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A rapper-turned-politician just reshaped Nepal's government. Balendra Shah's reformist party won a majority, riding a wave of youth-led change across the Himalayan nation.
A compound hiding in rice bran could unlock new treatments for digestive disorders—by controlling how your gut moves.
RTX is retrofitting regional turboprops with hybrid thermal/electric engines—boosting efficiency without replacing the aircraft.
AI just revealed what's hidden on the Moon's far side—using samples from China's historic Chang'e-6 mission, the first to bring back material from the lunar hemisphere we've never seen.
A tiny brain molecule linked to autism just revealed its dangerous secret: nitric oxide can trigger a cascade that disrupts how brain cells communicate.
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A striking mural honors 41 women whose legacies continue reshaping campus and beyond.
Divers discovered towering golden coral formations and bizarre creatures in the Caribbean depths. These underwater mountains had never been explored before.
Finnish physicists have finally created a quantum material that existed only in theory: a two-dimensional topological crystalline insulator with unprecedented properties.
Canada's British Columbia is ditching daylight saving time for good—but research warns the shift itself increases heart attacks, strokes, and accidents.
BMW is deploying humanoid robots made by Hexagon at its European factories for the first time, expanding its push into AI-powered manufacturing.
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When Patricia Bery learned her baby's kidneys were developing abnormally, doctors delivered the devastating news and left. Then nurse Laurie Van Damme walked in—and changed everything.
Microscopic teeth unearthed in Colorado are rewriting the story of human origins—revealing secrets about our earliest primate ancestors.
A common menopause treatment may undermine popular weight-loss drugs, according to new research—a finding that could reshape treatment plans for millions of women.
Scientists discovered a genetic switch that could transform chemotherapy-resistant pancreatic cancer from deadly to treatable—offering hope for one of medicine's toughest battles.
Fungi and worm compost could unlock farming on the Moon and Mars. New research shows chickpeas can thrive in simulated lunar soil with the right biological boost.
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Families of executed freedom fighters are demanding London's Natural History Museum and Cambridge University return their ancestors' skulls—taken by colonial forces over a century ago.
Iron Age warriors fortified a German hilltop with mysterious intent. Now archaeologists finally understand why Bruchhauser Steine mattered.
A bobcat's head was jammed in a car's grill after being hit and dragged down a Pennsylvania road. When a game warden called Tracie Young asking if her wildlife center could help, she said yes—but expected the worst.
Chinese scientists have cracked a major gap in climate accounting: a new model that precisely measures how much carbon the world's salt marshes actually capture.
Scientists decoded the strawberry's evolutionary blueprint by analyzing mobile DNA signatures, revealing how this beloved fruit's genome came together.
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Scientists just unlocked precise control over spinning molecules trapped in superfluid helium droplets—opening new doors for quantum research.
Tiny structural tweaks in polyheptazine imides unlock dramatic gains in solar-to-chemical energy conversion, a new computational study reveals.
A UC Berkeley chemist turned childhood struggles into breakthrough science—extracting clean water from desert air through years of productive failure.
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A potentially hazardous asteroid will narrowly miss both Earth and the moon in 2032.
Parents are drowning in conflicting advice about building kids' confidence. One couple's surprisingly simple approach is changing everything.
The Brady home's iconic exterior fooled millions—interior scenes were actually shot on a soundstage. Years later, renovations finally made the real house match the TV sets.
A tiny koala population is reshaping how scientists understand genetic disease risk—revealing insights that could transform human medicine.
Cameroon's power crisis deepens as hydroelectric and thermal plants fail. Desperate residents now turn to solar panels to survive blackouts.
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The global shift to clean energy demands copper, cobalt, lithium, and rare earth elements—but mining them strains ecosystems while a handful of countries control supply chains.
A colossal reticulated python discovered in Indonesia just broke the Guinness World Record for longest wild snake at nearly 24 feet—dethroning a 26-year record holder.
An Indian teacher posed a deceptively simple challenge that stumped his students: draw a square with just three lines. What sounds impossible reveals a brilliant lesson in creative thinking.
A five-day intensive TMS protocol delivers depression relief as effectively as six weeks of standard treatment—potentially transforming how psychiatrists approach brain stimulation therapy.
Cremation, composting, or green burial—which final resting place saves the planet? We break down the most eco-friendly way to say goodbye.
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Breakthrough findings are finally demystifying Alzheimer's, offering real hope to the tens of millions affected worldwide by this devastating disease.
LACMA's director breaks silence on the David Geffen Galleries in an exclusive interview launching Vanity Fair's revamped art newsletter True Colors.
SEWA mobilizes 3.8 million Indian women workers, fighting for fair wages and healthcare in the informal economy for over 50 years.
A cross-country move turned into a desperate search when Steven Maa's dog bolted in a Colorado snowstorm—but a rescue group refused to give up.
U.S. Customs plans to return seized importer funds within 45 days—no lawsuits required.