Vascular dementia is caused by blood flow issues in the brain: it’s one of the most common types of dementia, but not as well researched or understood as others.
Neuropathologist Elaine Bearer from the University of New Mexico is trying to…
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Exercise May Actually Interfere With Weight Loss. Here’s Why It’s Still Critical. : ScienceAlert
The basic principle of weight loss is straightforward: if you consume fewer calories than you burn, you’ll lose weight.
In practice though, this isn’t usually so easy or simple.
Alongside counting calories or eating smaller portions, many…
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Where is the comet tonight? Can I see the comet? Spot Lemmon, SWAN
In a rare double cosmic treat and once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, stargazers can look to the night sky for two rare comets through October 2025 — and Comet Lemmon and Comet SWAN are visible starting tonight, Oct. 20, 2025, just in time for the…
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Don’t miss the Orionid meteor shower peak overnight tonight under a moonless sky
Get ready stargazers! The Orionid meteor shower peak begins tonight, welcoming a spectacular natural light show that could see a flurry of shooting stars spawned by Halley’s Comet brighten the dark, moonless sky.
The 2025 Orionid meteor shower…
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US PhD admissions shrink as fears over Trump’s cuts take hold
Many academic departments at US universities are planning to cut the size of graduate-student cohorts.Credit: Sophie Park/Bloomberg/Getty
Phoenix-Avery Sarían has been interested in astronomy ever since her mother bought her a telescope as a…
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Genetics can give evolving societies a leg up
In her review of The Great Holocene Transformation by Peter Turchin (see Nature 645, 845–847; 2025), Laura Spinney notes that Turchin considers 10,000 years to be too short for biological evolution to have driven notable changes in society. For…
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‘Gland-in-a-dish’ secretes stress hormone like the real thing
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Lab-grown structure mimics the adrenal cortex, which…
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The race for deep-sea minerals could cause geopolitical and ecological harm
The rapid development of electric vehicles is fuelling a geopolitical scramble for minerals in the deep sea. In April, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order to expedite sea-bed exploration. China has tightened export controls for…
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People with macular degeneration can read again after retinal implant
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