Your Mouth's Bacteria May Be Linked to How Quickly You Think
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Ew?
Scientists Gave People 2 Nearly Identical Meals. One Triggered Much More Insulin.
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"We were shocked."
Scientists Identify Brain Cells That May Explain Why Cannabis Triggers Anxiety
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This is important.
A New 'Super Ice' Is 10 Times Stronger, Bringing It Close to The Strength of Concrete
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It could form 'super igloos'.
Scientists Find Squid Are Covered in Hair-Like Cells Remarkably Similar to The Ones in Human Ears
A hatchling squid imaged with light-sheet microscopy, to highlight its hair cells. (Wang et al., Current Biology, 2026)
It's a bit like there's a tiny ocean in your ear.
Scientists Collected Deep-Sea Rocks. They Spontaneously Caught Fire in The Lab.
An ROV collects mineral samples from the Escanaba seafloor. (ROV Jason/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute)
What strange physics.
People With Dementia May Actually Live Longer if They Carry Extra Weight
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This doesn't make sense... at first.
Adding 1 Mushroom-Derived Molecule to Salt Can Make It Taste 71% Saltier
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Could this help us reduce sodium intake?
Weaker Bones Have Been Linked to Faster Brain Aging in a New Study
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Two aging trends connected.
For The First Time Ever, Quantum Spins Shift a Centimeter-Scale Object
The researchers moved a diamond in a graphite plate. (Cassondra George/OIST)
This is (relatively) huge.
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