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This Wednesday (09/24/25) - Topics sensationalized!:

Pregnancy, the cute invader - STN member, John Allen Paulos, a mathematical Parable - Vitamin B3 beats skin cancer - Nanoparticles supercharge vinegar's old-fashioned wound healing power - Music supercharges brain stimulation - Brain stimulation sustains motor gains in Parkinson disease - Can meditation apps really reduce stress, anxiety, and insomnia? - What makes chocolate taste so good? - Cardboard, the new building material - Propane vs. Butane - Which Political Party Is More Science-Friendly? - Importing Tec workers to US? $100,000 fee - Trump Shutting Down Cancer Research - AI companions are taking over - AI speeds up disaster response decisions - World's largest (natural) mirror - Was Nobel such a good guy? - 7,200-year-old climate shift the Dadiwan Culture (China) disappears - The Out of Africa paradox - Drunk Chimps - Female crabs don't like underwater power cables - Resurrection of dodo bird - Bumble bees pollinated 24 million years ago - Asteroid hit the North Sea more than 43 million years ago - Asteroid that killed the dinosaurs was about the size of Mount Everest...where is it now? - SpaceX, full-duration static fire-up, video - Cool rocket/Sun photo capture - Solar coronal hole looks like a heart - The ever-present solar event scare - Galaxy found a mere 90 million light years from supposed Big Bang - Ozone layer recovery continues with smaller 2024 hole - Ancient Oceans on Mars - Arctic Sea ice is disappearing - Human activity has extended fire seasons across the world - Insects are disappearing from the last places we thought were safe - Climate change could erase 80% of whitebark pine's current habitat across the Rockies and Northwest - Running dry: New study warns of extreme water scarcity in the coming decades - The only good nuclear accident.
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Daily vitamin B3 dose cuts skin cancer risk by up to 54%A common, over-the-counter form of vitamin B3 has emerged as an inexpensive ally in protecting us from skin cancer, lowering the risk by an average of 14% and increasing to a massive 54% for anyone who has previously had a positive diagnosis. This latest study of more than 33,000 patients supports…

Groove is in the brain: Music supercharges brain stimulationMusic affects us so deeply that it can essentially take control of our brain waves and get our bodies moving. Now, neuroscientists at Stanford's Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute are taking advantage of music's power to synchronize brain waves to boost the effectiveness of a technique called transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), a promising tool for both basic brain research and treating neuropsychiatric disorders.

Deep brain stimulation sustains motor gains over 5 years in Parkinson diseaseThe INTREPID study group, a team of 49 researchers from 30 academic and medical institutions, reports on sustained five-year benefits from subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease. They find improved motor function and daily living activities with a 28% reduction in anti-Parkinson's medication.

This surprising building material is strong, cheap, and sustainableA team at RMIT University has created a cement-free construction material using only cardboard, soil, and water. Strong enough for low-rise buildings, it reduces emissions, costs, and waste compared to concrete. The lightweight, on-site process makes it ideal for remote areas, while its thermal properties naturally cool buildings. Researchers see it as a key step toward greener, more resilient architecture.

White House Makes Big Clarification About Who Actually Has To Pay The New $100,000 Fee On H1-B VisasWhen news first broke about a massive $100,000 fee tied to H-1B visas, panic rippled across tech circles and immigrant communities.

Trump Shutting Down Cancer ResearchTrump has sharply cut funding to cancer research in the US, threatening the country's scientific standing and the health of Americans.

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Chimps Consume the Equivalent of 2.5 Alcoholic Drinks per Day by Eating Fermented Fruit, Study FindsScientists report that chimpanzees consume about 14 grams of alcohol daily and suggest the result might help explain humans' interest in booze

Bumble bees pollinated linden flowers 24 million years ago, fossil evidence showsAn international research team led by the Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research at the University of Vienna has made an extraordinary discovery: fossilized lime blossoms and fossilized bumble bees were found in 24-million-year-old sediments at the Enspel Fossil-Lagerstätte (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)—along with evidence of their interaction in the form of preserved pollen grains. These findings show that bumble bees were already among the most important pollinators of linden (or lime/basswood) trees millions of years ago—just as they are today.

SpaceX on X: "Starship completes a full-duration static fire ahead of the eleventh flight test https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1970282201360277729/video/1

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Fire and plasma: astrophotographer captures unique image of the Sun

https://universemagazine.com/en/plasma-prominences-and-falcon-9-astrophotographer-captures-unique-image-of-the-sun/

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A giant heart grew on the Sun
https://universemagazine.com/en/the-sun-gave-humanity-a-heart-an-incredible-phenomenon-in-the-atmosphere-of-the-star/

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