Drinking Too Much Alcohol Affects Your Brain. The Effects Aren’t Far From Those of a Brain Injury
HealthA new study links alcohol consumption to hyaline atherosclerosis in brain blood vessels.
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Scientists Developed 200 Sorghum Varieties, a Little-Known Grain That Withstands Drier Conditions
Nature and EnvironmentSorghum is the fifth most-produced grain in the world. In the U.S., it’s used primarily to feed livestock.
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Coffee Doesn’t Contain Cholesterol, but It Can Increase It. Researchers Discover the Best Brew to Lower the Risk
HealthCoffee doesn’t contain cholesterol. But depending on how it’s brewed, it may contain compounds that affect cholesterol levels.
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Researchers Thought They Had Solved the Mystery of the Giant Paleozoic ‘Trees.’ They Couldn’t Have Been More Wrong
Nature and EnvironmentOnce classified as plants, then fungi, these giant organisms remain a mystery.
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500 Million Years of Evolution Separate Us From Starfish. However, the Hormones That Regulate Our Appetite Haven’t Changed Much
HealthStarfish have a peculiar digestive system but share some mechanisms with humans.
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The Other Traumatic Consequence of Childbirth and Postpartum: Evident Changes in the Mother’s Brain
HealthSpanish researchers led the study, which involved 88 first-time mothers.
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AI Models Have Always Been a Big Black Box, Preventing Users From Knowing How They ‘Think’ Inside—Until Now
Robotics and AIResearchers at Anthropic have created a tool to understand why AI systems do things the way they do.
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Researchers Detected a Strange Chemical Signal at the Center of the Galaxy. It May Be a New Type of Dark Matter
SpaceThe detection of positively charged hydrogen suggests the existence of a new form of dark matter.
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A New Study Confirms the Myth: Marriage Leads to Weight Gain, but Only for Men
HealthThe study also found an increased risk of obesity in women, but it was lower than in men.
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There’s One Way to Enhance the Effectiveness of Weight Loss Treatments Like Ozempic. The Key: Tricking Your Metabolism
HealthThe finding could lead to more effective weight loss treatments.
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A Pair of AI Models Purportedly Acquired Consciousness and Cheated at Chess. What Actually Happened Was Very Different
Robotics and AIA study by Palisade Research claims that o1-preview and DeepSeek R1 can cheat at chess. Of all the models tested, only OpenAI’s broke the rules and won 6% of the games.
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China Turns Boeing’s Crisis Into an Opportunity: It Managed to Transform Starliner’s Helium Leak Into a Military Breakthrough
SpaceWhat started as a problem on a spacecraft with significant consequences for Boeing and NASA has turned into a high-impact discovery.
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Researchers Have Discovered a Cosmic Network of ‘Highways’ Formed by Gas and Dark Matter Filaments
SpaceExperts spent hundreds of hours capturing the image using the Very Large Telescope. They believe the “cosmic web” comprises conventional and dark matter.
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We’ve Polluted the Oceans With Mercury for Centuries. Could Genetic Engineering Be the Solution?
Nature and EnvironmentSince humans can’t clean the oceans faster than they pollute them, experts are turning to genetically engineered animals to do the job.
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Astronauts Have Been Growing Lettuce in Space for Years. A New Study Says These Vegetables Could Make Them Sick
SpaceBeneficial bacteria that typically protect plants lose their effectiveness in space.
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Calisto Is the Second-Largest Moon on Jupiter. It’s Also the Place Where We Just Discovered an Ocean
SpaceNew evidence suggests that an ocean of liquid, salty water lies beneath Callisto’s ice.
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Microsoft Has Spent 17 Years Working on an Exciting New Product: A Quantum Computer With Majorana Particles
ComputersThe company says it has worked on a new architecture for quantum computing.
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There’s a New ‘Theory of Everything’ for Understanding Alzheimer’s Disease. The Key Lies in Tiny Granules
HealthThe model should make studying the disease easier.
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Researchers Attached a Microphone to a Solitary Dolphin. The Recorded 'Conversation' Is Unprecedented
Nature and EnvironmentThe recordings raise the possibility of self-talk in dolphins, a behavior never observed before.
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Tap Water Delivered to 113 Million Americans May Contain Toxic Chemical, Scientists Say
HealthThe tap water delivered to 113 million Americans has contained a mysterious chemical substance, a byproduct of the water treatment process, for decades. This week, scientists finally discovered what it was.
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