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Surgeons Kept a Man Alive With No Lungs For 48 Hours. Here's How. <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/02/SurgeonsOnLungTransplant.jpg" alt="Close up of surgeons performing an unseen operation"/>The impossible made possible.

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Surgeons Kept a Man Alive With No Lungs For 48 Hours. Here&#039;s How.

In a remarkable act of life preservation, surgeons were able to keep a critically ill man alive for 48 hours without a pair of lungs, while he wait...

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Iguanas Drop From Florida's Trees as Record Cold Blasts Southern US <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/02/IguanaInFlorida.jpg" alt="Close up of a colorful iguana"/>Extreme weather has many side effects.

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Iguanas Drop From Florida&#039;s Trees as Record Cold Blasts Southern US

Iguanas stunned by cold temperatures dropped from trees in usually balmy Florida on Sunday as icy conditions blasted southern US states, dumping ne...

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NASA Begins Practice Countdown For First Human Moon Mission Since 1972 <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/02/Full-Moon-over-NASAs-SLS-and-Orion.jpg" alt="A full moon looking huge, directly behind NASA's SLS and Origin"/>“It’s a pretty exciting time to be part of NASA.”

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NASA Begins Practice Countdown For First Human Moon Mission Since 1972

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250-Million-Year-Old Fossil Reveals Origins of Our Unique Hearing <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/01/thrinaxodon-illustration.jpg" alt="artist's illusrtation of one thrinaxodon walking towards a burrow. another thrinaxodon is sticking its head out."/>It's older than we thought.

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250-Million-Year-Old Fossil Reveals Origins of Our Unique Hearing

Modern mammals have unique hearing abilities, able to sense a broad range of volumes and frequencies using middle-ear features, including our eardr...

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There's a Surprising Problem Behind The Modern Mindfulness Trend <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/01/woman_meditating_header.jpg" alt="fingers pinched in a meditation with sun in the background"/>What is it?

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There&#039;s a Surprising Problem Behind The Modern Mindfulness Trend

Over the past two decades, the concept of mindfulness has become hugely popular around the world.

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Missing Link Between Parkinson's Protein And Damage to Brain Cells Discovered <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/01/GlowingNeurons.jpg" alt="3D illustration of Interconnected neurons"/>A crucial hidden detail of the disease.

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Missing Link Between Parkinson&#039;s Protein And Damage to Brain Cells Discovered

An investigation by researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in the US has filled in a missing link between the toxic bu...

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Endangered Galapagos Seabird Makes 3,000-Mile-Detour to California <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/01/WavedAlbatrossPhoebastriaIrrorataCallingMouthAgape.jpg" alt="Endangered Galapagos Seabird Makes 3,000-Mile-Detour to California"/>Leaving researchers puzzled.

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Endangered Galapagos Seabird Makes 3,000-Mile-Detour to California

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Scientists on a research vessel off the central California coast spotted a waved albatross, marking just the second recorded s...

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Expired Cans of Salmon From Decades Ago Preserved a Huge Surprise <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/10/Salmon-With-Worms.jpg"/>A real can of worms.

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Expired Cans of Salmon From Decades Ago Preserved a Huge Surprise

Scientists have made some intriguing parasite discoveries in an accidental back-of-the-pantry natural history museum. Canned salmon, well past its...

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Giant Virus Discovered in Japanese Pond May Hint at Multicellular Life's Origins <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/01/ushikuvirus_header.jpg" alt="ushikuvirus electron micrograph image"/>Did viruses create us?

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Giant Virus Discovered in Japanese Pond May Hint at Multicellular Life&#039;s Origins

Scientists in Japan have discovered a previously unknown giant virus, offering new insight into this enigmatic category of viruses – and possibly...

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Roots of Many Miscarriages May Trace Back To Before The Mother Is Even Born <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/01/jizu-statues-japan.jpg" alt="jizu statues in Japan honoring lost pregnancies"/>Based on data from nearly 140,000 embryos.

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Roots of Many Miscarriages May Trace Back To Before The Mother Is Even Born

Pregnancy loss remains common around the world.

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Got an Annoying Twitch? Here's What to Consider Before You Think The Worst <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/01/muscle_twitch_header.jpg" alt="woman squinting"/>It could be a simple fix.

