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Our Solar System May Be Destroyed 100 Times Faster Than We ...

2026-10-09T22:00:00Z

Our Solar System May Be Destroyed 100 Times Faster Than We Thought

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We'll die as we were born.

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Scientists Trace How Cancer Passed Between Twins Before Birth ...

2026-10-08T23:58:36Z

Scientists Trace How Cancer Passed Between Twins Before Birth

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How is this even possible?

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'More Might Be Out There': A Scorching Phoenix Planet May ...

2026-10-08T13:00:00Z

'More Might Be Out There': A Scorching Phoenix Planet May Solve a 3-Decade-Old Astronomical Cold Case

Artist's concept of the "phoenix planet" swirling around its white dwarf parent. (NASA/ESA/Leah Hustak, STScI)

A planetary phoenix arising from its mother’s ashes?

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Experts Just Updated The Definition of Dyslexia For The First ...

2026-10-07T20:00:00Z

Experts Just Updated The Definition of Dyslexia For The First Time in 20 Years

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We now know much more about it.

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Sexually Transmitted Diarrhea Is Exploding in The US. And ...

2026-10-07T13:02:00Z

Sexually Transmitted Diarrhea Is Exploding in The US. And It's Growing Resistant to Medicine

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Not good.

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Scientists Find Major Flaws in The Research Behind Collagen ...

2026-10-06T22:00:00Z

Scientists Find Major Flaws in The Research Behind Collagen Supplements

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There's more to the story.

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Physicists May Have Finally Figured Out Why Pickles Glow ...

2026-10-05T23:54:01Z

Physicists May Have Finally Figured Out Why Pickles Glow

(Portland State University)

It's like a tiny, salty star.

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We May Have Been Wrong About Fasting Before Blood Tests, Study ...

2026-10-04T01:00:00Z

We May Have Been Wrong About Fasting Before Blood Tests, Study Reveals

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With some notable exceptions.

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A Hidden Compound in 'Healthy' Plant-Based Foods May Be ...

2026-10-02T02:30:00Z

A Hidden Compound in 'Healthy' Plant-Based Foods May Be Fueling Gut Inflammation

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You may have never heard of it.

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Discovery of Exquisite Feathered Dinosaur in China Could Rewrite ...

2026-10-01T22:00:00Z

Discovery of Exquisite Feathered Dinosaur in China Could Rewrite The Evolution of Flight

The first Norellraptor barsboldi fossil is impressively well-preserved. (Wang et al., Nat. Comms., 2026)

This is going to ruffle some feathers...

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A Vast Hole Almost The Size of Portugal Opened Up in ...

2026-10-01T13:00:00Z

A Vast Hole Almost The Size of Portugal Opened Up in Antarctica's Winter Sea Ice. Now We Know Why.

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An unprecedented gap in Antarctic sea ice.

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Primate Communication May Follow Grammar Patterns Once Thought ...

2026-09-29T22:00:00Z

Primate Communication May Follow Grammar Patterns Once Thought Uniquely Human

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Breaking the "single-most important demarcation line in hominin evolution."

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The Pacific Ocean Is Doing Something Weird as It Warms: Young ...

2026-09-29T01:00:00Z

The Pacific Ocean Is Doing Something Weird as It Warms: Young Water Gets Older, And Old Water Gets Younger

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A paradoxical effect, explained.

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Engineered Probiotic Wipes Out 43% of Colorectal Tumors in Mice ...

2026-09-21T01:06:05Z

Engineered Probiotic Wipes Out 43% of Colorectal Tumors in Mice

This is how cancer research works, step by important step.

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