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• Scientists Discover a Hidden Trigger That Keeps Inflammation Alive

  14-10-2026 23:07 via scitechdaily.com
  Inflammation persists after proteins detach from immune receptors, revealing a potential target for autoimmune treatments. Since a Nobel Prize-winning discovery in the 1990s identified molecules called Toll-like Receptors as the guardians of the human immune system, researchers have pursued a straightforward strategy for treating autoimmune diseases. By developing therapies that interfere with these receptors, scientists [...]
  
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• New water lily can be seen from space

  18-10-2026 17:12 via popsci.com
  
  One cold December day in 2021, Colorado carnivorous plant grower Jeremiah Harris shared some pictures of wild Amazonian giant water lilies (Victoria amazonica) plants in the Inírida River in Guainía, Colombia to Instagram. There’s just one problem. No known Victoria water lily species grow there. When water lily expert Carlos Magdalena saw the post on Instagram, he suspected a new plant species could be involved. To investigate the matter, he used satellite imagery to re
  
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• Defending the Right to Choose Death

  18-10-2026 15:00 via nytimes.com
  Readers respond to an Opinion guest essay about medical assistance in dying. Also: An assault on federal science.
  
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• Real-life vampire birds hunt and drink blood in remote Ecuador

  18-10-2026 14:04 via popsci.com
  
  When zoology professor Daniel Baldassarre traveled to the remote Galápagos Islands of Wolf and Darwin with two other researchers, getting there proved quite a challenge. With no beaches to land a boat on, they had to approach the islands’ cliffs in a small dinghy and wait for a lull in the waves before jumping onto sharp, black lava rocks.But their efforts paid off. On that trip, they saw a bird that very few people have ever set eyes on in the wild: the vampire ground finch. These
  
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• Scientists Examine 5,000-Year-Old Skulls and Uncover a Disturbing Secret of Egypt’s First Kings

  18-10-2026 04:23 via scitechdaily.com
  Serving Egypt’s earliest kings may have carried a deadly cost, and overlooked skull injuries are giving a century-old suspicion new weight. Some of Egypt’s earliest royal tombs at Abydos are surrounded by hundreds of smaller graves. When Flinders Petrie excavated the site in the 1920s, he suspected that so many people could not have died [...]
  
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• The Surprising Reason Some Children Struggle With Math, According to Science

  18-10-2026 03:48 via scitechdaily.com
  Language and reasoning skills help predict math performance, offering clues to the learning difficulties that a test score alone may miss. Why do some students grasp mathematical concepts with ease while others struggle, even after repeated instruction? The answer may lie in abilities that extend far beyond working with numbers. Mathematics requires students to recognize [...]
  
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• Scientists Discover a 99-Million-Year-Old Insect With a Bizarre Feature Never Seen in Living Species

  18-10-2026 03:13 via scitechdaily.com
  Like a bendy straw, an ancient insect’s folded mouthparts may have flexed without collapsing, revealing a feeding adaptation unknown in living planthoppers. About 99 million years ago, a tiny insect became trapped in tree resin with mouthparts nearly twice the length of its body. The resin hardened into amber, preserving an unusual feeding organ that [...]
  
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• Hurricane Simon Roars Below as Strange Waves Ripple Across the Sky

  17-10-2026 23:36 via scitechdaily.com
  NASA captured strange, rarely seen atmospheric waves rippling high above Hurricane Simon as the powerful storm roared along Mexico’s coast. Although Hurricane Simon stayed offshore, its powerful winds and heavy rainfall battered parts of Mexico’s Pacific coast, triggering flooding and raising concerns about landslides. Far above the storm, NASA satellites captured an equally remarkable phenomenon: [...]
  
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• NASA Satellites Reveal a Troubling New Reality in the Arctic

  17-10-2026 23:01 via scitechdaily.com
  Nearly 50 years of NASA satellite data reveal a troubling decline in Arctic sea ice, raising the possibility of a nearly ice-free summer before 2050. Satellite observations reveal that Arctic sea ice is covering less of the ocean than it did just a few decades ago, both during the height of winter and at the [...]
  
