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Deep brain stimulation is already used to treat Parkinson’s diseaseLiving Art Enterprises/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY A brain implant that detects when…

As SpaceX’s Starship vehicle gathered all of the attention this week, the company’s workhorse Falcon 9 rocket continued to hit…

August 28, 20254 min readWhat Does the First Pig-to-Human Lung Transplant Mean for Xenotransplantation?Surgeons think the first transplantation of a…

Alright, so here’s the deal—Howard Bloom’s latest brain‑melter, The Case of the Sexual Cosmos: Everything You Know About Nature Is…

The sinuses become inflamed in people with chronic sinusitisScience Photo Library/Alamy Surgery is typically a last resort for people with…

Per Shiffman and Wester, an “overwhelming majority” of respondents said that Bluesky has a “vibrant and healthy online science community,”…

August 27, 20252 min readThese Stunning Images Show Every Nerve in a MouseThis new “connectome” could bring researchers one step…

Artist’s illustration of the ancient reptile Kostensuchus atroxGabriel Diaz Yanten, CC-BY 4.0 An ancient crocodile relative that lived around 70…

The Earth is constantly receiving space signals that contain vital information about extremely energetic phenomena. Among the most peculiar are…

August 26, 20253 min readRepeated Heat Waves Can Age You as Much as Smoking or DrinkingA new long-term study suggests…

Solar panels for sale in Niamey, Niger, a country where solar energy is boomingBOUREIMA HAMA/AFP via Getty Images A record…

The Sun’s most complex mysteries could soon be solved thanks to artificial intelligence. On August 20, IBM and NASA announced…

August 24, 20254 min readTruth, Romance and the Divine: How AI Chatbots May Fuel Psychotic ThinkingA new wave of delusional…

Scientists have found another reason why we should spend more time in natureColin Anderson/Blend Images LLC/Getty Images So-called “forest bathing”…

This means these three values can’t be independent; if you know two of them, you can derive the third. How…

August 23, 20253 min readThe Brain’s Map of the Body Is Surprisingly Stable—Even after a Limb Is LostThe brain’s body…