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A Parkinson's-linked protein can spread from cell to cell, and Yale researchers found the two-protein complex that appears to help it get…
Jul 13, 2026
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A 2022 study detected an average of 1.6 micrograms of plastic per millilitre in blood from 22 volunteers
Jul 12, 2026
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We tend to think diet and exercise are the pillars of a long life, but a 2025 Oregon Health & Science University study found insufficient…
Jul 12, 2026
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Researchers have identified tiny particles released by the gut that appear to actively drive the inflammation behind ageing and chronic…
Jul 12, 2026
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Watching the brain in real time, researchers found that social behaviour begins in the brain before it becomes visible as movement
Jul 12, 2026
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Researchers who mapped every neural connection in an adult fruit fly's central nervous system
Jul 12, 2026
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A 125-million-year-old dinosaur unearthed in China was preserved so perfectly that individual skin cells are still visible, and it was…
Jul 12, 2026
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A tiny crustacean called Cymothoa exigua enters a fish through its gills, severs the blood vessels of its tongue until the organ withers…
Jul 11, 2026
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In 1856, an 18-year-old chemistry student named William Perkin was trying to synthesize quinine at home over Easter when a black residue in…
Jul 11, 2026
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In 1847, Hungarian obstetrician Ignaz Semmelweis watched maternal deaths fall from 18% to about 2% after ordering doctors to wash their…
Jul 11, 2026
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The Sun launches roughly a trillion kilograms of charged plasma toward Earth in a coronal mass ejection, and the fastest clouds can cross…
Jul 11, 2026
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In 1991, eight people sealed themselves inside a glass world in the Arizona desert for two years, and the experiment nearly unravelled when…
Jul 11, 2026
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The longest-running study of human happiness in history began at Harvard in 1938, and after almost nine decades of data the strongest…
Jul 11, 2026
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A parasite that infects an estimated one-third of humanity has repeatedly been linked with differences in risk-taking, impulsivity and…
Jul 10, 2026