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• Scientists Discover a 100-Million-Year-Old Volcanic System Hidden Beneath Iran

  17-10-2026 22:26 via scitechdaily.com
  A 100-million-year-old volcanic arc in Iran holds clues to the history of a vanished ocean whose closure helped shape the Middle East. An ancient volcanic system in northwestern Iran became difficult to recognize as tectonic deformation, erosion, and burial altered its geological record. Younger magmatic activity during the Eocene further obscured the evidence. Researchers have [...]
  
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• WhatsApp like a pro with these 7 expert tricks and hidden features

  17-10-2026 19:00 via popsci.com
  
  When it comes to the mobile app heavyweights, few can beat WhatsApp. It’s estimated that around 3 billion people now use the cross-platform messaging tool at least once a month. And it’s important to remember there are only 8 billion or so people on the planet, so there are no signs of its popularity waning anytime soon.Beyond being a hugely successful app, it’s also packed with features. You can use it to chat, make voice and video calls, share files, broadcast your location,
  
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• 2026 Nobel Prize in Medicine Honors Breakthrough That Lets Scientists Control the Brain With Light

  17-10-2026 18:08 via scitechdaily.com
  An algal protein helped scientists reactivate a fear memory in mice, turning light into a tool for testing what specific brain cells do. Scientists who worked out how to control brain cells with light have won this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel were honored for their [...]
  
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• Your Bones May Hold a Hidden Clue to Blood Cancer Survival

  17-10-2026 17:33 via scitechdaily.com
  For people with blood cancers called myelodysplastic syndromes, osteoporosis may hold an overlooked clue to survival, a three-year observational study suggests. In blood cancers that develop in the bone marrow, an important clue to a patient’s survival may lie in the bones themselves. Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), a group of cancers that primarily affect older adults, [...]
  
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• Scientists Discover an Unexpected Problem With a Cancer Drug Already in Human Trials

  17-10-2026 16:58 via scitechdaily.com
  Earlier cancer studies may need a second look after researchers found that a drug acts mainly on an unexpected target. An experimental cancer drug already being tested in patients appears to work mainly by blocking a different biological target from the one it was developed to inhibit. The finding emerged from brain cancer research that [...]
  
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• Orphaned walrus calf rescued from nearby polar bears in Alaska

  17-10-2026 16:17 via popsci.com
  
  Some animal rescues are more complicated than others—especially when the creature in peril is about to become a snack for a seagull on a remote Alaskan beach with polar bears lurking nearby. That was the sticky situation an orphaned Pacific walrus (a subspecies of Odobenus rosmarus) calf was in when two researchers found it on an island in the region of Point Lay, Alaska. U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) research walrus biologist Tony Fischbach and Ilisaġvik College student and Poin
  
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• These 5 Major Diseases All Have a Connection to Chronic Fatigue, and Researchers Are Still Figuring Out Why 

  17-10-2026 16:00 via discovermagazine.com
  
  Learn more about the link between chronic fatigue and these five major diseases and why fatigue is often overlooked. 
  
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• 15 uplifting images from Dog Photography Awards 2026

  17-10-2026 14:05 via popsci.com
  
  Sometime between 32,000 and 11,000 years ago, dogs domesticated. Since then, these four-legged friends have provided companionship, assistance, and protection for people. Whether you favor a squished-face potato dog or a determined and smart working dog, you likely understand how dogs got the designation of “man’s best friend.”The Dog Photography Awards celebrate dogs of all shapes and sizes. The annual competition awards prizes across six categories (Studio, Action, Portrait,
  
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• SpaceX Dragon Delivers Groundbreaking Science and Solar Arrays to ISS

  17-10-2026 13:53 via scitechdaily.com
  SpaceX has delivered tiny brain models, 3D heart tissue, and artificial retina technology to the space station in a mission that could open new doors for medical research on Earth. SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft successfully arrived at the International Space Station on October 15, docking at 10:27 a.m. EDT with the space-facing port of the station’s [...]
  
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• The Milky Way’s Monster Black Hole May Be Sacrificing Its Own Energy To Power Cosmic Rays

  17-10-2026 13:18 via scitechdaily.com
  The Milky Way’s central black hole could lose mass by powering escaping particles, and new calculations suggest how astronomers might detect the process. The supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way may be accelerating particles to energies far beyond anything achievable in Earth’s most powerful particle accelerators. A new theoretical study suggests [...]
  
