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A Taiwan–led study of Mandarin-speaking learners shows that the sounds we hear and produce are deeply shaped by our prior language experience, offering new insights into how humans learn and use language.

Scientists spot evidence of 2 huge companion stars that blew up KSL.com Shared cloud interactions unveil a candidate binary-system supernova pair with no known analogue Nature Scientists may have found the 1st twin star system where both stars exploded space.com A cosmic first: separated sibling stars reunited by supernovae Big Think NASA Data Reveals Rare Binary Star Explosion, a Cosmic Story South Jersey Can Watch Unfold SNJ Today

When Amy posts a photograph of herself on Instagram, she knows what will attract attention. A picture of her in a bikini may receive thousands of views. A post explaining the realities of living with a stoma (an opening in her abdomen that directs waste to a bag attached to it) may reach far fewer people.

Swidden agriculture—often called "slash-and-burn"—has been practiced on every inhabited continent throughout human history, and for decades it has been blamed for the destruction of the world's rainforests. However, a new study of more than 18,000 forest patches around the world found that the environmental impact of swidden is more nuanced and less destructive than the term "slash-and-burn" suggests—and that unwritten social rules in small societies, not government oversight, often regulate lan

Dozens of archaeological sites were destroyed by looting during Syria's civil war, which began in 2011 and lasted until 2024. Because the last comprehensive analysis was published in 2017, the extent of more recent damage to cultural heritage sites since 2016—including at UNESCO World Heritage sites such as Palmyra, long-running archaeological excavations like Mari, and the ancient Roman city of Apamea, known for its Great Colonnade—has been largely unknown.

People who receive information on social media play a greater role in the spread of misinformation than research has acknowledged, according to research published in the International Journal of Enterprise Network Management. The researchers argue that efforts to tackle "fake news" should focus as much on why users share false information as on identifying those who create misleading content.

Whale sharks (Rhincodon typus)—the world's biggest fish—are one of the most charismatic marine species. They connect with the hearts of anyone lucky enough to encounter them, making people deeply curious about their lives and invested in their conservation.

Authorities have evacuated more than 340,000 people and suspended work and rail services as Typhoon Noul approaches southern China, with flight cancellations announced in Hong Kong.

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said Saturday firefighters were working to "save lives" in the blazes raging west of Madrid, as authorities said a separate fire in the east killed one person.

SpaceX Falcon 9 launches Starlink satellites from West Coast Spaceflight Now SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sends Starlink satellites to orbit a day after rare launch abort space.com Will the next Vandenberg rocket launch be seen in Arizona? What to know azcentral.com and The Arizona Republic Report: Gen3 Starlink satellites – a Starship-level upgrade? SDxCentral SpaceX targeting Saturday morning for next Falcon 9 launch News Channel 3-12

SpaceX's mammoth Starship rocket blasted off Friday on another test flight stretching halfway around the world, this time releasing 20 of the most advanced Starlinks.

A self-taught ornithologist, he won a MacArthur fellowship for his precise, resplendent illustrations that appeared in definitive field guides to tropical songbirds.

All cells in the human body—and the motions they enable, from our beating hearts to our wiggling toes—use energy generated by a molecule called ATP. Its energy is thought to be released to fuel cellular processes in only one way: when ATP's decomposition is initiated by an enzyme, a specific type of protein.

We talk with astronaut Michael Foale about the 1997 Space Station Mir crisis: 'He took all the blame of the collision on his shoulders' space.com

Historians and archaeologists know that maize was a central food source and cultural symbol across the ancient Maya world, but much of what is known has come from studies focused on large Maya cities and elite burials.

Even mild inflammation during pregnancy led mouse offspring to develop persistent brain overactivity, sensory sensitivity, repetitive behaviors, and increased seizure risk. Remarkably, one dose of rapamycin improved nearly all of these problems within about two hours. The benefits were temporary, but they suggest that adult brain circuits may remain far more adaptable than previously believed.

Ecologists have long understood that biodiversity is paramount to ecosystem stability. Until now, however, most ecological research has focused on a single layer of ecological life at a time—for example, plant or animal communities. In reality, ecological systems have multiple layers that interact continuously. Plants are eaten by herbivores, herbivores are eaten by predators, and fluctuations at one trophic level, or an organism's specific position in the food chain, can ripple through the enti

Scientists expected SuperAgers might simply inherit fewer Alzheimer’s-related risks, but their genes looked much like those of typical older adults. Their extraordinary memories may instead come from still-unknown protective forces involving the brain, body, lifestyle, and environment.

A team of scientists uploaded videos of the squirrel-like rodents in the wild on the adult-content site OnlyFans to raise money amid government budget cuts.

