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FTL1 Drives Brain Aging — Reducing It Reverses Memory Loss
UCSF researchers identified the FTL1 protein as a key driver of age-related cognitive decline in mice, showing that reducing it in old animals reversed memory loss and restored neural connections in t
Artemis 2 Crew Sees Moon's Orientale Basin for First Time
The Artemis 2 crew, now two-thirds through their 10-day lunar flyby mission, became the first humans to see the moon's Orientale basin in its entirety — a massive bullseye-shaped crater sometimes call
Birmingham AI Study IDs Shared Gut Disease Biomarkers
University of Birmingham researchers used AI to map gut bacteria and metabolites linked to gastric cancer, colorectal cancer, and inflammatory bowel disease, finding these conditions share enough biol
AI chatbots produce sanitized rewilded Britain images
A study by University of Aberdeen geographers shows AI chatbots generate overly tidy, human‑free images of rewilded Britain, while only detailed prompts yield the messy, predator‑filled scenes that re
Study Finds Tropical Insects Near Heat Limits
A new study of more than 2,000 tropical insects across Kenya and Peru finds many lowland species already live at the edge of their heat tolerance, warning that climate warming could push them beyond s
Scientists Identify New Class of White Dwarf Remnants
Scientists at Austria's ISTA have confirmed X-ray emissions from two isolated white dwarf merger remnants — Gandalf and Moon-Sized — sharing five key properties and forming a new class of stellar obje
Vanderbilt Report: Heat Deaths Outpace Hurricanes
A new Vanderbilt‑backed report reveals that extreme heat kills more U.S. residents annually than hurricanes, floods and tornadoes combined, urging culturally grounded, collective policies to address h
Science Finds Earliest Deuterostome Fossils in China
A new fossil assemblage from the late Ediacaran of Yunnan reveals the earliest known deuterostomes, pushing back the origins of the animal lineage that includes humans and redefining the timeline of c
Humor Helps Older Adults Cope, Aberystwyth Study Finds
Researchers at Aberystwyth University found through in-depth interviews with older adults across Wales, Scotland, and England that humor functions as a coping mechanism, a social lifeline, and a way t
Surrey AI flags racehorse heart risks from short ECG
University of Surrey-led researchers developed an AI system that analyzes short ECG recordings taken during a horse's warm-up trot to identify racehorses at risk of dangerous cardiac arrhythmias durin
Yunnan Fossils Show Complex Animals 539 Myr Ago
Scientists have uncovered more than 700 539‑million‑year‑old fossils in Yunnan, China that reveal three‑dimensional, bilaterally symmetric animals existed in the late Ediacaran, pushing the emergence
Experts warn unregulated peptides lack human evidence
Influencer-driven hype around experimental peptides masks a lack of human evidence and regulatory oversight, prompting health experts to warn of safety risks, potential contamination, and illegal mark
MHRA probes UK peptide clinics for illegal claims
The UK medicines regulator is probing peptide clinics that market unregulated, experimental injections as treatments, warning that such medicinal claims breach the Human Medicines Regulations and coul
Deforestation increases river water flow
Decades of paired-watershed experiments consistently demonstrate that deforestation leads to an increase in the total volume of water flowing through rivers. This established connection between forest
DGIST team reveals cause of ultrafast decoherence
A DGIST research team has, for the first time, identified the microscopic mechanism behind quantum collapse in open quantum environments, showing that environmental interactions cause ultrafast electr
Argonne maps iridium surface, Ir(111) beats Pt for H2
Argonne National Laboratory researchers have mapped iridium’s crystal‑facet‑dependent surface chemistry, showing that the Ir(111) face outperforms platinum for hydrogen evolution and oxidation while g
84% of U.S. States Are Warming in Hidden Ways
A PLOS Climate study finds that while only 55% of U.S. states show rising average temperatures, 84% are warming in hidden ways—through hotter highs or warmer lows—revealing stark regional inequalities
Baxdrostat cuts BP by 10 mmHg in resistant hypertension
A new drug called baxdrostat significantly lowers blood pressure in patients who don't respond to standard treatments, with trial results showing an average drop of nearly 10 mmHg.
HHS Moves to Reinstate Vaccine Advisory Committee
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is moving to reinstate its vaccine advisory committee, a panel whose recent work was invalidated by a federal judge last month due to legitimacy conce
White House proposes $5 bn NIH cut, slashes ARPA‑H to $945 m
The White House’s FY2027 budget request calls for a $5 billion reduction to the NIH, shrinking its institutes from 27 to 22, slashing ARPA‑H funding to $945 million, eliminating three NIH centers and
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