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Semaglutide Added About Three Months to the Lives of Old Female Mice and Human Longevity Claims Remain Unproven

A Nature study found semaglutide raised median lifespan in aged female mice by about 12 percent. Researchers say the finding does not apply to people.

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Iguanas Raft To Anguilla: scientists track 200-mile hurricane voyage; study reshapes island origins

Hurricanes in 1995 created a giant debris mat carrying living green iguanas. Fishermen on Anguilla discovered these iguanas, previously unknown to the island. Scientific analysis confirmed their journey across approximately 200 miles of open ocean. This event provided direct evidence for how island species colonize new lands. The iguanas established…

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India's Only Striped Hyena Eats Anthrax-Laden Carcasses and Keeps Disease From Spreading Across the Wild

The stomach that stops an outbreakThe striped hyena has the most acidic digestive system of any land mammal studied, a gastric pH that drops as low as 1.7, comparable to concentrated battery acid. A 2017 paper published in the journal Integrative Zoology confirmed that this acidity allows hyenas to neutralise…

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Could this centuries-old Japanese tatami material be the ultimate ergonomic upgrade? Science shows Igusa rush grass speeds up cognitive output and eases anxiety

New research reveals Igusa mats boost cognitive speed and sharpen concentration during tasks. These natural floorings also help stabilize emotions and reduce tension after mental exertion. Igusa grass passively regulates indoor humidity, creating a balanced sensory climate. Integrating botanical materials influences cognitive performance and emotional stability positively. This study highlights…

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Democratic Lawmakers Demand Termination of an Unfinalized Deal Routing NIH Infectious Disease Funds to Pentagon Biodefense

An unfinalized interagency deal would move NIAID infectious disease research money to the Pentagon's biodefense for 10 years. Lawmakers want it terminated.

Medical Daily

What is a Rossby wave train? Scientists explain how Antarctica gained nearly 700 billion tons of ice - The surprising atmospheric pattern that disrupted normal weather, delivered extraordinary snowfall and and temporarily reversed the continent’s long-term ice loss

In a surprising turn, Antarctica temporarily gained ice mass, attributed to warm tropical ocean currents. These warm waters triggered atmospheric shifts that led to significant snowfall across the region. A Rossby wave train transported these phenomena over vast distances to East Antarctica. However, this short-lived ice gain does not indicate…

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Michigan’s AQI hit 616 after Ontario wildfire smoke crossed into the US; scientists warn a warming climate could make such pollution more common

Smoke from Canadian wildfires can travel hundreds or even thousands of kilometres, turning a distant fire into a serious air-quality emergency. That danger was starkly illustrated when wildfire smoke from Ontario moved into the United States and contributed to exceptionally poor air quality across parts of the Midwest. In Michigan,…

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In 1342, Europe suffered its worst flood year in 700 years; scientists now say 16 major floods struck the continent within just three years

For centuries, the Magdalena Flood of July 1342 stood out as one of the great flood disasters of medieval Central Europe. A new study published in Nature suggests the disaster was actually part of something much larger: a run of 16 major floods that hit different parts of Europe between…

The Times of India

Earth’s forests lost 60% of their canopy during ancient global warming—could it happen again?

Ancient forests endured extreme global warming over 56 million years ago. This warming event caused a significant loss of forest canopy cover. Forests took over 100,000 years to fully recover from this damage. Modern forests face similar challenges with faster carbon emissions. Past warming events offer crucial lessons for current…

The Economic Times

Major sodium-ion battery milestone passed by California startup — Unigrid aces Hyundai’s safety tests down to -20C as experts call tech a 'compelling alternative' to lithium-ion

Sodium-ion battery technology promises to improve on lithium-ion in numerous areas, though challenges remain.

TechRadar

Scientists Injected a Patient's Own Mitochondria into Her Eyes in an Experimental Attempt to Restore Vision

Scientists injected a patient's own mitochondria into her eyes in an experimental attempt to restore vision after severe blindness.

