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Skin cells remember inflammation for life. Here’s why
Skin conditions such as psoriasis often flare up in the same spots throughout one’s life. Now scientists think they know why

March 26, 2026
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Skin cells remember inflammation for life. Here’s why
Skin conditions such as psoriasis often flare up in the same spots throughout one’s life. Now scientists think they know why

A fossil from Egypt hints we’ve been searching for humanity’s ape ancestors in the wrong place. Researchers say a newly uncovered fossil ape from northern Egypt is changing how scientists think about early hominoid evolution. The discovery…

Modern apes may have swung into existence in North Africa or the Middle East.
New fossil findings — published March 26 in Science — unveil Masripithecus, a roughly 17-million-year-old early ape that lived in what is now Egypt….

The beautiful moment when an entire group of sperm whales came together to support the birth of a calf has, for the first time, been recorded in unprecedented detail.
Over several hours on 8 July 2023, scientists recorded two sperm whale (

Luck filled the air on a warm July day off the coast of Dominica in the…

At cold temperatures, water has two different liquid phases, which become one at the critical point. The discovery could help explain water’s quirks.
Improving tsunami hazard assessments depends on understanding what happens at the moment an earthquake ruptures beneath the seafloor, especially near deep-ocean trenches where measurements are often scarce. When a powerful magnitude 8.8…

Large language model (LLM) chatbots have a tendency toward flattery. If you ask a model for advice, it is 49 percent more likely than a human, on average, to affirm your existing point of view rather than challenge it, a new study shows. The…