Recycling, greener diets, and other personal climate choices do not seem to distract people from supporting major environmental reforms. A four-year study of nearly 2,800 Australians found that these habits neither increased nor reduced later political engagement.

Cosmic expansion allows distant galaxies to move away faster than light, while still letting us see ancient light they emitted when they were much closer. Eventually, accelerating expansion will push nearly every galaxy beyond our Local Group out of sight, making the Universe appear almost empty.

‘I never thought in a million years I’d run into a tiger’: fisherman lands rare catch on Cape Cod The Boston Globe

Woman Transforms IKEA Wooden Bowls Into Gorgeous Side Table Dengarden

Chinese astronomers report the detection of a peculiar optical transient event that occurred in the center of a dwarf galaxy. The newly discovered event, designated AT2019ijn, is a fast-rising, slow-decaying blue optical transient with exceptionally bright radio emission. The finding was detailed in a paper published July 6 in The Astrophysical Journal Letters.

A major long-term study linked coffee consumption with lower risks of cirrhosis, liver cancer, and death from liver disease. Coffee drinkers also showed healthier liver scans and blood protein patterns, with less fat, inflammation, and scarring. Benefits appeared even at one or two cups daily and were strongest around three to four cups.

If another advanced civilization lived on Earth before us, would we know? CNN

Modern research on secondary metabolites from microbes, plants and marine organisms has revealed a remarkable diversity of chemical structures and bioactivities with broad applications in biotechnology, agriculture and medicine. Most natural products are composed of primary biogenic elements such as carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen and oxygen.

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Newer oral drugs related to semaglutide medications such as Ozempic reduced pleasure-driven eating in mice by quieting a deep brain reward circuit. The finding could open new avenues for understanding food cravings and potentially treating substance use disorder.

Two scientists are planning to venture into one of the most dangerous environments in the solar system an The Times of India PRAXIS: Planetary Rings Autonomous EXploration with In-situ Sampling NASA (.gov) Two scientists want to touch Saturn's rings. NASA thinks their plan could work MSN

A prebiotic fiber supplement reduced knee osteoarthritis pain while also improving grip strength and pain sensitivity in a six-week trial. The results hint at a fascinating gut-muscle-pain connection and suggest that a simple daily supplement may be easier to maintain than digital physiotherapy.

In microgravity, the human spine lengthens by as much as five centimetres, and astronauts come home temporarily taller than when they left, before gravity compresses the column again within days of landing Space Daily

Contagious Cancer Found in North American Catfish WIRED Brown bullhead catfish melanoma represents a novel transmissible cancer Nature Scientists Discover The Fourth Transmissible Cancer Known To Science Forbes Deep in This Lake, a Contagious Cancer Is Spreading The New York Times First-known freshwater contagious cancer spreading among catfish in Vermont lake FOX Weather

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Deep-sea scientists filmed something hugely astonishing and very rarely seen gliding over the seafloor in Chile BBC Wildlife Magazine

How does a moon 1.4 billion kilometres from the Sun end up with rivers, rain and lakes, but not a single drop of water in any of them? Space Daily Saturn's moon Titan is so large it outsizes the planet Mercury, making it the second-biggest moon in the solar system after Jupiter's Ganymede Space Daily Titan has rivers, rainfall, lakes and a slow hydrological cycle exactly like Earth's, except that every drop of it is liquid methane and the rock the rivers run over is water ice spacewar.com 5 amaz

Four dead stars have been confirmed within 65 light-years of Earth, hidden for decades in the glare of the brighter red dwarfs they orbit Space Daily Four white dwarfs found hiding in Earth’s cosmic backyard yourweather.co.uk 🔭 Four hidden white dwarfs discovered near the Sun Techno-Science Scientists discover a giant celestial graveyard near Earth Metro.co.uk Four hidden dead stars found in Earth's backyard The News International

In 1991, a single subatomic particle struck Earth carrying the kinetic energy of a fast-bowled cricket ball — tens of millions of times more than any human accelerator can give one proton — and physicists still cannot explain what launched it Space Daily

Scientists have uncovered new evidence that Venus may still be tearing itself apart from within. Advanced 3D simulations indicate that some of the planet's giant rift valleys formed relatively recently and could still be expanding. The results suggest Venus has a far more active interior than researchers once believed, challenging the long-held view of a geologically dormant world.

One of Europe's highest distinctions in condensed matter physics has been awarded for a discovery that is reshaping our understanding of magnetism: The 2026 Europhysics Prize of the European Physical Society (EPS) Condensed Matter Division goes to Professor Jairo Sinova of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU), Dr. Libor Šmejkal and Professor Tomas Jungwirth for their discovery of altermagnetism—a previously unknown fundamental class of magnetism.

