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Bodyboarders capture incredible footage of rare ocean phenomenon - The Scientific Lie That Damaged Generations of Men - Bernie's Astro for January - Game Changing Treatment for Alzheimer's Disease, Fully Reversed in Mice - New diabetes treatment could free people from insulin injections - Pint to plate, scientists brew up a new way to grow meat - Serious Questions About The Benefits of Intermittent Fasting -New Plant-Based Serum Triggered Visible Hair Regrowth - Things Young Kids Are Using AI for Are Absolutely Horrifying - What the actual science says about "brain rot" - Is bird flu the next pandemic? - Google May Finally Let Users Change Their Gmail Address Without Starting Over - How Is Platinum Made? - China's humanoid robot firms make up half of exhibitors at CES 2026 - Dystopia, Replica Statue of Liberty Topples in Urban Hellscape - Wooden Structure Found That Predates Homo Sapiens By Hundreds Of Thousands Of Years - It Wasn't Food! Human Farming Began For a Really Bizarre Reason: BEER! - We were Wrong about hunter gatherers - again! - Is Electricity a Thing or a Process? - China Makes Breakthrough With Thorium Nuclear Reactor - Supernova from the 'dawn of the universe' (was it?) captured by James Webb Space Telescope - Say Goodbye To Steel As U.S. Scientists Create “Superwood” - Recreating NSA Spy Tech Was WAY Too Easy - A Physics Era is Over - the ancient 300 year megadrought was probably not great - “Lightning In A Bottle” trapped - Starlink Plans Major Orbit Shift To Reduce Space Traffic Risks - A farewell, Comet 3I/ATLAS - Doorway to a New Cosmology - Nothingness Is the Potential To Be Anything - Hundreds of iceberg earthquakes are shaking the crumbling end of Antarctica's Doomsday Glacier - Powerplays, politics and panic - has BIG OIL wrestled back control? - The World's Most Important Machine - The real reason some people adapt faster than others.
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Caught on video: 'The wave that shouldn't exist'A team of Australian bodyboarding ratbags has managed to capture staggering footage of an extraordinary oceanic phenomenon: a place where four 12-ft (3.7-m) waves regularly converge into an oval dip, with explosive results.

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Alzheimer's Fully Reversed in Mice, Scientists SayA new compound has been shown to reverse late stage Alzheimer's disease in lab mice, which gives millions of sufferers new cause for hope.

From pint to plate, scientists brew up a new way to grow meatYeast left over from brewing beer can be transformed into edible "scaffolds" for cultivated meat—sometimes known as lab-grown meat—which could offer a more sustainable, cost-effective alternative to current methods, according to a new study from UCL (University College London) researchers.

The Things Young Kids Are Using AI for Are Absolutely HorrifyingA large number of very young users are engaging with violent — and often sexually violent — interactions with unregulated companion chatbots.

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Google May Finally Let Users Change Their Gmail Address Without Starting OverGoogle appears to be preparing one of the biggest changes in Gmail’s history: allowing users to change their @gmail.com address while keeping the sa

China's humanoid robot firms make up half of exhibitors at CES 2026Chinese humanoid robot makers will dominate CES 2026, with nearly a dozen firms and a record Hong Kong delegation showcasing next-gen machines.

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Supernova from the dawn of the universe captured by James Webb Space TelescopeAn international team of astronomers has achieved a first in probing the early universe, using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), detecting a supernova—the explosive death of a massive star—at an unprecedented cosmic distance.

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Starlink Plans Major Orbit Shift To Reduce Space Traffic RisksStarlink will begin lowering the operating altitude of thousands of its satellites in 2026, a move aimed at easing congestion and improving safety in

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Hundreds of iceberg earthquakes are shaking the crumbling end of Antarctica's Doomsday GlacierGlacial earthquakes are rocking the Doomsday Glacier in Antarctica.

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Scientists Identify Possible Game Changing Treatment for Alzheimer's Disease That Could Control It Like High CholesterolScientists said a novel compound can arrest early stages of Alzheimer's disease in mice brains, setting the stage for a possible cure.

A new diabetes treatment could free people from insulin injectionsIn a small cell therapy trial, 10 out of 12 people with type 1 diabetes no longer needed supplemental insulin, even a year after treatment.

Study Raises Serious Questions About The Benefits of Intermittent FastingThe notion behind intermittent fasting is simple: eat less for a time, improve your metabolism.

This New Plant-Based Serum Triggered Visible Hair Regrowth In Just 8 Weeks According To ScientistsScientists have tested a new plant-based scalp serum that showed measurable hair regrowth and thicker strands in just 56 days during a controlled clin

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Say Goodbye To Steel As U.S. Scientists Create “Superwood” That Is Stronger, Lighter, And GreenerResearchers in the United States have developed a new material that could reshape construction, transportation, and even aerospace design. Scientists

Replica Statue of Liberty Topples in Urban HellscapeA video making the rounds on social media shows a giant replica of the Statue of Liberty toppling over in a Brazilian parking lot.

Wooden Structure Found That Predates Homo Sapiens By Hundreds Of Thousands Of YearsArchaeologists have uncovered what may be the earliest known wooden structure ever built, and it is far older than our own species. At Kalambo Falls i

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Video: YouTuber Literally Traps “Lightning In A Bottle” Using A Particle AcceleratorThe phrase “lightning in a bottle” is usually shorthand for something rare, fleeting, or impossible to recreate. In a recent experiment, a YouTube

Farewell, Comet 3I/ATLAS As Rare Interstellar Visitor Heads Back Into Deep SpaceEarth has just said goodbye to one of the rarest cosmic visitors ever observed. On December 19, interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS made its closest approach

In Quantum Mechanics, Nothingness Is the Potential To Be Anything | Quanta MagazineTry as they might, scientists can’t truly rid a space or an object of its energy. But what “zero-point energy” really means is up for interpretation.

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The real reason some people adapt faster than others"The big question then is why are most people resilient and why are some people not resilient?"

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