Category: 1. Edi-Choice

• RESEARCH BRIEFINGS
• 31 December 2025

Hidden Guests: Migrating Cells and How the New Science of Microchimerism is Redefining Human Identity Lise Barnéoud, transl. Bronwyn Haslam Greystone Books (2025)

The chimaera of Greek mythology was “an evil creature with a lion’s head, a…

For months, Texas senators have made a controversial push to move NASA’s iconic Space Shuttle Discovery from the Smithsonian to Houston’s Johnson Space Center, a risky effort that could cost up to $150 million.

Like any NASA…

Whooping Cough Deaths Rise in U.S. as Surge in Infections Continues

By Meghan…

Earth’s continents are drying up at an alarming rate. Now, a new report has painted the most detailed picture yet of where and why fresh water is disappearing — and outlined precisely how countries can address the problem.

Continental drying…

NEW YORK — The year’s first supermoon and meteor shower will sync up in January skies, but the light from one may dim the other.

The Quadrantid meteor shower peaks Friday night into Saturday morning, according to the American Meteor Society. In…

Everything old is new again: These paleontological discoveries of 2025 — from tiny dinosaurs to zombifying fungi — opened up brand-new insights into the distant past.

Nanotyrannus grows up

Some 1.2 billion light-years from Earth, a massive event is unfolding on cosmic scales.

There, not two, but three galaxies are gradually coming together in a giant, triple collision named J1218/1219+1035. That’s rare enough on its own – but…