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Type 1 Diabetes Cured in Mice Given Experimental Hybrid Treatment <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/11/IsletCells.jpg" alt="Islet cells in the pancreas"/>There's huge potential here.

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Type 1 Diabetes Cured in Mice Given Experimental Hybrid Treatment

A specially devised hybrid treatment has shown tremendous potential for treating type 1 diabetes in mice, scoring full marks at preventing the cond...

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This Week in Science: Oral Ozempic Alternative, Insulin Skin Cream, And More! <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/11/TWIS-cover-template.jpg"/>Our weekly science news roundup.

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This Week in Science: Oral Ozempic Alternative, Insulin Skin Cream, And More!

This week in science: Regular injections could soon be a thing of the past for two different ailments, as a new pill arises as an alternative to Oz...

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Two Strange Giant 'Blobs' Deep Inside Earth May Finally Be Explained <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/11/Structure-of-Planet-Earth-in-Space-1.jpg" alt="A model of Earth showing different layers on the inside"/>"These are not random oddities."

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Two Strange Giant &#039;Blobs&#039; Deep Inside Earth May Finally Be Explained

One of the strangest mysteries about our Earth is the presence of two dense, giant blobs inexplicably clustered above the planet&#039;s core.

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One Simple Strategy Can Help Reduce Menopause Symptoms, Study Finds <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/11/WomansFeetPokingOutOfBedSheets.jpg" alt="One Simple Strategy Can Help Reduce Menopause Symptoms, Study Finds"/>But it still carries a level of stigma.

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One Simple Strategy Can Help Reduce Menopause Symptoms, Study Finds

About one in ten perimenopausal or menopausal women masturbate to relieve their symptoms, according to a study that has generated media interest ar...

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World First: Quantum Teleportation Achieved Between Photons, Scientists Confirm <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/11/QuantumVortex.jpg" alt="Flying inside a digital data tunnel"/>"A crucial step."

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World First: Quantum Teleportation Achieved Between Photons, Scientists Confirm

A breakthrough experiment led by a team from the University of Stuttgart in Germany brings a quantum internet a step closer, with physicists telepo...

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A Parasite Tricks Ants Into Killing Their Own Queen, Chilling Footage Reveals <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/11/two-queens.jpg" alt="A Parasite Tricks Ants Into Killing Their Own Queen, Chilling Footage Reveals"/>A royal coup caught on video.

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A Parasite Tricks Ants Into Killing Their Own Queen, Chilling Footage Reveals

While animal mothers are known to sometimes dispatch of their young, very few animals will kill their own mother: the care she gives is just too va...

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A Simple New Compound Reverses Alzheimer's Symptoms in Rats <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/11/amyloid.jpg" alt="Illustration of amyloid plaques (orange) and microglia cells (red) among neurons"/>"Extremely simple, safe, and effective."

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Simple New Compound Reverses Alzheimer&#039;s Symptoms in Rats

A new chemical compound has shown promise for treating Alzheimer&#039;s disease.

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'I Couldn't Believe My Eyes': Wild Wolf Seen Using Tool in Stunning First <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/11/Wild-wolf-on-dark-background-.jpg" alt="Close up of a wolf's face, sdie profile"/>Researchers captured the remarkably sophisticated behavior on video.

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&#039;I Couldn&#039;t Believe My Eyes&#039;: Wild Wolf Seen Using Tool in Stunning First

When a wild wolf encounters a potential meal, its instinct is usually to pounce – but researchers in western Canada have recorded at least one wo...

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Strange 'Metal-Free' Galaxy May Hide The Universe's First Stars <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/11/Artists-conception-of-a-massive-Pop-III-star.jpg" alt="Astronomers Found a Strange 'Metal-Free' Galaxy. It May Hide The Universe's First Stars."/>It looks shockingly pristine.

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Strange &#039;Metal-Free&#039; Galaxy May Hide The Universe&#039;s First Stars

Over the course of billions of years, the Universe has steadily been evolving.

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Tinnitus Is Somehow Linked to a Crucial Bodily Function <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2022/05/ear-pain-older-man-holding-hand-to-ear.jpg" alt="Close up of man's hand holding his ear, looking like he's in pain"/>We need to know more.

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Tinnitus Is Somehow Linked to a Crucial Bodily Function

Those who have never endured the relentless ringing of tinnitus can only dream of the torment.