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Got an Annoying Twitch? Here&#039;s What to Consider Before You Think The Worst

You&#039;re relaxing on the sofa when suddenly your eyelid starts twitching.

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Carbon Dioxide 'Pulses' Clears Toxins From Parkinson's Brains in Recent Study <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/01/BrainDisposalSystem.jpg" alt="Carbon Dioxide 'Pulses' Clears Toxins From Parkinson's Brains in Recent Study"/>A tantalizing possibility.

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Carbon Dioxide &#039;Pulses&#039; Clear Toxins From Parkinson&#039;s Brains in Recent Study

Manipulating how much carbon dioxide a person breathes can crank up the brain&#039;s &#039;sewage system&#039;, researchers have found.

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Expert Advice: What to Do (And Not Do) When You Have a Splinter <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/01/splinter_removal_header.jpg" alt="mother removing a splinter from her child's finger"/>No glue, vinegar, or onions required.

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Expert Advice: What to Do (And Not Do) When You Have a Splinter

Splinters are everyday injuries commonly involving a small shard of wood, glass, metal, plastic, or a thorn that becomes embedded in the skin and t...

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Scientists Identified a New Blood Group After 50-Year Mystery <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2025/10/SEM-of-red-and-white-human-blood-cells-1.jpg" alt="human red blood cells under microscope with two white blood cells"/>A medical breakthrough that could save lives.

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Scientists Identified a New Blood Group After a 50-Year Mystery

A pregnant woman&#039;s blood sample taken in 1972 was mysteriously missing a surface molecule found on all other known red blood cells at the time.

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Forever Chemicals Linked to Multiple Sclerosis in Concerning New Study <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/01/MSPFAS.jpg" alt="Forever Chemicals Linked to Multiple Sclerosis in Concerning New Study"/>A significant clue.

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Forever Chemicals Linked to Multiple Sclerosis in Concerning New Study

People who are exposed to certain forever chemicals may be at greater risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS), according to new research.

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Mouse Study Flags a Serious Downside to Popular Weight-Loss Diet <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/01/KetoDiet.jpg" alt="Top view of Omega 3 food item"/>Fat burning at what cost?

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Mouse Study Flags a Serious Downside to Popular Weight-Loss Diet

The high-fat, low-carb ketogenic diet has been growing in popularity in recent years, following claims of rapid weight loss.

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Cancer May Emit Signals That Protect The Brain Against Alzheimer's <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/01/cancer_signals_alzheimers_header.jpg" alt="illustration of cancer cells"/>Wait, what?

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Cancer May Emit Signals That Protect The Brain Against Alzheimer&#039;s

Cancer and Alzheimer&#039;s disease are two of the most feared diagnoses in medicine, but they rarely strike the same person.

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US Life Expectancy Broke Records in 2024, And Could Still Be Climbing <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/01/young_and_old_hand_header.jpg" alt="baby's hand touching an older hand"/>“It’s pretty much good news all the way around.”

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US Life Expectancy Broke Records in 2024, And Could Still Be Climbing

NEW YORK (AP) – US life expectancy rose to 79 years in 2024 – the highest mark in American history.

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Fierce Storms Expose 19th-Century Maritime Mystery on Jersey Shore <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/01/jersey_shipwreck_alt_header.jpg" alt="A yellow arrow at the right of image is pointing to a shipwreck in the center, on a sandy beach"/>It was there all along.

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Fierce Storms Expose 19th-Century Maritime Mystery on Jersey Shore

The powerful storms battering the Jersey Shore this winter have revealed the ruins of an old wooden ship buried beneath sea and sand for nearly 140...

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A 'Bomb Cyclone' Could Slam The US East This Weekend <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/01/Bomb-Cyclone-Cloud-Map-Pacific-NW-Render.jpg" alt="A 'Bomb Cyclone' Could Slam The US East This Weekend"/>“We're going into a brutally cold period.”

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A &#039;Bomb Cyclone&#039; Could Slam The US East This Weekend

HOUSTON (AP) – Winter&#039;s brutal grip on the US East is not letting up, with the coming days bringing subfreezing temperatures that will pl...