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Study: Temptation, Not Stress, Drives Problematic Internet Use
A study by University of Duisburg-Essen researchers tracking 900 German adults over two weeks finds that temptation — not stress or mood — is the main driver of problematic internet use, which correla
Spectacular fossil preserves internal organs of ancient marine reptile
A 60-centimetre marine reptile fossil unearthed in Yunnan, China, is the oldest reptile ever found with a preserved digestive system — its stomach, liver, and intestines visible 245 million years afte
Adult Diets Need Attention Too as Metabolism Changes
An opinion piece argues that adults must adjust their diets as they age, since slowing metabolism reduces tolerance for poor eating and creates a nutrient gap after 60 that childhood obesity policies
Book Argues NASA Overlooked Viking's Mars Life Evidence
A new book by astrobiologist Steven Benner argues that NASA's 1976 Viking landers did detect life on Mars, but the scientific community wrongly dismissed the results because the landers' spectrometer
Asteroid (44) Nysa: rare three-lobed rock with its own moon
Astronomers using two of the world's largest telescopes have built a 3D model of asteroid (44) Nysa, revealing an extraordinarily rare three-lobed contact-trinary shape and a tiny moon roughly a kilom
Lost civilisation in the Amazon may have numbered 3 million people
Lidar scans of the Amazon rainforest reveal hundreds of ancient earthworks, suggesting a lost civilization of up to 3 million people once shaped the region’s landscape and ecology.
Juno star tracker reveals Jupiter's hidden shadow side
NASA's Juno scientist Heidi Becker repurposed the spacecraft's star tracker — a navigation instrument never designed for imaging — to photograph Jupiter's shadowy regions, capturing the planet's faint
Trump Admin Ends Medicare Drug Plan Subsidies
The Trump administration will end subsidies for private Medicare drug plans, likely driving up premiums for older Americans and handing Democrats a fresh affordability attack line weeks before the mid
'Hypoxia in a Pill' Eases Brain Disorders in Mice
Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital combined two experimental drugs into a 'hypoxia in a pill' that mimics the oxygen-lowering effects of high altitude, easing symptoms in mice with three ne
STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about a fugitive who became a biotech exec, a hospital suing Lilly, and more
A former doctor who spent two decades as a fugitive after a sexual assault conviction was found working in biotech under a fabricated identity, while a New Hampshire hospital sues Eli Lilly over 340B
Clinical AI Benchmark Scores Mislead, Insiders Say
A June Nature Medicine study comparing clinical AI tools like OpenEvidence and UpToDate Expert AI against general LLMs ignited one of the field's fiercest recent debates, exposing how single benchmark
Extraordinary ichthyosaur fossil shows its last meal was a pterosaur
A rare Queensland fossil reveals a 7-metre ichthyosaur's last meal was a pterosaur — the first evidence the marine reptiles ate flying vertebrates — before the ichthyosaur was itself dismembered by a
Silver Fluoride Stops Baby Tooth Decay Without Drilling
A University of Michigan Phase III trial of 830 children under 6 found that silver diamine fluoride, applied every six months, stopped decay in more than half of treated baby teeth without drilling or
Vagus nerve carries nutrient memory signals in rats
USC researchers have identified a gut-to-brain pathway in rats in which the vagus nerve ferries nutrient signals to the hippocampus, converting nutritious meals into durable spatial memories — a syste
Hybrid microwave fryer cuts french fry oil absorption
University of Illinois researchers propose combining microwave and conventional frying to produce french fries that absorb less oil while retaining the crisp texture consumers expect, publishing two p
STAT+: FDA expert panel recommends against approval of Capricor’s Duchenne drug
An FDA-convened expert panel voted 9-3 against recommending approval of Capricor Therapeutics' deramiocel for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, concluding the clinical data did not provide 'substantial evi
81% of Toddler Foods Are Ultra-Processed: Texas Audit
A grocery-store audit of nearly 2,800 toddler food products in Austin, Texas found 81% are ultra-processed and nearly half fail a WHO nutrient standard. The findings come as the FDA weighs updated fro
STAT+: American Diabetes Association, facing calls for resignations, asks for patience
More than 200 members of the American Diabetes Association are calling for the resignations of CEO Charles Henderson and chief scientific and medical officer Rita Kalyani after five diabetes experts w
Jaguar makes epic 2100-kilometre journey across the Amazon
A GPS-collared male jaguar named Gaspar traveled 2122 kilometers — as the crow flies — from Brazil's Araguaia river to the inland Cerrado, obliterating the previous tagged-jaguar dispersal record of r
STAT+: GSK lays out plans to cut costs, pursue more late-stage drug trials
Six months into his tenure, GSK CEO Luke Miels unveiled a three-year cost-cutting campaign targeting £1.9 billion ($2.5 billion) in annual savings by 2029, with much of the freed-up capital redirected
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