Amateur astronomer discovers 390-million-year-old meteorite impact crater in Quebec ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos A massive crater was spotted on Google Earth. It could be a scar from an ancient meteorite impact space.com Pit found by Quebecer confirmed to be a 390-million-years-old meteorite impact crater CTV News Giant pit discovered by hiker on Google Maps confirmed to be 390 million-year-old meteor impact crater Live Science Uhackatik crater in Canada The Planetary Society

A new analysis suggests the Sun holds far more silver than earlier estimates indicated. More advanced models of the solar atmosphere raised the calculated amount by 55 percent, bringing it into much closer agreement with ancient meteorites. The technique may also help scientists track the cosmic origins of silver and other heavy elements.

Researchers from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) are playing a key role in the summer exhibition wONDERLAND at the Yper Museum. Thanks to interdisciplinary research on more than 1,000 excavated skeletons, they have succeeded in giving the anonymous medieval city dweller a face and a voice once again after centuries.

It was the 13th test overall of Starship. The success is a boon to NASA’s moon plans and SpaceX’s hopes to deploy a million data centers in orbit.

Mathematician Offers New Solution to a Fundamental Cosmic Paradox SciTechDaily How Gravity from Entropy theory connects the second law of thermodynamics with the emergence of cosmic structure Phys.org New quantum gravity theory links entropy, dark energy, and life ScienceDaily New Gravity Theory Suggests How Cosmic Order Emerges Despite Rising Entropy The Debrief GfE Theory Shows Total Universe Entropy Increases Over Time Quantum Zeitgeist

Museums, libraries, archives and heritage organizations face a difficult problem: Many of the objects they preserve are made from materials that naturally deteriorate.

The universe is 13.8 billion years old. Webb is finding galaxies that look like they've been quietly forming stars for billions of years inside a cosmos that was, at the time of observation, only a few hundred million years old Space Daily James Webb Space Telescope discovers the secrets of cosmic 'factories' that filled the early universe with stardust space.com JWST Catches Metal-Poor Galaxy Forging Iron Dust Earlier Than Models Allow Tech Times Webb telescope reveals a surprisingly mature gal

One of NASA’s Most Important Deep Space Observatories Hit by Spanish Wildfires WIRED Wildfire forces evacuation of NASA’s Deep Space Network complex in Spain Ars Technica Critical NASA Deep Space ground station in Spain evacuated due to wildfires Spaceflight Now One of NASA’s crucial links to deep space is at risk of burning down New Scientist NASA station in Spain evacuated due to 'critical' wildfires as Europe burns as 40,000 flee Daily Star

Jessica Metcalf's work stinks. Literally. But the Colorado State University professor's research may be key to protecting livestock and wildlife from a flesh-eating parasite.

In July 2028 NASA launches a car-sized, 1,000-pound nuclear drone toward Saturn's moon Titan, a six-year, $3.35 billion trip to a world where the air is four times denser than Earth's, gravity is one-seventh as strong, and flying is the easy part. 19FortyFive Later this decade NASA plans to launch Dragonfly, a car-sized nuclear-powered drone that will fly from site to site across Saturn's moon Titan - the only world besides Earth with rivers, lakes and rain, though there the rain is liquid metha

Researchers from the University of Amsterdam and the University of New South Wales have answered a question that has been around for decades: whether ions of the metal ytterbium can enter certain long-lived, nearly stable states and, if so, for how long. The measured long-lived states may find applications in quantum computers and atomic clocks.

The rapid growth of sustainable finance in recent years has fueled interest in green investment, ranging from green bonds and environmental, social and governance (ESG) funds to energy-efficient cryptocurrencies. While these assets are often grouped under the broader umbrella of green finance, their interaction during periods of market stress remains largely unexplored.

The agency is considering whether compounding pharmacies should be allowed to produce BPC-157, TB-500 and other previously banned peptides.

In a recent study, scientists devised a way of reversing the buildup of compounds that lead to some age-related diseases.

A Cambridge professor has transcribed a handwritten story that the famous mathematician wrote in the year before his death, presenting a different side of him.

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality slowed the awarding of new grants last year. Now it is stopping existing ones.

Stanford Medicine researchers have discovered a naturally occurring molecule that may suppress appetite and reduce body weight much like Ozempic, but without several of its common side effects. The molecule, called BRP, acts on a more targeted region of the brain involved in hunger and metabolism rather than affecting tissues throughout the body.

A sulfur-based compound called LASSS appears to protect and supercharge a key protein involved in repairing damaged muscle. The discovery could eventually lead to new ways to slow muscle loss and preserve strength as people age.

Dr. Tsimerman won one of four Fields Medals, an award for top mathematicians under 40, for his work on the André-Oort conjecture, but is now changing his focus to artificial intelligence.

In an all-day hearing, the agency’s scientists argued against allowing broad access to unproven drugs that the agency had banned three years ago.