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Scientists Are Learning How to Grow Kidney Tissue That Behaves More Like the Real Organ
For years, lab-grown organs have sat in a strange space between hope and hesitation. For people affected by kidney disease, the promise has often sounded just out of reach, shaped by bold headlines that rarely translated into real change. Many of those stories traced back to early experiments that never moved beyond the laboratory, leaving…
Lost Underwater Drone Captured Never-Before-Seen Formations Beneath Antarctic Ice
Somewhere beneath hundreds of meters of frozen Antarctic ice, a seven-meter robot lies silent in the dark. Its batteries died weeks ago. Its last known position remains a mystery. And the secrets it carried with it may never surface. Ran was no ordinary underwater vehicle. Built by the University of Gothenburg and valued at 38…
Tangled Cosmic Strings From the Big Bang Could Explain Why Matter Won
Back in 1867, a renowned British physicist named Lord Kelvin proposed something peculiar. He imagined atoms as tiny knots twisted into an invisible substance called the aether. Scientists dismissed his idea within decades. Atoms, they discovered, were built from subatomic particles, not tangles in space. Kelvin’s vision seemed destined for the dustbin of scientific history.…
Ancient Dinosaur Discovery Connects Extinction and Environmental Change
When visitors step into the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History this holiday season, they will encounter more than a striking fossil behind glass. They will come face to face with a fragment of deep time, a survivor of processes that shaped Earth long before humans existed. The near-complete skull of a Pachycephalosaurus, a dome-headed…
How NDAs Are Keeping AI Data Center Plans Hidden From the Public
On a March afternoon in Mason County, Kentucky, Dr. Timothy Grosser sat at a table on the same land he had worked for nearly four decades and listened as three unfamiliar men laid out an offer most people would never refuse. They were willing to pay millions of dollars for his 250-acre farm, a stretch…
Why Mean People Seem to Target the Same Individuals Again and Again
It is a quiet thought many people carry but rarely say out loud. Why does it sometimes feel like unkind behavior keeps finding the same people again and again? At work, in friendships online or even within families, some individuals notice a repeated pattern of being spoken over, dismissed, mocked or treated unfairly. These moments…
Anyone Who’s Ever Sobbed Into a Golden Retriever’s Fur Is About to Feel Extremely Validated
For years, golden retriever owners have joked that their dogs aren’t just pets. They are emotional mirrors. The ones who sit a little too close. Who panics when voices get tense. Who seem to absorb sadness like a sponge and respond by resting their entire body weight on your chest. Now, science is gently clearing…
You Turn Down the Radio to “See” Better When You’re Lost: What That Habit Says About Attention, Stress, and How We Cope
You’re driving through an unfamiliar neighborhood. The GPS hesitates. Street signs pass faster than you expect. There’s a brief tightening in your chest as you realize you might be missing something important. Almost without thinking, you lower the radios. The music fades. The space inside the car feels calmer. Nothing about your eyesight has changed,…
Stunning Space Image Reveals a Cosmic Butterfly Light Years Away
The universe has a way of surprising humanity just when we think we have seen it all. A newly released image from a powerful telescope in Chile has revealed what scientists and space enthusiasts alike are calling a cosmic butterfly, a breathtaking vision of glowing gas and dust spread across deep space. The image feels…
Hospital Patient Declared Dead Shares the Surreal Experience That Changed Everything
Stories about death rarely travel far beyond hospital walls. But every so often, one account breaks through the noise and grips millions of people at once. That is exactly what happened when a hospital patient who was clinically dead for a short period shared what they experienced before being brought back to life. The account,…