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Chronic pain might quietly push people toward developing high blood pressure—and the more widespread the pain, the greater the danger. A massive analysis of over 200,000 adults uncovered strong links between long-lasting pain, depression, inflammation, and rising hypertension risk....
After the journey through the winding roads of Hong Kong Island's verdant south side, the first sight that greets visitors to the popular beach town of Shek O is the much-loved bus terminus. Though many beachgoers will make a beeline straight for the golden sands of Shek O beach, the delightful term...
It uses light to record and transmit brain signals and worked for a year with minimal scarring in mice. As its whiskers flitter, the mouse’s brain sparks with activity. A tiny implant records the electrical chatter and beams it to a nearby computer. Smaller than a grain of salt, the implant is power...
The powerful coronal mass ejection would have likely destroyed the atmospheres of any potentially habitable planets nearby...
The “strong, active” and “vocal” babies were born during the government shutdown, and they and their 5-year-old, first-time mother, Amabala, are thriving...
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Rather than rely solely on the new mayor or pundits to interpret the results, the transition tents served as an informal poll of what New Yorkers really wanted. Former First Lady Chirlane McCray visiting the Talking Transition Tent in lower Manhattan in November 2013. (Credit: Rob Bennett for the of...
The world is full of artistic, superbly talented, and crafty individuals. But with so much noise on social media, the best of the best don’t always get the attention they deserve. So, our team at Bored Panda has curated this list of some of the coolest and most impressive projects and designs from a...
Getty Images Health 8 trajectories for long COVID Study captures variability of a condition that affects millions Mass General Brigham Communications November 17, 2025 3 min read Millions of patients have developed long COVID, a chronic condition that involves a range of symptoms, including fatigue,...
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant funds appear to have been put towards supporting two awards at nearly 10 percent of the agency s annual $207 million budget, the New York Times reported. The Trump administration previously canceled the NEH grants that had been approved under the...
More than 7,000 NVIDIA GPUs have just simulated a quantum microchip, and in doing so, pushed the limits of one of the world’s most powerful supercomputers. A broad association of researchers from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the University of California, Berkeley has achi...
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El cohete SLS (Sistema de Lanzamiento Espacial) y la nave espacial Orion de la misión Artemis I, en la plataforma móvil de lanzamiento en el Centro Espacial Kennedy de la NASA en Florida, con la luna llena al fondo. Imagen tomada el 14 de junio de 2022.Crédito: NASA/Cory Huston Read this press relea...
For decades, biologists have warned that humanity is precipitating a sixth mass extinction. By some estimates, species are vanishing at up to a thousand times the natural background rate. Yet a new study in Proceedings of the Royal Society B suggests the picture is more complicated. Extinctions, it ...
For the first two centuries of its existence, the story of Riga’s Old Jewish Cemetery was like the story of any other Jewish cemetery in Europe. The cemetery was established in 1725 at what was then the outskirts of Riga, and it was desperately needed by the local Jewish community, who previously n...
In a new study, researchers identified a particular part of the brain that serves as an inference engine. Animals survive in changing and unpredictable environments by not merely responding to new circumstances, but also, like humans, by forming inferences about their surroundings. For instance, squ...
The HeadlinesCONTROVERSIAL SALE. The Phillips Collection, the art museum located in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, DC, plans to auction major works by Georgia O’Keeffe, Arthur Dove, and Georges Seurat at Sotheby’s New York on November 20, sparking controversy. The Washington Post repo...
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Scientists used CRISPR to disable the NRF2 gene, restoring chemotherapy sensitivity in lung cancer cells and slowing tumor growth. The technique worked even when only a fraction of tumor cells were edited, making it practical for real-world treatment. Since NRF2 fuels resistance in several cancers, ...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art s Costume Institute is putting form back into fashion—and placing fashion at the forefront of New York’s busiest institution. On Monday, the museum revealed that its spring 2026 blockbuster fashion exhibition will be “Costume Art,” which examines the bond between the d...
Have you ever had a secret trick that you didn’t want to share with anyone? Some families have recipes they are sworn never to share with outsiders. Other folks have tricks they use at work that give them a competitive advantage that could be used against them if they let it out of the bag. Other pe...
Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, is expected to be officially announced on Nov. 18 as the host city of the 2027 U.N. climate conference, or COP32. Backed by the African Group of Negotiators on Climate Change, the expected decision would mark the international climate summit’s return to the African c...
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM 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 moments are doing f...
