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Boosting One Vitamin May Have a Surprising Effect on Your Poop Schedule
1+ min ago (486+ words) How often a person poops has a surprising link to one vitamin in particular. A genetic investigation on the rate at which food passes through your digestive tract, known as gut motility, has found several gene variants associated with the…...
430,000-Year-Old Stick Found in Greece Among Humanity's Oldest Wooden Tools
1+ hour, 28+ min ago (335+ words) One is a spindly stick about 2 1/2 feet (80 centimeters) long that could have been used for digging in the mud. Scientists think ancient humans wielded a whole litany of tools made from stone, bone, and wood. But it's particularly difficult to…...
Scientists Found an Early Signal of Dementia Hidden in Terry Pratchett's Novels
2+ hour, 2+ min ago (753+ words) The earliest signs of dementia are rarely dramatic. They do not arrive as forgotten names or misplaced keys, but as changes so subtle they are almost impossible to notice: a slightly narrower vocabulary, less variation in description, a gentle flattening…...
Several Psychiatric Disorders Share The Same Root Cause, Study Suggests
4+ hour, 36+ min ago (423+ words) Researchers have discovered that eight different psychiatric conditions share a common genetic basis. A study published in early 2025 pinpointed specific variants among those shared genes, showing how they behave during brain development. The US team found many of these variants…...
Cuttlefish Literally Twist Light to Attract a Mate, Study Finds
6+ hour, 35+ min ago (670+ words) Every critter on this planet that relies on a sexual means of reproduction has its own way of luring in a mate " but cuttlefish can do something really special. Male Andrea cuttlefish (Doratosepion andreanum) " quite drab to human eyes " use…...
The Arctic Has Entered a New Era of 'Extreme Weather', Scientists Warn
12+ hour, 35+ min ago (586+ words) Climate change is shifting the weather patterns of Earth in ways that are far-reaching and long-lasting, and a new study details a noticeable rise in extreme weather events in the Arctic, prompted by rising global temperatures. The study, from an…...
Microbes in Space Mutated And Developed a Remarkable Ability
15+ hour, 35+ min ago (289+ words) A box full of viruses and bacteria has completed its return trip to the International Space Station, and the changes these 'bugs' experienced in their travels could help us Earthlings tackle drug-resistant infections. A team of researchers from the University…...
Hot, Black Ice Might Be Responsible For Neptune's Wild Magnetism
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (863+ words) Inside the cores of ice giant planets, the pressure and temperature are so extreme that the water residing there transitions into a phase completely unfamiliar under natural conditions on Earth. Known as 'superionic water', this form of water is a…...
'Lost City' Deep Beneath The Ocean Is Unlike Anything Seen Before on Earth
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (721+ words) Close to the summit of an underwater mountain west of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a jagged landscape of towers rises from the gloom. Their creamy carbonate walls and columns appear ghostly blue in the light of a remotely operated vehicle sent…...
Scientists Identify Brain Waves That Define The Limits of 'You"
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (612+ words) At what point do "you" end and the outside world begins? It might feel like a weird question with an obvious answer, but your brain has to work surprisingly hard to judge that boundary. Now, scientists have linked a specific…...