Biology

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Hidden DNA Enzymes Reveal a Mini-Metabolism in Cells Science

Hidden DNA Enzymes Reveal a Mini-Metabolism in Cells

A landmark study published in Nature Communications has discovered more than 200 metabolic enzymes sitting directly on human DNA, revealing a hidden '...

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Why Tropical Insects Can't Cope With a Warming World Science

Why Tropical Insects Can't Cope With a Warming World

Tropical insects already live dangerously close to their upper heat limits, and unlike their highland cousins, they cannot adapt fast enough. A landma...

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How Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents Support Life Without Sun Science

How Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents Support Life Without Sun

Miles beneath the ocean surface, hydrothermal vents host thriving ecosystems powered not by sunlight but by chemicals — overturning everything scienti...

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How Malaria Parasites Work—and Why They're Hard to Kill Health

How Malaria Parasites Work—and Why They're Hard to Kill

Malaria kills hundreds of thousands of people every year, yet the parasite behind it remains one of the most elusive targets in medicine. Here's how P...

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What Is Tau Protein and How It Triggers Alzheimer's Health

What Is Tau Protein and How It Triggers Alzheimer's

Tau protein keeps brain cells healthy — until it doesn't. Here's how this tiny molecule goes rogue, forms toxic tangles, and drives Alzheimer's and ot...

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Why Tropical Insects Are Nearing Their Heat Limit Science

Why Tropical Insects Are Nearing Their Heat Limit

A landmark study of more than 2,000 insect species reveals that tropical insects already live dangerously close to their thermal ceiling — and unlike...

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How Scientists Plan to Grow Food on the Moon Science

How Scientists Plan to Grow Food on the Moon

As humanity prepares to return to the Moon for extended stays, scientists are racing to solve one of the hardest problems in space exploration: how to...

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Japan's HTV-X1 Departs ISS After Delivering 5.5 Tons Science

Japan's HTV-X1 Departs ISS After Delivering 5.5 Tons

JAXA's next-generation HTV-X1 cargo spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station on March 6, 2026, after delivering roughly 5,470 kilogram...

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How CRISPR Edits Genes Without Cutting DNA Science

How CRISPR Edits Genes Without Cutting DNA

A new generation of CRISPR tools can switch genes on and off by targeting chemical tags rather than cutting the DNA strand — offering safer, potential...

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Vast Cell Atlas Shows Aging Starts Earlier Than Thought Health

Vast Cell Atlas Shows Aging Starts Earlier Than Thought

Scientists at Rockefeller University analyzed nearly 7 million cells across 21 organs and found that aging begins surprisingly early and unfolds as a...

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One Nasal Spray to Fight COVID, Flu, Pneumonia, Allergies Health

One Nasal Spray to Fight COVID, Flu, Pneumonia, Allergies

Stanford Medicine researchers have developed a universal nasal vaccine that reprograms the lung's innate immune cells, providing broad protection agai...

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NYU Study: Microplastics Found in 9 out of 10 Prostate Tumors Health

NYU Study: Microplastics Found in 9 out of 10 Prostate Tumors

Researchers at NYU Langone Health have discovered microplastics in 90% of prostate cancer samples. Tumor tissue contained an average of 2.5 times more...

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