Over the course of humanity’s long, slow slog through the ages, we’ve built some incredible structures, and China in particular is not new to grand engineering feats. The Great Wall is roughly 13,166 miles long, constructed over the course of…
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New AI tool predicts cancer spread with surprising accuracy
Why do some tumors spread while others remain localized? Scientists still do not fully understand what controls a cancer cell’s ability to metastasize, but answering this question is essential for improving patient care. Researchers at the…
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Scientists just found a hidden 48-dimensional world in quantum light
Scientists at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa, working with collaborators from Huzhou University, have uncovered a surprising feature in one of the most widely used tools in quantum optics. They found that standard methods for…
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“Shocking” Carbon Discovery in Sweden’s Forests Stuns Scientists
Old-growth boreal forests may be hiding much more of their climate value underground than anyone realized. The planet’s northern forests hold enormous amounts of carbon in spruce, pine, and thick, needle-rich soils. But a major new study led by…
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A Japanese Team Found Strange Black Eggs at 6,200 Meters Depth, Here’s What They Discovered Inside When They Opened Them
At nearly 6,200 meters below the Pacific Ocean’s surface, scientists have discovered mysterious black eggs attached to a rock, structures that turned out to contain a previously unknown species of flatworm.
The discovery was made during…
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Boring Phone Designs, Begone. I’m Seeing a New Wave of Fresh Looks for 2026
As I tilted the phone back and forth, admiring the iridescent artwork — a vivid electric blue with a billow of gold inspired by Vincent Van Gogh’s Starry Night — I was thrilled by the audacity of the design. I wasn’t looking at the screen but…
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We keep finding the raw material of DNA in asteroids—what's it telling us?
On Monday, a paper announcing that all four DNA bases had been found on an asteroid sparked a lot of headlines. But many of the headlines omitted a key word needed to put the discovery in context: “again.” The paper itself cited similar results…
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A Keto Surprise, a New Particle, And Much More! : ScienceAlert
This week in science: A study finds a surprising bonus benefit of the keto diet; CERN discovers a new particle; a worrying trend uncovered in US life expectancy data; and much more!
Keto Diet May Have a Surprising Bonus Benefit, Mouse Study…
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When health insurance is as expensive as a mortgage payment : NPR
Ken Warner sits with his cat Ostara in his home office in Manchester, Conn. where he writes sci-fi and fantasy novels….
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Brain’s protective barrier stays leaky for years after playing contact sports
March 21, 2026
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Brain’s protective barrier stays leaky for years after playing contact sports
Damage to the blood-brain barrier is linked to immune changes and cognitive decline
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