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Why Animal Testing Can't Be Phased Out, Per Scientist Warning
A commentary argues that governments pushing to phase out animal testing are overstating what alternatives can deliver, risking both a violent backlash against researchers and dangerous gaps in drug s
Modelling Study Links Older Sisters to Miscarried Male Embryos
A French-led modelling study proposes that older sisters raise a man's odds of being gay because they signal their mother's prior pregnancies — including miscarried male embryos that could sensitize h
Stanford Builds Mice With Half-Human Brains
Stanford researchers have created "neuro-chimeric" mice whose brains are half-human by volume, after growing human cerebral organoids inside animals that had large portions of their own brains genetic
cGAS False Alarm Drives Rapid Aging, Study Finds
Hebrew University researchers found that the immune sensor cGAS mistakes the body's own damaged DNA for a viral threat, triggering chronic inflammation that accelerates tissue decline in rapid-aging d
Humpback Mother Observed Grieving Stillborn Calf
Scientists have documented for the first time a humpback whale mother showing grief-like behavior toward a stillborn calf off Queensland's Gold Coast, in a region where seven other humpback neonates w
FDA Speeds Drug Trials; Montana Expands Experimental Access
The FDA opened a pilot to speed human drug trials under an HHS initiative competing with China's biotech sector, while Montana advances a libertarian-backed law offering patients access to experimenta
Scientists find the whole grain “sweet spot” for better heart health
A meta-analysis of 87 clinical trials covering over 6,500 participants found that consuming 60–100 grams of whole grains per day produced the strongest improvements in cardiovascular risk factors, pot
Scientists Reconstruct Videos From Mouse Brain Activity
UCL scientists reconstructed 10-second videos of what mice were watching using only neural signals recorded from the animals' visual cortex — a single-neuron decoding advance over earlier human fMRI-b
Microplastics in all 227 European farm fields, study finds
A five-year EU-funded research project found microplastics in all 227 agricultural fields tested across 11 European countries, with scientists warning the particles act as a 'Trojan horse' delivering
Lab fusion reaction produces brightest X-rays ever
Researchers modified a fusion ignition experiment at the National Ignition Facility with diagnostic windows, releasing record-bright X-rays from a reaction hotter than the sun and opening a new experi
Why The Ambidextrous Universe is science writing done right
Martin Gardner’s 1964 book *The Ambidextrous Universe* is celebrated as a landmark in science writing for its rigorous, metaphor-free exploration of chirality and its profound implications across phys
House Democrats Target Trump Drug Pricing in Oversight Push
House Democrats are preparing to wield aggressive congressional oversight — including potential investigations into President Trump's drug pricing deals — if they flip either chamber in November's mid
Professor Uses Own Cancer Scans to Teach Med Students
David Elkowitz, a pathology professor diagnosed with thymic cancer in 2017, now teaches first-year medical students by presenting his own biopsy slides, scans, and treatment history alongside the scie
Darwin’s Carnivorous Plant Prediction Proven Right
A small alpine plant in southwest China has been confirmed to trap and digest insects using sticky hairs, validating Darwin’s 1875 prediction and suggesting other sticky-haired plants may also be carn
Oxford Mathematician Debunks Parthenon Myth
A University of Oxford mathematician concluded that the Parthenon's celebrated optical corrections are themselves an illusion, tracing the 2,000-year-old myth to a Roman architect who wrote about the
Ultra-processed foods linked to thigh muscle fat on MRI
A new MRI study of 615 adults at risk for knee osteoarthritis found that higher ultra-processed food consumption was linked to greater fat buildup inside thigh muscles, even after controlling for calo
Erucamide activates retinal immune defense in vision loss study
Scripps Research scientists identified erucamide, a naturally occurring eye molecule whose levels drop as photoreceptors die, and showed that restoring it activates immune cells that stabilize retinal
Letby doctor calls inquiry 'grim reading'
Dr. John Gibbs, a consultant paediatrician at the Countess of Chester Hospital during Lucy Letby's murders, told the BBC the final Thirlwall Inquiry report makes for "grim reading" and that consultant
Thirlwall Inquiry Finds Systemic NHS Failures Enabled Letby
The Thirlwall Inquiry's final report on the Lucy Letby case found that systemic failures across the NHS — not just at Countess of Chester Hospital — enabled her crimes to go undetected, with most reco
STAT+: Medicare to expand its pilot that pays for technology to manage chronic diseases
Medicare regulators announced Tuesday that the ACCESS pilot — which pays approved companies to manage chronic conditions via technology — will add five new condition tracks including substance use dis
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