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Health and life sciences
Health and life sciences coverage including genetics, neuroscience, drug discovery, evolution, and how living systems work at every scale.
The 'Impossible' LED That Could Change Cancer Surgery
Organic molecules 'whisper' energy into insulating nanoparticles, opening a path to sharper surgical imaging in the infrared.
Your Good Mood Directly Fuels Creative Action
Tracking daily diaries from college students reveals that positive emotions predict tomorrow's creativity better than personality or IQ.
Amphetamines Promise to Master Reality But Extract a Hidden Price
Millions of brains now run faster than evolution planned, but this cognitive enhancement comes with psychological and physical costs.
Super-Recognisers Learn Faces by Looking at Them Differently
Eye-tracking reveals how some people naturally excel at remembering faces - and why the rest of us don't.
Ozempic's Hidden Effects: Five Things Doctors Aren't Telling You
Semaglutide isn't just changing blood sugar and weight - it's rewiring multiple body systems in ways scientists are still discovering.
What Makes Hair Gray Might Defend Against Skin Cancer
Melanocyte stem cells face a binary choice when damaged - and one path could protect you.
Injected Implants Could Swim to Your Brain
Wireless microchips travel bloodstreams, breach brain barriers, and park themselves at sites of injury.
Narcissists Can Change (If They Don't Quit First)
New research reveals the irony: treatment works, but most patients walk away before it can help.
Viral Social Media Posts Give AI Models "Brain Rot"
Training on viral tweets causes lasting cognitive damage in AI systems–and the effects prove impossible to fully reverse.
Nobel Prize Winners Discovered Immune System's Secret Guards
The 2025 Nobel Prize honors three scientists who found regulatory T cells - just 5-10% of immune cells that prevent autoimmune disease.
