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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has revealed new details about the blistering lava planet 55 Cancri e, where temperatures are high enough to melt rock. The data indicate the planet likely has a hydrogen-rich atmosp...

An existing constipation drug may have an unexpected new use: helping clear the "brain fog" that often lingers after depression. In a small clinical trial, people with a history of depression who took the medicat...

Fabrics are made by repeatedly intertwining yarns into characteristic patterns. Many of their properties, such as stretchiness, arise not only from the material itself but also from how the yarns are arranged and entangl...

By integrating observational analysis with sibling comparisons and Mendelian randomization, the cross-continental study isolates loneliness as an independent driver of systemic health decline and multi-condition physical...

By explicitly linking reinforcement-driven human neuroplasticity with gradient-based decoder optimization, the framework unifies biological trial-and-error learning with mathematical machine learning loops.

The analysis reveals that asymptomatic individuals presenting with very high baseline p-tau217 concentrations face an absolute 38% risk of developing cognitive impairment within 5 years, escalating to 78% within 10 years...

A new study utilizes International Brain Laboratory data across 43 mouse cortical regions to prove that multi-purpose generalist neurons constitute the overwhelming rule of mammalian brain architecture.

Centered Daydreaming alters the network's processing to analyze local variations relative to a running baseline average rather than absolute pixel inputs.

A striking new monkey species, Colobus congoensis, was discovered deep in the Congo rainforest and has been scientifically described for the first time.

Low levels of replicating Epstein-Barr viruses might be the main driver of the autoimmune condition multiple sclerosis. This may mean that targeting them would be as effective as suppressing the immune system, with fewer...

Researchers used reinforcement learning to train a quadrupedal robot to adapt to different environments using two different pre-learned gaits.

Scientists made a breakthrough discovery about the physics of Hawking radiation by making a miniature black hole out of light in the laboratory.

Imagine shining a flashlight across a dark room. You can predict exactly what the light will do: travel in a straight line from one point to another. That seems obvious because, in the world we see around us, light appea...

The impact of high humidity on top of high temperatures is often underappreciated, but most of us aren't prepared for such extreme conditions, which will become more common with global warming

Why dont dogs look up when a low-flying plane or helicopter passes overhead? Ive never seen one do this. And what changes will occur on Earth as the moon moves further away from us?

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We spent a week with the Canon RF 100-300mm f/2.8L IS USM lens to find out if its really worth the eye-watering price tag.

Occasionally, the sun unleashes powerful flares and coronal mass ejections, which hurl plasma and energetic particles into space. On the infant Earth, this solar activity drove cascades of atmospheric chemical reactions ...

A new study reveals that two widely studied ultrathin superconducting materials are more sophisticated than they appear. Although they seem to behave like simple superconductors with a single energy gap, they actually co...

Quantum materials could transform technologies ranging from powerful computers and ultrasecure communications to advanced energy systems. But there has always been one major obstacle.

Researchers have discovered that a microscopic skeleton inside neurons does much more than hold cells together. It acts as a gatekeeper that controls what brain cells absorb and when they absorb it. When this protective ...