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New Diabetes Pill Works as Well as Ozempic For Weight Loss, Trial Finds <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/11/pill.jpg" alt="New Diabetes Pill Works as Well as Ozempic For Weight Loss, Trial Finds"/>A game-changer.

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New Diabetes Pill Works as Well as Ozempic For Weight Loss, Trial Finds

A major new clinical trial involving more than 1,600 people has found that a GLP-1 pill form of the drug orforglipron works about as well as inject...

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Astronauts Are Stranded in Space Right Now: Here's What We Know <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/11/ChineseSpaceStation2.jpg" alt="Chinese Space Station"/>"A massive wake-up call."

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Astronauts Are Stranded in Space Right Now: Here&#039;s What We Know

Imagine being trapped on a space station orbiting Earth with no available ride home.

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Experts Call For Urgent Action as Ultra-Processed Foods Replace Global Diets <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/11/ultraprocessed_food_replacing_diet_header-.jpg" alt="Experts Call For Urgent Action as Ultra-Processed Foods Replace Global Diets"/>The evidence of harm is clear.

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Experts Call For Urgent Action on Ultra-Processed Foods After Landmark Review

Ultra-processed foods are displacing traditional foods and meals globally, degrading diet quality, and contributing to the rise of diet-related chr...

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Neanderthals And Our Ape Ancestors Probably Kissed, Study Reveals <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/11/Chimps-kissing.jpg" alt="Neanderthals And Our Ape Ancestors Probably Kissed, Study Reveals"/>An evolutionary puzzle.

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Neanderthals And Our Ape Ancestors Probably Kissed, Study Reveals

Scientists have found evidence suggesting that kissing dates back up to 21 million years and that our ape ancestors and Neanderthals likely locked ...

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This Tiny 'Spark' Could Help Solve The Mystery of Lightning's Origins <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/11/LightningBoltInsideLaser2.jpg" alt="Illustration of a lightning bolt inside a laser beam. Multicolored beams radiate from a bright center and there are several zig-zagging arcs extending outwards as well."/>The start of something big.

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This Tiny &#039;Spark&#039; Could Help Solve The Mystery of Lightning&#039;s Origins

As so often happens in science, when Andrea Stöllner&#039;s experiments didn&#039;t work as expected, they led her to something even more interest...

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Scientists Found a Mysterious Golden Orb at The Bottom of The Ocean <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/11/GoldenOrbNov2025.jpg" alt="A gold egg-shaped object on the seafloor"/>"It's like the beginning of a horror movie."

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Scientists Found a Mysterious Golden Orb at The Bottom of The Ocean

At around 3,300 meters (2 miles) below the ocean&#039;s surface off the coast of Alaska, where the warm light of the Sun never penetrates, an NOAA ...

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Bizarre New Species of Flying Reptile Discovered in Fossilized Dinosaur Vomit <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/11/CroppedDinoVomitPterosaurBakiribuWaridzaFilterFeeder.jpg" alt="Bizarre New Species of Flying Reptile Discovered in Fossilized Dinosaur Vomit"/>How embarrassing.

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Bizarre New Species of Flying Reptile Discovered in Fossilized Dinosaur Vomit

Imagine throwing up after a bad burrito – only for that heave to reveal the existence of onions to scientists 110 million years in the future.

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Root Canal Treatment Could Improve Your Blood Sugar Control, Study Suggests <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/11/RootCanal.jpg" alt="Root Canal Treatment Could Improve Your Blood Sugar Control, Study Suggests"/>Oral health is key.

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Root Canal Treatment Could Improve Your Blood Sugar Control, Study Suggests

The microbes in your mouth could have a profound impact on your blood sugar levels – and, in turn, your risk of diabetes or heart disease.

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Breakthrough Helps Scientists Grow More Realistic Human Brain Models <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/11/TinyBrain.jpg" alt="Hand holding a wooden spoon with a miniature human brain model"/>Could help reduce animal testing.

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Breakthrough Helps Scientists Grow More Realistic Human Brain Models

Slicing up and analyzing real, living, three-dimensional brain tissue comes with some obvious complications – as in, it tends to be needed by its...

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Scientists Have Discovered a Special Type of Immune Cell That Slows Aging <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/11/senescent-cell.jpg" alt="Scientists Have Discovered a Special Type of Immune Cell That Slows Aging"/>Some immune cells turn into 'zombie assassins'.

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Scientists Have Discovered a Special Type of Immune Cell That Slows Aging

Researchers led by a team from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel have just discovered a way to destroy harmful &#039;senescent&#039; cel...