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• NASA Is About to Investigate What Lies Beneath a Giant Hole on the Moon

  17-10-2026 12:43 via scitechdaily.com
  NASA is backing a search for a hidden lunar cave that could reveal how ancient volcanic activity shaped the Moon. Scientists have gathered compelling evidence from lunar orbit for caves and lava tubes beneath the Moon’s surface, places that could one day shelter astronauts from radiation and extreme temperature swings. NASA has selected a Planetary [...]
  
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• A Virus Gives Itself Away the Moment It Attacks

  17-10-2026 02:21 via scitechdaily.com
  Researchers have found the trigger behind a powerful bacterial defense against viruses. Viruses that prey on bacteria could become an increasingly important tool for treating bacterial infections, particularly as antibiotic resistance makes some infections harder to control. These viruses, known as bacteriophages (phages), can infect and destroy harmful bacteria without damaging human cells. Using phages [...]
  
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• Scientists Discover a Terrifying New Dinosaur Hidden for 100 Years

  17-10-2026 01:46 via scitechdaily.com
  A dinosaur fossil that sat unnoticed in a museum collection for nearly a century has turned out to belong to a previously unknown predator with enormous curved claws. The animal, roughly the size of a large tiger, lived in what is now Britain about 120 million years ago. The discovery was made by a research [...]
  
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• NASA Captures a Strange Formation on Earth With a Surprising Lunar Connection

  17-10-2026 01:11 via scitechdaily.com
  A NASA astronaut captured a stunning 600-million-year-old rock formation in Madagascar that shares a surprising geological connection with the Moon. A striking patch of bright rock in southern Madagascar has an unexpected connection to the Moon. Surrounded by rocks that were twisted and stretched by ancient geological forces, the formation contains anorthosite, the same type [...]
  
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• Tesla unveils new flying car model

  17-10-2026 01:10 via nbcnews.com
  It may be a giant leap forward in making flying cars a reality, or a fantastic publicity stunt. Elon Musk is showing off a new Tesla Roadster that can fly. NBC News’ Brian Cheung reports.
  
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• Understanding How mRNA Vaccines Break Down in the Body May One Day Help Fight Cancer

  17-10-2026 00:15 via discovermagazine.com
  
  Learn how mRNA and its lipid packaging change in the bloodstream, offering insights that could help researchers design better vaccines and future cancer therapies.
  
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• The Moon Is Shrinking About 2 to 4 Inches Every Million Years, Triggering Moonquakes on the Lunar Surface

  17-10-2026 00:00 via discovermagazine.com
  
  Learn how fast the moon is shrinking, a process hundreds of millions of years in the making that has been driven by the cooling of its interior. 
  
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• 30+ editor-approved practical gifts for 2026

  16-10-2026 23:55 via popsci.com
  
  In my eyes, the best gift is a practical one. It’s useful and won’t rot in the back of someone’s closet for years; they’ll think of you whenever they use it; and you get major brownie points for introducing a magical, miracle product into their life. And what’s better than being known as someone who reliably gifts reliable products? I may still get made fun of by family for my history of wanting practical gifts (including lead refills for my mechanical pencil), but
  
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• Elusive Baby Giant Armadillo Caught on Camera, a Rare Sighting in the Peruvian Rainforest

  16-10-2026 23:52 via discovermagazine.com
  
  Learn more about giant armadillos, why they’re so rare to see, and what this once-in-a-lifetime footage could mean for the species' future.
  
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• Thousands of Snakes Close This Illinois Road Twice a Year as They Move Between Seasonal Habitats

  16-10-2026 23:29 via discovermagazine.com
  
  Learn more about Snake Road, a 2.5-mile stretch in Illinois that is closed to cars twice a year for the safe winter migration of reptiles and amphibians.
  
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• Tesla unveils its next generation 'flying' Roadster

  16-10-2026 22:47 via nbcnews.com
  Tesla has unveiled a new generation of the Roadster that Elon Musk believes will be able to fly. The sports car has new features such as air jets that allow the car to perform brief mid-air maneuvers. Musk says the car is set to start production in 2028. NBC News' Brian Cheung has more on the advancing technology.
  
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