Why Flashed Faces Look Grotesque: The Brain’s Split-Second Trick
Stare at a tiny cross between two celebrity portraits, and within seconds their faces seem to buckle and warp into…
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Exercise-linked molecule L-BAIBA boosts muscle, bone in mice
A molecule made by working muscles may help exercise work even better—at least in mice. In a new study, middle-aged…
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Did Chicxulub’s asteroid spawn other craters? What science says
A mountain-sized asteroid slammed into what is now Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula 66 million years ago, ending the reign of non-avian…
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Why A Cat’s Purr Can Calm The Human Mind
The sound starts as a gentle tremor against your ribs, a metronome you can feel more than hear. A minute…
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Inside the First Recorded Brain Waves of a Dying Human
The moment between life and death has long been a fog of folklore, faith, and guesswork. Now, in a rare…
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Sharper, Slower Slices Cut Onion Tears, Physics Study Finds
If slicing an onion reliably brings tears, your knife might be to blame. New research suggests that a sharper blade…
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Diagnoses Rising, Symptoms Steady: What a Swedish Twin Study Reveals
Autism and ADHD diagnoses have climbed sharply over the past two decades, stoking fears of a hidden epidemic. A new…
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What 2% Neanderthal DNA Really Means For Your Genome
You have probably heard that many people today carry a sliver of Neanderthal DNA. But does that mean we all…
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Beneath Antarctica’s Ice, Traces of Ancient Forests Persist
Antarctica is a continent of ice, but it is also a vault of deep time. Beneath and around its frozen…
