**A Giant Scorpion the Size of a Coffee Table Is Forcing Scientists To Rethink Evolution** By University of Manchester - Published on 27 June 2026 Praearcturus gigas was a meter-long Devonian scorpion whose size may reflect a world with few large competitors rather than high oxygen alone. Long before forests covered the land and when animals were only beginning to venture out of the oceans, a giant scorpion the size of a small coffee table prowled ancient landscapes. Now, researchers [...] Read more:

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A Giant Scorpion the Size of a Coffee Table Is Forcing Scientists To Rethink Evolution

Praearcturus gigas was a meter-long Devonian scorpion whose size may reflect a world with few large competitors rather than high oxygen alone.

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**Science Debunks a Common Belief About Pets and Stress** By Frontiers - Published on 27 June 2026 Scientists found that spending time with cats and dogs can improve owners’ mood, but not through the stress-relieving mechanism they anticipated. Many people turn to their pets after a difficult day, assuming a cuddle with a cat or a walk with a dog will melt away stress. But a new study suggests the emotional benefits [...] Read more:

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Science Debunks a Common Belief About Pets and Stress

Scientists found that spending time with cats and dogs can improve owners’ mood, but not through the stress-relieving mechanism they anticipated.

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**The Surprising Reason Sugary Gum Helped Lower Blood Pressure** By King's College London - Published on 27 June 2026 Chewing sugary gum may boost the heart and blood vessel benefits of nitrate-rich vegetables. What happens in your mouth after eating vegetables may be just as important as the vegetables themselves. Researchers at King’s College London have found the first evidence that chewing sugary gum after consuming nitrate-rich vegetables such as beetroot, spinach, and kale [...] Read more:

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The Surprising Reason Sugary Gum Helped Lower Blood Pressure

Chewing sugary gum may boost the heart and blood vessel benefits of nitrate-rich vegetables.

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**Hidden Virus May Have Infected 9.4 Million People – Scientists Say We’ve Missed Most Cases** By São Paulo Research Foundation, - Published on 27 June 2026 New research indicates the Oropouche virus has spread far more widely than reported, exposing major gaps in disease surveillance. Until recently, few people had heard of the Oropouche virus. But after a massive 2023 outbreak swept across Brazil, infecting tens of thousands of people, causing the country’s first confirmed death, and spreading far beyond its [...] Read more:

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Hidden Virus May Have Infected 9.4 Million People – Scientists Say We’ve Missed Most Cases

New research indicates the Oropouche virus has spread far more widely than reported, exposing major gaps in disease surveillance.

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**NASA’s Lucy Uncovers Ancient Water Clues on a Weirdly Wobbling Asteroid** By Lonnie Shekhtman and Katherine Kretke - Published on 27 June 2026 NASA’s Lucy spacecraft revealed that a bizarre wobbling, peanut-shaped asteroid holds surprising clues about ancient water and the origins of the solar system. Even a relatively small asteroid can have a surprisingly dramatic history. During a close flyby of the asteroid Donaldjohanson, NASA’s Lucy spacecraft discovered an oddly shaped world that wobbles through space, bears [...] Read more:

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NASA’s Lucy Uncovers Ancient Water Clues on a Weirdly Wobbling Asteroid

NASA's Lucy spacecraft revealed that a bizarre wobbling, peanut-shaped asteroid holds surprising clues about ancient water and the origins of ...

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**Could This Visitor From Another Star System Be Alien Technology? SETI Investigates** By SETI Institute - Published on 27 June 2026 A rare visitor from another star system prompted SETI to hunt for alien technology, but the mysterious object appears to be a natural cosmic traveler after all. Scientists have completed a search for signs of alien technology from 3I/ATLAS, the third known interstellar object ever observed passing through our Solar System. Using the Allen Telescope [...] Read more:

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Could This Visitor From Another Star System Be Alien Technology? SETI Investigates

A rare visitor from another star system prompted SETI to hunt for alien technology, but the mysterious object appears to be a natural cosmic travel...

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**NASA Moon Base Could Become Earth’s First Defense Against Alien Microbes** By McGill University - Published on 27 June 2026 Researchers propose turning a future NASA moon base into a quarantine station that would screen space samples before they ever reach Earth. A policy paper argues that NASA’s planned moon base should include a biocontainment facility to help protect Earth from potentially hazardous biological contaminants brought back from space. “Humanity is entering a new era [...] Read more:

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NASA Moon Base Could Become Earth’s First Defense Against Alien Microbes

Researchers propose turning a future NASA moon base into a quarantine station that would screen space samples before they ever reach Earth.

