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Scientists just created a pacemaker that vanishes when your heart heals. Igor Efimov's team at Northwestern engineered the first dissolvable device, eliminating risky removal surgery.
A three-meter marine reptile dubbed the "Sword Dragon of Dorset" reveals how ichthyosaurs adapted during a critical evolutionary transition when species were vanishing and new ones emerging.
Africa's largest e-mobility operator just landed $50 million to expand battery-swapping networks, signaling surging investor confidence in electric transport across the continent.
Kash Patel's viral celebration of Team USA's Olympic hockey victory gets a surprise guest: President Trump calling in to join the festivities.
China's foreign aid model is reversing course—just as the US begins adopting it.
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Teacher Joanne Miller's students surprised a struggling classmate with an unexpected act of kindness—and it was entirely their idea.
Queen Camilla told rape survivor Gisèle Pelicot she was left "speechless" by her memoir detailing a decade of drugging and assault by her ex-husband.
Meta just locked in a massive deal: up to 6GW of AMD Instinct GPUs to fuel its AI ambitions. The multi-year agreement signals a major bet on the computing power needed for next-generation AI.
Scientists unearthed a previously unknown crocodylomorph in Gloucester that rewrites our understanding of early crocodile evolution and ancient ecosystems before mass extinction.
Bruce Friedrich’s new book Meat: How the Next Agricultural Revolution Will Transform Humanity s Favorite Food―and Our Future argues that plant-based and cultivated meat are humanity’s best hope of mitigating the harms of modern animal agriculture. As a part of making that case, Friedrich offers an i...
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AI is reshaping how startups get built. MIT's entrepreneurship hub is overhauling its flagship accelerator to match the new reality.
Scientists have discovered how to reverse aging in blood-forming stem cells, potentially preventing age-related blood disorders.
Scientists are engineering bacteria to devour tumors from within. University of Waterloo researchers exploit how cancer's oxygen-starved core becomes a feast for specially designed spores.
A NASA space technology now powers billions of smartphones worldwide. The "camera-on-a-chip" innovation that revolutionized imaging has become ubiquitous in daily life.
A senior citizen from Emmaus House Whitehaven just became the Winter Olympics' most stylish competitor—and she didn't even need skates.
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Computerized brain games help traumatic injury patients rewire neural pathways and boost cognitive performance, new research reveals.
The New York Historical Society just acquired 150 Native American artworks in a major gift timed to America's 250th anniversary.
Deepfakes, group chat harassment, and non-consensual image sharing are reshaping childhood. The EU just launched a sweeping Action Plan Against Cyberbullying to protect young people's mental health.
Your genes don't assemble randomly—they're orchestrated with stunning 3D precision from conception's first moments.
Hugo Powell made history as the first British baby born to a mother with a transplanted womb from a deceased donor.
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A man's nightmare became a lifesaver: his dream of a heart attack prompted real medical tests that uncovered a genuine cardiac condition, preventing tragedy.
A woman born without a womb has given birth to Britain's first baby using a transplanted organ from a deceased donor—a milestone she calls "simply a miracle.
CU Boulder researchers engineered microscopic racetracks that trap light with unprecedented efficiency, using highway-inspired curves to minimize energy loss.
Scientists just simulated a quantum microchip at record scale using a supercomputer. The breakthrough could accelerate next-generation quantum hardware development.
Curiosity rover reveals ancient Martian waterways etched in stone. Boxwork formations captured on sol 4,671 show where water carved through rock billions of years ago.
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Hairline-thin LEDs could soon replace lasers in data centers and next-gen displays. UC Santa Barbara researchers have found a practical path forward.
A captive animal trained in English shows signs of imagination—a cognitive ability once thought uniquely human.
Root canal treatment may do more than save your tooth—it could lower heart disease inflammation and improve blood sugar and cholesterol levels.
Two major art institutions are channeling the art world's party energy into relief. On February 26, CORE and TBA21 launch a benefit auction for Jamaica and Los Angeles hurricane and wildfire recovery.
France returned a massive 940-pound "talking drum" to Côte d'Ivoire Friday, ending decades of colonial-era possession at a Paris museum.
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Osaka received an anonymous gift of gold bars to repair its crumbling water infrastructure—a stunning donation that raises questions about the mysterious benefactor's identity.
Factory motors break down constantly—but MIT just made waiting for replacements obsolete. Researchers unveiled a 3D-printing platform that manufactures complete electric motors onsite for just 50 cents in materials.
Humans may have invented symbolic writing 40,000 years ago—37,000 years before Mesopotamia's earliest known scripts, according to new evidence in PNAS.
A Portuguese fisher's desperate question cuts to the heart of a conservation crisis: "Where are we going to fish now?" New marine protections in the Azores are squeezing out generations of tradition.
NASA's Curiosity rover discovered mysterious pea-sized nodules amid Mars' boxwork formations, raising new questions about the Red Planet's geological history.
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Your brain has an off-switch for scratching. Scientists discovered the neural feedback loop that tells you when to stop clawing at that itch—and why some people can't.
Madison's skeptic had reason to doubt: the city's first electric bus experiment failed spectacularly in Wisconsin winters. Now 62 new buses face the same brutal cold.
A Florida zoo team pulled off a veterinary first, saving a diseased rhino that locals thought was lost.
Horses produce two distinct sounds simultaneously—whistling and singing layered into every whinny to convey complex messages.
A regional transit system secured emergency funding to avert immediate service cuts, but its survival hinges on voters approving a tax measure in November 2026.