Medical Daily

Scientists injected cells from woman’s leg into her eyes to help restore her vision: How 'world-first experiment' went & what doctors discovered

Scientists injected mitochondria taken from a woman’s leg into both of her eyes in an experimental attempt to boost energy production in damaged retinal cells. The treatment triggered temporary pupil responses to light after the injections, but her vision did not show any measurable improvement. The single-patient case suggests the…

The Economic Times

Shingrix Recipients Were 10 Percent Less Likely to Be Diagnosed with Heart Disease Than Zostavax Recipients

An Oxford-led study of more than 70,000 older adults found Shingrix recipients had 10 percent fewer heart disease diagnoses than Zostavax recipients.

Medical Daily

Brain Cancer Patients Vaccinated Against COVID Before Surgery Lived Twice as Long in a Preprint Analysis

A preprint of 187 glioblastoma patients links COVID vaccination within 100 days of surgery to doubled survival. It has not been peer-reviewed.

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A Mouse Cortex Grown in a Dish Made All the Right Cells, but Its Stem Cells Lost Their Timing and Their Range

Austrian researchers grew a mouse cerebral cortex in a dish. It made the right cells, but the stem cells abandoned the schedule that a real brain follows.

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Families Facing Years Without a Diagnosis Are Turning to Chatbots, and the Early Results Are Uneven

Rare disease patients are using AI to shorten diagnostic odysseys that average years. The published accuracy figures are modest but real.

Times Life

How Diclofenac Nearly Drove India's Vultures to Extinction, and What the Recovery Programme Has Actually Achieved

The drug that emptied the skyThrough the 1990s, vulture populations across South Asia fell off a cliff so steeply that ornithologists initially suspected a new disease. The Gyps vulture, the genus that includes the white-rumped, long-billed, and slender-billed species, had been among the most numerous large raptors on earth. Surveys…

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Where the Body Parks Its Fat May Matter More Than How Much, and One Gene Splits by Sex

A million-person study measured where fat sits, not just how much. Among 59 genes, one showed a notably stronger effect in women than in men.

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How Humpback Whale Song Dialects Shift Over Decades and What Cultural Transmission Tells Us

The Song That Crosses an OceanIn 1998, marine biologist Michael Noad and his colleagues at the University of Queensland documented something that had no clean explanation at the time. Two humpback whales off the east coast of Australia were singing a song-type that belonged to the west coast population, a…

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Google's New Watch Feature Tracks Metabolic Trends, and the Company Says It Does Not Measure Blood Sugar

Google says its new Pixel Watch insulin resistance feature does not measure glucose and is not a diabetes prescreener. Here is what it does.

Medical Daily

Biology Has No Flight Simulator, and Three Researchers Just Published the Blueprint for One

A Nature Medicine perspective outlines how to link AI models of DNA, proteins, and cells into a single system that could simulate drug effects.

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'Multi-part case study on China’s media' finds that AI models can't hallucinate away Chinese censorship

New research suggests Chinese state media and authoritarian speech restrictions can shape the answers produced by leading U.S. AI models

Medical Daily

A Fake Eye Disease Called Bixonimania Fooled Four AI Chatbots and One Peer-Reviewed Journal

A researcher invented 'bixonimania' to test AI. Chatbots called it real, a peer-reviewed journal cited it, and the paper was retracted.

Medical Daily

New Weight Loss Pills Barely Worked in Mice Until Scientists Uncovered a Brain Circuit Controlling Cravings

Small-molecule GLP-1 drugs barely bind rodent receptors, stalling animal work. A humanized mouse finally revealed a reward circuit they switch off.

Medical Daily

About 1 in 7,000 People Carry a Broken Gene That Appears to Keep Them Lean, and Drugmakers Noticed

A Nature study of more than 1 million people found rare FNIP1 variants associated withFNIP1 gene, metabolic health genetics, liver fat, TG:HDL ratio, cardiometabolic disease, Regeneron Genetics Center, obesity genetics less liver fat, lower blood sugar, and 60% lower odds of disease.

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