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A new study challenge the assumption that trauma uniformly accelerates biological aging, showing instead that early adversity uniquely and non-uniformly rewrites the molecular aging trajectories of individual tissues.

While nearly all Michiganders over 50 prioritize brain health, only 47% know that everyday lifestyle choices reduce dementia risk.

Slow-healing lesions - common in diabetics and burn victims - can lead to lingering infections that resist antibiotic treatment. A new approach using light-activated therapies may offer a solution.

A researcher at Kyushu University and his collaborators have shown that continuous parameters in quantum gravity may not be freely adjustable "dials" from outside the theory, but rather arise from operators withi...

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Ecologists and a veterinarian looked at more than 400 studies to see how to stop cats from bringing home unwelcome pathogens.

Researchers found that twisting layered sheets of hexagonal boron nitride can dramatically change the light produced by quantum emitters embedded within the material. The technique offers an unexpected new level of contr...

Compounds responsible for the aroma of cannabis and many other plants may offer a surprising new way to relieve chronic pain. Researchers found that several cannabis-derived terpenes significantly reduced pain in mouse m...

June 20, 2026: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.

While on a fishing trip, a man sustained an unusual injury from a marlin.

A surprising new study suggests the earliest primates didn't originate in tropical forests but in cold, dry parts of North America. Some may have even survived seasonal Arctic conditions by slowing their metabolism o...

Here's why it's so hard to see when we enter a dark room.

Scientists have discovered that a gene normally considered a DNA-protecting "good guy" can become dangerous when cells make too much of it. The gene, EXO1, acts like molecular scissors that help repair DNA, but w...

Scientists found that thawing permafrost can trigger increased rock weathering, a natural process that absorbs CO2 from the atmosphere. In some regions, this carbon uptake was strong enough to fully offset - or even surp...

Belgian scientist Francois Englert, a particle physics specialist who won the Nobel Prize in 2013 for his work on the Higgs boson, has died at 93.

Animals from different species often rely on surprisingly sophisticated communication to work together, whether finding food, cleaning parasites, or gaining protection. New research suggests these interspecies conversati...