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The Brain May Be Two Organs, a Discovery That Could Advance ALS Research

Fri, 18 Sep 2026 22:30:00 GMT

Learn how tracing the brain’s separate origins helped researchers grow nerve cells that could aid studies of ALS and spinal muscular atrophy.

Mice With Mostly Human Cortical Tissue Could Help Reveal How Brain Disorders Develop

Fri, 18 Sep 2026 22:00:00 GMT

Learn how a Stanford team transplanted human brain tissue into mice to study disease while weighing the ethical questions raised by the work.

Cub Found in Bolivia Helped Uncover the First New Cat Species Named in Over a Century

Fri, 18 Sep 2026 21:47:00 GMT

Learn how Tigrino’s DNA and museum specimens helped researchers untangle the identities of five tiger cat species.

9-Million-Year-Old Capybara Tooth From Chile Hints at Unexpectedly Wet Conditions in the Ancient Atacama Desert

Fri, 18 Sep 2026 21:35:00 GMT

Learn how a fossilized capybara tooth could point to a drastically different climate in the Atacama Desert almost nine million years ago.

King Tut’s Tomb May Hide Secret Chambers, Reviving a Search for Queen Nefertiti

Fri, 18 Sep 2026 20:43:00 GMT

Discover how the latest geophysical analysis in and around King Tut’s tomb further supports the theory of hidden chambers, potentially untouched for centuries.

The First 3D Map of an Ovary Suggests a Hidden System Controls Egg Activation

Fri, 18 Sep 2026 20:19:00 GMT

Learn more about the first-ever 3D map of an ovary and how it could reshape our understanding of fertility, menopause, and women's reproductive health.

Immaculate Mastodon Tooth Fossil, New Blood Test to Detect Pancreatic Cancer, and Gail the Newborn Masai Giraffe

Fri, 18 Sep 2026 17:55:00 GMT

Discover the top stories from Sept. 12 to Sept. 18, 2026, including a 10,000-year-old mastodon tooth found in California and a new blood test that could provide early detection of pancreatic cancer.

Newly Discovered "Once-in-a-Century' Moon Crater Larger Than Two Football Fields

Thu, 17 Sep 2026 22:30:00 GMT

Learn more about the latest moon crater spotted by the LRO and how it changed the moon's surface.

Diving Like Sea Otters May Have Helped Our Ancestors Build the Stamina to Run

Thu, 17 Sep 2026 22:16:00 GMT

Learn how diving for food may have helped our ancestors develop the heart and lung capacity later used to chase prey across land.

Venus May Have Pulled Its Own Moon Back Toward It, Torn It Apart, and Eaten the Remains

Thu, 17 Sep 2026 21:45:00 GMT

Learn how an astrophysicist’s simulations traced a possible lunar downfall that could have changed Venus’s climate and ability to hold onto water.

Forgotten and Overlooked Structure Attached to the Ovary May Be Far More Active Than Once Thought

Thu, 17 Sep 2026 21:30:00 GMT

Learn more about this forgotten part of the ovary and how modern analysis reveal its functional part in the female reproductive system.

Drilling Into 66-Million-Year-Old T. Rex Teeth Reveals a Human-Like Body Temperature

Thu, 17 Sep 2026 21:15:00 GMT

Learn how more than a decade of lab work persuaded a museum to part with precious fossils, allowing researchers to take T. rex’s temperature for the first time.

Brevard Zoo's Giraffe Newborn Named Gail Takes a 6-Foot Plunge at Birth, Weighing Nearly 120 Pounds

Thu, 17 Sep 2026 20:45:00 GMT

Meet Gail, Brevard Zoo’s newest Masai giraffe calf who is part of a multigenerational conservation success story.

Vaccine Schedule Changes May Contradict Decades of Research — Here's What To Know

Thu, 17 Sep 2026 17:52:00 GMT

Learn more about the vaccine schedule changes brought forth by the current administration and why so many medical professionals disagree with them.

Crocodiles, Hippos, and Malaria Are Just Some of the Dangers in the Congo Basin

Wed, 16 Sep 2026 23:00:00 GMT

Learn how flooding, dangerous wildlife, and tropical diseases could complicate Ash Dykes’s 400-mile kayak trip through the Congo Basin.

Over 20,000 Items Removed From Hydrothermal Features at Yellowstone National Park

Wed, 16 Sep 2026 22:30:00 GMT

Learn more about the thousands of objects Yellowstone staff have removed from the park's hydrothermal features, including 280 hats, 54 lens caps, and $18 in loose change.

A Bottlenose Dolphin Named Bubbles Chases Fish Until They Throw Up, Then Steals Their Meals

Wed, 16 Sep 2026 22:00:00 GMT

Learn how Bubbles targets individual fish for their meals, giving researchers the first direct evidence of kleptoparasitism in a cetacean.

New Blood Test Could Catch Pancreatic Cancer at Its Earliest Stages, Helping Fight the "Silent Killer"

Wed, 16 Sep 2026 21:31:00 GMT

Learn about a new blood test that could allow physicians to detect pancreatic cancer in its earliest stages by combining multiple biomarkers.

A Retired Inventor Burned Homemade Scrolls to Help Read 2,000-Year-Old Texts Buried by Mount Vesuvius

Wed, 16 Sep 2026 18:00:00 GMT

Learn how experiments with homemade scrolls could help reveal lost writing in the Herculaneum library buried by Mount Vesuvius.

Human Waste Could Help Make Stronger, More Sustainable Concrete

Tue, 15 Sep 2026 22:45:00 GMT

Learn how a team of researchers has turned human waste into biochar, a building material that could be used to make sustainable concrete.