Ice Has a History of Sudden Collapse
The world's coastlines depend, in part, on two glaciers most people have never heard of.
Jan 9, 2026
Health
The Hidden Math That Decides Which Lives Get Saved
Every government faces the same brutal calculation: when healthcare budgets are finite, how do you decide which treatments to fund and which to deny?
Jan 8, 2026
Physics
A Galaxy That Never Was: Astronomers Confirm Starless Relic Floating in Space
Imagine a structure massive enough to hold billions of suns' worth of matter, yet producing no light whatsoever.
Jan 7, 2026
Brain & Behavior
A Persistent Hum Might Help Clear Alzheimer’s Plaques—For Weeks
Families watching Alzheimer's take hold have heard promises before. But what if the answer wasn't a drug or surgery, but a sound—a low, steady drone at the pitch of a refrigerator hum?
Jan 7, 2026
Earth & Environment
Green Hydrogen Just Got Cheaper Than Fossil Fuels, Thanks to Sugar
For years, the price of clean hydrogen has stubbornly remained three to five times higher than the carbon-heavy version made from natural gas.
Jan 2, 2026