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**Europe’s First TES Spectrometer Makes Previously Impossible X-Ray Experiments Possible** By Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie - Published on 26 June 2026 Europe’s first TES spectrometer is transforming X-ray research with up to 1,000 times greater sensitivity, making once impossible experiments finally possible. Europe’s first and only TES spectrometer at a synchrotron light source is now operating at BESSY II, marking a major advance for X-ray research. Developed through a collaboration between HZB, the MPI-CEC (Mühlheim-an-der-Ruhr, Germany), [...] Read more:

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Europe’s First TES Spectrometer Makes Previously Impossible X-Ray Experiments Possible

Europe's first TES spectrometer is transforming X-ray research with up to 1,000 times greater sensitivity, making once impossible experiments ...

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**This Sodium Battery From China Matched Tesla in a Surprising Head-to-Head Test** By Cell Press - Published on 26 June 2026 A new study found that a commercial sodium-ion battery from China rivals Tesla’s batteries in manufacturing quality and several key performance benchmarks. With improvements to cold-weather charging and energy density, sodium-ion batteries could become a more affordable alternative for electric vehicles and grid-scale energy storage. Sodium-Ion Battery Shows Tesla-Like Quality in New Study A commercially [...] Read more:

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This Sodium Battery From China Matched Tesla in a Surprising Head-to-Head Test

A new study found that a commercial sodium-ion battery from China rivals Tesla’s batteries in manufacturing quality and several key performance b...

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**Common Laxative May Help Reverse Depression-Related Brain Fog** By University of Birmingham - Published on 26 June 2026 A common constipation drug could have an unexpected benefit for people recovering from depression. Depression is often thought of as a disorder of mood, but for many people, its most persistent symptoms are cognitive. Even after depressive episodes end, problems with memory, attention, and mental processing, often called “brain fog,” can linger for months or [...] Read more:

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Common Laxative May Help Reverse Depression-Related Brain Fog

A common constipation drug could have an unexpected benefit for people recovering from depression.

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**The Surprising Reason Frozen Fruit May Be Just As Nutritious as Fresh** By Margaret Murray, Swinburne University of Technology - Published on 26 June 2026 Frozen and canned produce may be a surprisingly healthy alternative to fresh fruit and vegetables. You probably know fruit and vegetables are good for you, and most of us don’t eat enough of them. But amid a cost-of-living crisis, buying more fresh food may not seem like a budget-friendly option. Enter: canned or frozen fruit [...] Read more:

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The Surprising Reason Frozen Fruit May Be Just As Nutritious as Fresh

Frozen and canned produce may be a surprisingly healthy alternative to fresh fruit and vegetables.

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**Scientists Discover the Oldest Known Fossils of Humans’ Closest Invertebrate Relatives** By Luke Parry, Frankie Dunn, and Gaorong Li, University of Oxford - Published on 26 June 2026 New fossils hint that the roots of complex animal life stretch further back than previously believed. Animal life today is remarkably varied and complex, and animals have spread into nearly every environment on Earth, from harsh hydrothermal vents in the deep ocean to the skies above the continents. For most of Earth’s history, however, life [...] Read more:

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Scientists Discover the Oldest Known Fossils of Humans’ Closest Invertebrate Relatives

New fossils hint that the roots of complex animal life stretch further back than previously believed.

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**Watch What Happened When a Lost Elephant Calf Returned to Her Family** By Colorado State University - Published on 26 June 2026 A calf’s return to her herd showed how elephant family bonds, long-term research, and landscape protection are deeply connected. A 4-month-old elephant calf, orphaned and unsettled after a rough truck ride, did not immediately approach the elephants nearby. Earlier the same day, she had entered a tourist camp in northern Kenya, where campsite staff, trying [...] Read more:

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Watch What Happened When a Lost Elephant Calf Returned to Her Family

A calf’s return to her herd showed how elephant family bonds, long-term research, and landscape protection are deeply connected.

