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A grocery-store audit found that many foods marketed for toddlers may be far less healthy than parents expect. Of nearly 2,800 products examined in Texas, 81% were ultra-processed, and almost half failed at least one Wor...

Researchers say AI vastly improves a technique used to engineer proteins. As a proof of concept, they redesigned the Botox enzyme to snip a protein linked to ALS. The post Why Scientists Redesigned the Botox Enzyme With ...

A strong inland earthquake in southwestern Japan trapped people inside a shopping center and damaged infrastructure. Here's what made this quake unusual and why aftershocks remain a concern.

Deep beneath Japans mostly submerged Kikai caldera, scientists have discovered a vast magma reservoir that appears to be filling again. The volcano produced the largest eruption of the Holocene 7,300 years ago, and seism...

Eye contact between infants and adult speakers synchronizes their brainwaves to enable language acquisition.

Researchers developed a brain-inspired AI model modeled on hippocampal mechanisms including cognitive maps and stochastic calculations.

Astronomers have discovered a third galaxy without dark matter in a strange string of a dozen dwarf galaxies. A violent collision is likely to blame.

Astronomers have discovered a third galaxy without dark matter in a strange string of a dozen dwarf galaxies. A violent collision is likely to blame.

Scientists have identified a compound that may help preserve muscle in aging mice. Someday, this may help people with muscle atrophy.

Consistent daily routines for waking, eating, and sleeping reduces physical pain and depressive symptoms in older adults, buffering against the negative health impacts of insomnia by synchronizing circadian rhythms.

Integrated home-visit intervention package providing health, nutrition, early stimulation, and maternal support significantly reduces anemia and stunting while boosting neurodevelopment in small-for-gestational-age infan...

A twice-daily oral CBD/THC formulation rapidly and significantly reduces end-of-life agitation in hospice-eligible dementia patients, achieving sustained symptom relief through 12 weeks.

study shows NAC antioxidant therapy bypasses 22q11.2 deletion syndrome deficits via alternative gene networks.

Researchers from Skoltech, together with colleagues from the N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry and Westlake University, have experimentally demonstrated how the operating regime of a polariton laser changes wi...

How to watch "Jurassic Sharks" online from anywhere, with the special set to use visual effects to flesh out the fossils of ancient cartilaginous fish.

A jaguar that has been dubbed Gaspar traversed 2100 kilometres of the Amazon, crossing farms and roads. But why he set off on this mission is unclear

Rats are a scourge on island wildlife all over the world. But an island off the coast of Ireland is showing how to successfully gain the upper hand

Climate change is affecting the yields and flavour of the traditional Japanese tea matcha, but studying its seedlings' genetic tolerance for heat could future-proof the crop

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After the Chicxulub impact 66 million years ago, trillions of tonnes of rock vapour was launched into space before falling back to Earth at ballistic speeds, creating a global blast of heat strong enough to broil life on...

For decades, a theory in physics has postulated the existence of a mirror world whose interaction with our own reality is extremely feeble. The particles in this mirror universe are also thought to be candidates for dark...

From solar binoculars and smart telescopes to camp chairs and stargazing tents, here's what to consider for one of the greatest days of skywatching in years.