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Sotheby's Hospices de Beaune Charity Wine Sale Nets $21.4 M. in France The annual Hospices de Beaune charity wine auction in Burgundy, France, organized by Sotheby's, made €18.75 million ($21.5 million) on Sunday. It was the third highest total a...
A new study reversed transplant rejection twice, uncovering the reasons for transplant rejection on a cellular level :focal(750x343:751x344)/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer_public/24/46/24460a5c-42b2-479e-ba24-f0d965...
Tuberculosis (TB) remains the world's deadliest infectious disease, claiming over 1.2 million lives every year. However, in clinics like the Boniaba Community Health Center in Mali, the process of diagnosing TB has been transformed thanks to the inte...
A woman named Rebecca Boening was driving on the highway when her blood sugar unexpectedly dropped to a dangerous level. Boening has diabetes, and the condition, known as hypoglycemia, can leave people feeling weak, disoriented, and even cause them t...
Few people spend more meaningful time with kids than their teachers. From the classroom to the playground to after-school pickup, teachers witness daily moments that often reveal what a child's home life is like...and which parents are consistently s...
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Chronic Pain Linked to Rising Blood Pressure Risk Chronic pain in adults may raise the likelihood of developing high blood pressure, and factors such as where the pain is located, how widespread it is, and whether a person also has depression app...
Millions of patients have developed long COVID, a chronic condition that involves a range of symptoms, including fatigue, brain fog, dizziness, and palpitations, that persist for at least three months after infection. In a new analysis of adult parti...
Most of us know the feeling of standing in front of a painting that makes us pause. Maybe it's a burst of color that lifts our mood or a quiet scene that steadies the mind. Either way, a new study from King's College London suggests that these moment...
Do you often wake up at 3 or 4 a.m. with an intense feeling of anxiety? Do you get stressed that you're awake and begin making a mental laundry list of everything you need to do the next day? Do you start thinking about fights you once had with your ...
When Alex Allan was diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) at age 22, her GP told her the symptoms could only be managed and to come back when she wanted to have a baby. Thirty years later, she says women are still being given the same advic...
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Study Suggests 40Hz Sensory Stimulation May Benefit Some Alzheimer's Patients for Years A new research paper documents the outcomes of five volunteers who continued to receive 40Hz light and sound stimulation for around two years after participat...
In 2000, retired lieutenant Gene Eyster received a strange call near Christmas - a newborn baby had been found abandoned in a cardboard box. Eyster dutifully rescued the infant, whom he nicknamed "Baby Jesus," and took him to the hospital. Though Eys...
Menus Reveal Food's Political Power A nice, warm meal is one of the great unifiers. Food communicates everything from love and tradition like a home cooked dinner to political stances. At a state dinner, food has the power to cultivate understand...
Dawn had just broken across the trail through the Pir Panjal mountains when Fatima Deader felt the first labor pains. She and her family had almost reached the midway point of their 134-mile (215km) trek from Rajouri in Jammu to Kashmir's higher past...
Colorectal cancer diagnoses have become increasingly common in adults 50 or younger, particularly in high-income countries like the U.S. A new study led by Harvard and Mass General Brigham researchers suggests an important link to ultraprocessed food...
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In 2013, Tarek El Moussa and his now ex-wife, Christina Haack, were becoming big stars on HGTV's Flip or Flop. A keen-eyed viewer contacted the network about her concern for Tarek. She saw a lump on his neck that made her fear he might have cancer....
Wild new "gyromorph" materials could make computers insanely fast Researchers are exploring a new generation of computers that operate using light, or photons, instead of electrical currents. Systems that rely on light to store and process inform...
Epstein-Barr Virus Linked to Lupus Disease Groundbreaking research suggests that the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), a common childhood virus, may be the trigger for the autoimmune disease lupus. The study, led by researchers at Stanford University, ...
Job Recruiter Impressed by Candidate's 671-Day Duolingo Streak In the competitive job market, job seekers must be strategic and creative to stand out. One candidate impressed a recruiter by listing their 671-day Duolingo streak alongside fluency ...
From Nanoscale to Global Scale: Advancing MIT's Special Initiatives Collaborating on Health Angela Koehler, faculty director of the MIT Health and Life Sciences Collaborative (MIT HEALS) and the Charles W. and Jennifer C. Johnson Professor o...
