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Do you think you'd be able to tell the difference between a real human voice and a deepfake? Most people can't.

A massive new study combining observational and genetic data overturns the long-held belief that light drinking protects the brain. Researchers found that dementia risk rises in direct proportion to alcohol consumption, ...

The STEP UP trials revealed that a 7.2 mg dose of semaglutide led to greater weight loss than the currently approved 2.4 mg dose. Nearly half of participants lost 20% or more of their body weight, while also improving me...

A new study reveals that the brains social perception pathway-a network that processes faces, gaze, and speech-is already active at birth or shortly thereafter. Using advanced imaging data, researchers showed that newbor...

The CDC's current crisis has been building since Trump's first week in office and boiled over after Kennedy fired the agency's newly appointed director.

Every week, we scour the web for important, insightful, and fascinating stories in science and technology. These are our latest picks. The post This Weeks Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through October 4) appe...

The Asian golden cat is an elusive creature endemic to South and Southeast Asia. It is known to take down prey much larger than itself, including buffalo calves, baby deers and small muntjacs.

Scientists discovered that vitamin D2 supplements can lower levels of vitamin D3, the form the body uses most effectively. Unlike D2, vitamin D3 enhances the immune systems first line of defense against infections. This ...

A Weill Cornell Medicine team has found that triple-negative breast cancer depends on the enzyme EZH2 to spread. By silencing key genes, EZH2 drives chaotic cell divisions and fuels metastasis. Blocking EZH2 restored sta...

HydroSpread, a breakthrough fabrication method, lets scientists build ultrathin soft robots directly on water. These tiny, insect-inspired machines could transform robotics, healthcare, and environmental monitoring.

Scientists at OIST have, for the first time, directly tracked the elusive dark excitons inside atomically thin materials. These quantum particles could revolutionize information technology, as they are more stable and re...

The matador bugs flamboyant leg-waving puzzled scientists for years, with early guesses pointing to courtship. But experiments revealed the waving is a defense tactic against predators. Related species also share the beh...

Christopher Columbus was far from the first person, and not even the first European, to reach the Americas.

A Scandinavian clinical trial has revealed that low-dose aspirin can halve the risk of colon and rectal cancer recurrence in patients with specific genetic mutations. The research, involving over 3,500 patients, is the f...