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People with autism may be up to six times more likely to develop Parkinson’s disease in later life. New research offers a potential explanation based on the role of transporter molecules that recycle unused dopamine in the brain.

Dopamine is…

A high-speed stream of solar wind is expected to sweep past Earth tonight (March 13), potentially triggering minor (G1) geomagnetic storm conditions according to NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center.

Forecasters say storm activity is most…

MIT researchers have unveiled a cutting-edge method to detect and track smaller asteroids that could potentially disrupt Earth’s space-based infrastructure. Published in the Research Notes of the AAS, the study highlights the potential…

NASA is one step closer to sending a drone mission to another world.

Technicians at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Maryland have begun building and testing the nuclear-powered Dragonfly rotorcraft, which will launch toward…

After years of debate, scientists have finally solved the mystery of the Silverpit Crater beneath the North Sea. New research confirms that a 160-meter-wide asteroid struck the seabed around 43 to 46 million years ago, causing a massive…

Game hunters found startlingly ‘neon blue’ flesh inside wild pigs in California in 2025, prompting advisory statements about potential contamination.

“I’m not talking about a little blue,” Dan Burton, owner of a wildlife control company, told…

The fossil measured only 4 centimeters, nowhere near the giants that made Arthropleura famous. Yet this small specimen, found at Montceau-les-Mines in France, ended up yielding one of the missing pieces of the puzzle. For more than a century…

No U.S. states had a record cold winter. Nine had a record hot one

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Diagnostic tests are continuing to get better at spotting the earliest signs of dementia, and new research suggests that a simple blood sample could help identify those at most risk, some 25 years before symptoms start showing.

Warning is…

For much of the 20th century, artificial intelligence (AI) struggled not because researchers lacked ambition, but because the hardware available to power it simply wasn’t powerful enough. Early AI systems hit hard limits on processing speed and…