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46 Funny "Port Sherry" Comics That Blend Everyday Moments With Absurd Twists (New Pics) If you've never checked out Port Sherry, you're in for a treat. Pedro Arizpe has been making these comics since 2010, and they're full of clever, weird, and s...
Two baby boys, Myles and Miles, were born just 11 minutes apart at HCA Florida Brandon Hospital on October 27, 2025. The coincidence of the nearly identical names was a special and unique moment for the families and hospital staff. Myles Retzer, bor...
No, Tylenol Use Does Not Cause Autism or ADHD, Large Scientific Review Finds Lately, headlines and social media threads have warned pregnant people to avoid acetaminophen (often known by the brand name Tylenol), implying that using it could incre...
When a parent with young children faces a cancer diagnosis, it brings on many emotions. One of the most difficult aspects can be deciding how much to disclose to the children. This can vary tremendously depending on a child's age. The older they are,...
Keeping Dignity at the Center: How to Support Your Loved One's Sense of Self Through Dementia Dementia is a condition that affects more and more families every year. Globally, someone develops dementia every three seconds. In the U.S. alone, more...
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Just like your body needs a bath now and then, so too does your brain – but instead of a tub filled with hot water, your brain has cerebrospinal fluid, which flows around inside the brain and helps clear away waste products, misplaced blood cells, an...
Subtle Signs of Intelligence Despite stereotypes, highly intelligent people come in all types. Some openly showcase their smarts, while others remain more humble. However, certain hallmarks of intelligence are noticeable in how they approach peop...
We often hear that some people are just born different. But Mother Nature has taken this idea to a whole new level. The result is a very unlikely gene combination that results in the most unusual human body traits. Bored Panda has curated a list of...
Running on Little Sleep? You're Twice as Likely to Get Hurt If you're one of the 620 million people who regularly go for a run, you probably like to get an early start. But if you haven't slept well the night before, you could be putting yourself...
Researchers at Osaka Metropolitan University have developed a promising new method to repair spinal fractures using stem cells extracted from adipose tissue, or body fat. In animal studies, the treatment successfully healed spinal injuries in rats th...
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The Pacific Won a Landmark Climate Case at the World's Top Court. Now They Want Countries to Act. In January 2004, Cyclone Heta pummeled the shores of the island nation of Niue, uprooting trees and flooding homes with 184 mile-per-hour winds and ...
The first thing to understand about eating spicy food is that it really isn't a matter of taste. Capsaicin, the active chemical in capsicum plants that are a key ingredient in anything you'd think of as "spicy", evolved as an irritant to stop mammals...
Zinc-infused Gel Could Aid Soldier Recovery from Blast Injuries For soldiers caught in explosions, survival often comes at a steep physical cost. Blast injuries can tear through muscle and bone, leaving survivors with severe tissue loss and long,...
Neuroscientists from Columbia University and McGill University have identified a brain chemical that appears to drive depression and suicidal thinking in individuals who faced trauma or hardship during childhood. The researchers found that high leve...
AI is Helping Doctors Repurpose Old Drugs for New Cures When David Fajgenbaum was in medical school, he was diagnosed with an incurable illness called Castleman disease. At 25 years old, doctors told him "there's nothing we can do," and a priest ...
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Republican Governor Addresses SNAP Cuts, Directs People to 900+ Resources On November 10, Republican Governor J. Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma sat down with Democratic Governor Matt Meyer of Delaware at the TEDNext conference in Atlanta, Georgia. As th...
Outsmart Your Brain: 3 Thinking Traps (and Practical Fixes) from a Yale Psychologist The mind loves shortcuts. They help us move fast. Sometimes a little too fast. That's the core idea in Yale psychologist Woo-kyoung Ahn's book Thinking 101: How...
Scott Hamilton Lives With A Brain Tumor But Won't Let It Rule His Life Olympic Gold Medalist Scott Hamilton wowed the crowds at the 1984 Olympics with his incredible figure skating. He continued to skate professionally until 2001, but a 1997 canc...
AI and quantum technologies are dramatically reshaping the cybersecurity landscape, redefining the speed and scale at which digital defenders and their adversaries can operate. The Rise of AI-Powered Cyberattacks The weaponization of AI tools f...
In Fairbanks, fiddling thrives—bridging cultures, sustaining traditions and filling the dance floor with life By Erin Gifford - Freelance writer November 7, 2025 :focal(2016x1517:2017x1518)/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazona...