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1 hour agoPallab GhoshScience CorrespondentGettyDrug tests on rabbits could end by the end of the yearThe government has detailed for the first time how it aims to fulfil its manifesto pledge to work toward phasing out animal testing.The new plans include replacing animal testing for some major......
Polish maker Nikodem Bartnik has created a robot head that can answer questions like an ancient Greek philosopher. The robot has a metal mask with 3D-printed moving eyes, LED lights behind its mouth, and an artificial brain running on Bartnik’s computer. The head responds in real time, creating the ...
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, painful recoveries. While modern battlefield medicine saves more lives than ever, doctors continue to struggle with t...
Science & Tech No one knows the answer, and that’s the point Mansi Srivastava.Photos by Veasey Conway/Harvard Staff Photographer Kermit Pattison Harvard Staff Writer November 10, 2025 8 min read ‘Genuinely Hard Problems’ pilots novel approach to scientific education A few weeks after their arrival a...
A robot has just collapsed the Atlantic Ocean into a blink, bringing remote stroke treatment closer to reality than ever before. Hours after Dundee’s Professor Iris Grunwald performed the world’s first remote thrombectomy on a human cadaver, another milestone followed. Her successful test proved tha...
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Researchers identified SGK1 as a key chemical connecting childhood trauma to depression and suicidal behavior. High SGK1 levels were found in the brains of suicide victims and in people with genetic variants linked to early adversity. Drugs that block SGK1 could offer a new kind of antidepressant, e...
At first, Ed Ruscha’s collaboration with the Los Angeles-based boutique chocolatiers andSons might seem like an unusual pairing. Until, that is, you remember that Ruscha is the creator of the fragrant, ephemeral Chocolate Room installation from 1970, which was more recently re-created for his retros...
This herculean effort could help scientists unravel the causes of autism, schizophrenia, and even a deadly form of cancer. Like the seeds of a forest, a few cells in embryos eventually sprout into an ecosystem of brain cells. Neurons get the most recognition for their computing power. But a host of ...
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM For years, headlines have warned that Earth is entering a sixth mass extinction. But new research suggests that this dire picture may be more nuanced, and even somewhat hopeful. A study by Kristen Saban and John Wiens of the University of Arizona s Department of ...
You're probably familiar with the literary classic Moby-Dick by the great Herman Melville. But in case you're not, here's the gist: first published in 1851, Moby Dick is about an enraged sea captain in pursuit of a huge, ancient albino sperm whale, Moby-Dick. There sea captain is called Captain Ahab...
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What is the secret to a long-lasting marriage? People have wondered that forever. We see couples who appear so happy and in love, even decades into their relationship. If they could bottle that kind of joy, they’d be the wealthiest people in the world. On June 4, 1942, a mere 83 years ago, Eleanor G...
When David Fajgenbaum was in medical school, he was diagnosed with an incurable illness called Castleman disease. He was 25 years old when doctors told him “there’s nothing we can do,” and a priest read him his last rites.The disease causes one’s immune system to attack and shut down vital organs fo...
This essay is an op-ed by Nate Carden. The viewpoints and opinions expressed in op-eds are those of the author and do not necessarily mirror those of Good Good Good. When I tell people I work for a nonprofit organization that helps veterans, I usually get looks of sympathy. People respond that it’s...
9-year-old Sydney Smoot had a bone to pick with the Hernando County School Board. The issue? The Florida Standards Assessment Test, or FSA for short. On March 17, 2015, Sydney bravely stood up at her local school board meeting to share how she felt about the test and why she believes it's failing st...
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 the longest government shutdown in United States history entered its 41st day, and seemingly approached its end, the two politicia...
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In recent years, museums have expressed their wishes to rethink their pasts, returning looted objects, acknowledging the original inhabitants of the land where they are located, and taking steps to deepen their collections of art by women and artists of color. But a collective of artists and agricul...
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM 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 to Reason Better to Live Better, which unpacks the “cognitive biases” that nudge us toward snap judgme...
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 cancer diagnosis changed things for him. Scott had testicular cancer that he treated with surgery and chemotherapy. Just seven ye...
It only costs a few dollars to buy a tub of bait worms for fishing, but many people are fine with sourcing them straight from the ground. And who knows? There’s always a chance you may find more in the dirt than wriggling invertebrates. Take a recent example near Stockholm, Sweden: According to coun...
AI and quantum technologies are dramatically reconfiguring how cybersecurity functions, redefining the speed and scale with which digital defenders and their adversaries can operate. The weaponization of AI tools for cyberattacks is already proving a worthy opponent to current defenses. From reconna...
