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Cancer-Like Mutations in Brain Immune Cells May Be Driving Alzheimer's Disease
Researchers have found cancer-like mutations in brain immune cells that may be driving Alzheimer's disease - a discovery that could open entirely new treatment pathways.
Science & NatureWhy Do We Forget Our Dreams? The Neuroscience Behind Dream Amnesia
Discover why your brain actively erases dream memories during REM sleep — and what the latest neuroscience reveals about dream amnesia.
Science & NatureThe Invisible Force You Can't Hear: What Science Says About Infrasound's Effect on Your Body and Mind
Scientists have discovered that infrasound—frequencies below human hearing—can affect your body, triggering unease, ear pressure, and emotional shifts.
Science & NatureWhy Your Dreams Feel So Real Sometimes and So Strange Other Times
Some nights your dreams are so vivid you wake up disoriented. Other nights they are a blur. Neuroscience explains what happens during REM sleep to make dreams feel real and strange.
Science & NatureScientists Just Mapped Our Sense of Smell — And the Discovery Changes What We Know About How Our Noses Work
For the first time, scientists have captured the atomic structure of a human olfactory receptor actively binding to an odor molecule, solving a puzzle that has eluded researchers for nearly two decades and opening new possibilities for treating smell loss.
Science & NatureThe Science of Suzetrigine: How the FDA's New Opioid-Free Painkiller Actually Ends Chronic Pain
Suzetrigine (JournaVX) is the first FDA-approved non-opioid analgesic targeting peripheral nerve sodium channels — offering pain relief without CNS effects or addiction risk.
Science & NatureThe Multivitamin Anti-Aging Discovery: What the Nature Medicine Study Says About Slowing Biological Aging
A landmark Nature Medicine trial reveals daily multivitamins may slow biological aging by approximately 4 months over 2 years in older adults — with stronger effects for those already aging faster than their years.
Science & NatureThe Brain's Pain Switch: How Scientists Found the Circuit That Decides Whether Pain Becomes Chronic
A sugar-cube-sized brain region called the CGIC may be the switch that decides whether your pain fades or lingers for months or years. New research from CU Boulder has mapped its circuit and found a way to silence it. Here is what that means for the future of chronic pain treatment.
Science & NatureThe Glymphatic System: Your Brain's Overnight Waste Clearance System and Why Sleep May Be the Best Brain Health Tool We Have
The glymphatic system is your brain's overnight cleaning crew, flushing away toxic waste that accumulates during waking hours. A landmark 2026 study confirms it in humans for the first time.
Science & NatureFIFA Confirms Iran Will Play at the 2026 World Cup Amid US-Israel War: What It Means for Football
FIFA president Gianni Infantino confirmed Iran will play at the 2026 World Cup in the United States, defying diplomatic isolation and a recent US-Israel war. With Iran's federation delegation denied entry to Canada and the team training in Turkey, the tournament faces unprecedented geopolitical complexity.
Science & NatureThe Race to Revolutionize Power: How a Houston Team Shattered a Superconductivity Record
University of Houston physicists have broken a 31-year superconductivity record, achieving 151 Kelvin under ambient pressure using a breakthrough pressure-quench technique. The discovery brings room-temperature superconductivity one step closer, with implications for power grids, medical imaging, and computing.
Science & NatureHuawei's $12B AI Chip Surge: How U.S. Sanctions Created a Challenger to Nvidia in China
As U.S. export controls pushed Nvidia's chips out of China, Huawei's Ascend processors stepped in. With $12 billion in projected 2026 AI chip revenue, the Shenzhen giant is reshaping the global AI hardware landscape.