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The lack of transparency in prices in so much of our healthcare system is shocking. All actual prices should be revealed, and bills should be itemized, just as we expect them to be at hotels, grocery stores and for all…
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Vibe Coding Is the New Open Source—in the Worst Way Possible
Just like you probably don’t grow and grind wheat to make flour for your bread, most software developers don’t write every line of code in a new project from scratch. Doing so would be extremely slow and could create more security issues than it…
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Rethinking Our Place in the Universe
• Physics 18, 130
The new map of the Universe’s expansion history released by the DESI…
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Corleck Head: A spooky three-faced Celtic sculpture found on the ‘Hill of Death’ in Ireland — and it may have been connected to human sacrifice 1,900 years ago
QUICK FACTS
Name: Corleck Head
What it is: A three-faced sandstone sculpture
Where it is from: County Cavan, Ireland
When it was made: First century
This carved stone head was discovered in 1855 in the Irish town of Drumeague, about 60 miles (100…
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Nobel Prize in medicine goes to trio for their work on immune tolerance
A trio of researchers has won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering how the immune system is prevented from attacking our own bodies.
Mary E. Brunkow of the Institute for Systems Biology in Seattle, Fred Ramsdell of…
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How a “Memory-Killing” Protein Could Help Defeat Cancer
Scientists have found that a protein tied to Alzheimer’s disease may actually strengthen the immune system’s fight against cancer. At first glance, Alzheimer’s disease and cancer seem unrelated. Alzheimer’s affects memory, cancer attacks…
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Astronomers spot a massive wave rolling across our galaxy
Astronomers have spotted a vast wave rolling through the outer disk of our galaxy. It stretches over tens of thousands of light-years and appears to ripple away from the center, like circles spreading from a stone tossed into a pond.
The…
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Nanotech transforms vinegar into a lifesaving superbug killer
Wounds that do not heal are often caused by bacterial infections and are particularly dangerous for the elderly and people with diabetes, cancer and other conditions.
Acetic acid (more commonly known as vinegar) has been used for centuries as a…
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What’s the longest someone has been clinically dead — but then come back to life?
Most of the time, death is permanent — when someone’s heart stops beating, it rarely starts again. But sometimes, first responders can help bring a person back from the dead even after their heart stops.
So what’s the longest time that someone…
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Engineers reinvent the parachute using Japanese paper-cutting art Kirigami
A humble concept from ancient Japanese design might remake the way supplies are dropped from the air. Polytechnique Montréal engineers designed parachutes based on kirigami—cutting paper into intricate patterns—that can automatically adapt…
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