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Six-Year-Old Returns to School to a Standing Ovation After Beating Leukemia
A few steps down a familiar school hallway can feel ordinary, until they have been taken away for years. When 6-year-old John Oliver “JO” Zippay returned to St. Helen Catholic School in Newbury, Ohio after finishing chemotherapy for leukemia, he was met with something no child expects on a routine morning: a corridor of classmates…
For the First Time in Years, Antarctica Shows a Massive Annual Ice Gain Exceeding 100 Billion Tons
For the first time in decades, Antarctica has delivered a climate story that caught almost everyone off guard. After years of consistent ice loss, new research published in Science China Earth Sciences reports that the Antarctic Ice Sheet gained mass between 2021 and 2023. This shift is remarkable both because of its scale and because…
How Marriage Adds Extra Housework to Women’s Weekly Load
Marriage is often romanticized as a lifelong team project. Two people, one upgraded life. But according to decades of research, when it comes to household chores, that team dynamic can feel a little lopsided. A new look at housework trends from the University of Michigan has stirred up a fresh wave of debate about fairness,…
An Atheist Called Out to God in Agony, and What Happened Next Defied Everything She Believed
Beverly Brodsky had abandoned God at the age of eight. Growing up in a conservative Jewish family in Philadelphia, she learned about Holocaust atrocities and could not reconcile such horror with the existence of a loving divine being. By 1958, she had declared herself an atheist, and for more than a decade, she held firm…
Alcohol or Weed? A Brain Doctor Studied 62,000 Scans to Settle the Debate
Americans have long debated which substance does more damage to the human body. Alcohol flows freely at social gatherings, business dinners, and weekend barbecues. Cannabis, once confined to counterculture circles, now enjoys legal recreational status in 24 states. A whopping 17 percent of Americans admitted to smoking marijuana at some point during 2023, while at…
Heavy Drinkers Reduced Their Alcohol Intake by Nearly 30 Percent After Changing One Key Habit, Study Finds
What if cutting back on alcohol was less about steely willpower and more about a single shift in habit? A new study of heavy drinkers who also use cannabis found that, under certain conditions, participants drank nearly 30 percent less after lighting up. The finding taps into a quiet experiment many people are already running…
Ancient DNA Reveals Earliest Known Person With Turner Syndrome
Ancient DNA has long been a window into the lives of people who walked the Earth thousands of years before us, but until recently, scientists struggled to uncover some of the most delicate genetic details locked within old bones and fragile teeth. The past is rarely generous with pristine samples, and time has a habit…
How a Simple Agate Became a Dinosaur Discovery
For more than a century, a delicate pink and white sphere sat quietly in the Mineralogy Collection of the Natural History Museum in London. It was admired for its beauty and symmetry and regarded as a fine example of agate. Generations of curators cataloged it, moved it, displayed it and stored it again without suspecting…
What Loan Changes Mean for the Physician and Nurse Pipeline
The conversation around federal student loan reform has intensified as educators, healthcare leaders and policymakers grapple with the potential effects of upcoming changes set to take effect in 2026. While proponents of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act argue that new loan caps will curb what they describe as unsustainable borrowing and help push tuition…
New Research Reveals Rare Flavoalkaloids in Cannabis Leaves
For decades, cannabis research has focused on the plant’s well known cannabinoids and aromatic terpenes. Compounds like THC and CBD have dominated conversations in medicine, consumer products, and policy. Yet there has always been a lingering understanding among scientists that cannabis is a far more complex species than the spotlighted molecules suggest. Recent studies have…