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**17,000 Brain Scans Reveal Surprising Ethnic Differences in Alzheimer’s Biology** By Keck School of Medicine of USC - Published on 25 June 2026 A large analysis of brain imaging and clinical data from more than 17,000 older adults is revealing a more complex picture of Alzheimer’s disease risk across populations. As new Alzheimer’s drugs increasingly target amyloid plaques in the brain, researchers are working to understand whether the biology behind the disease is the same for everyone. A [...] Read more:

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17,000 Brain Scans Reveal Surprising Ethnic Differences in Alzheimer’s Biology

A large analysis of brain imaging and clinical data from more than 17,000 older adults is revealing a more complex picture of Alzheimer’s disease...

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**New Autism Treatment Strategy Restores Key Brain Receptor Function** By Institute for Basic Science - Published on 25 June 2026 An antisense therapy that targets a glycine transporter restored NMDA receptor function in mouse models related to autism and in human brain organoids. An overlooked protein that regulates levels of the amino acid glycine may hold the key to treating autism and other disorders linked to disrupted brain signaling. Researchers at the Institute for Basic [...] Read more:

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New Autism Treatment Strategy Restores Key Brain Receptor Function

An antisense therapy that targets a glycine transporter restored NMDA receptor function in mouse models related to autism and in human brain organo...

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**Younger Generations Are Aging Faster – and It May Be Fueling a Surge in Cancer** By Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis - Published on 25 June 2026 Younger generations may be aging biologically faster than those before them, and that shift could help explain rising rates of cancer at younger ages. For decades, cancer was viewed largely as a disease of older age. Yet around the world, doctors are seeing a troubling shift: more cancers are being diagnosed in people in their [...] Read more:

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Younger Generations Are Aging Faster – and It May Be Fueling a Surge in Cancer

Younger generations may be aging biologically faster than those before them, and that shift could help explain rising rates of cancer at younger ages.

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**Scientists Turn Ordinary Sunlight Into UV Light in Major Energy Breakthrough** By Kyushu University - Published on 25 June 2026 Sunlight just got an upgrade: Scientists have developed a material that converts ordinary sunshine into UV light, opening new possibilities for solar-powered technologies. Imagine pouring two cups of warm water together and expecting to get one cup of boiling water. That is impossible in everyday life, but something similar can happen in the quantum world. [...] Read more:

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Scientists Turn Ordinary Sunlight Into UV Light in Major Energy Breakthrough

Sunlight just got an upgrade: Scientists have developed a material that converts ordinary sunshine into UV light, opening new possibilities for sol...

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**New Discovery Could Unlock Quantum Computers the Size of a Coin** By University of Vienna - Published on 25 June 2026 Physicists at the University of Vienna have discovered magnons with lifespans 100 times longer than previously measured. For decades, magnons have shown enormous promise for quantum technologies, but one critical limitation has kept them from practical use: they disappear almost as soon as they form. Now, an international team of physicists led by Andrii Chumak [...] Read more:

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New Discovery Could Unlock Quantum Computers the Size of a Coin

Physicists at the University of Vienna have discovered magnons with lifespans 100 times longer than previously measured.

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**Scientists Create AI Skin Patch That Acts Like an Instant Personal Doctor** By Sarah Williams, University of Chicago - Published on 25 June 2026 Researchers developed a flexible AI computing patch that analyzes health data directly on the body, enabling near-instant medical insights and highly accurate heart monitoring. Researchers at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (UChicago PME) have created a skin-like computing patch that can process health data using artificial intelligence directly on the body. [...] Read more:

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Scientists Create AI Skin Patch That Acts Like an Instant Personal Doctor

Researchers developed a flexible AI computing patch that analyzes health data directly on the body, enabling near-instant medical insights and high...

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**Common Nutrients Could Make Alzheimer’s Treatments Safer and More Effective** By University of Waterloo - Published on 25 June 2026 A study found that combining antibody therapy with molecules found in some common foods may make treatment more effective and reduce side effects. Despite decades of research, Alzheimer’s disease remains one of medicine’s greatest challenges. Current treatments can modestly slow the disease but often come with potentially dangerous side effects, leaving researchers searching for safer [...] Read more:

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Common Nutrients Could Make Alzheimer’s Treatments Safer and More Effective

A study found that combining antibody therapy with molecules found in some common foods may make treatment more effective and reduce side effects.

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