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The vital, overlooked role of body fat in shaping your health and mind
If you melted down the average UK adult, you’d find around 22 kilograms (48.5 pounds) of creamy yellow fat – ...

Ancient Egyptians likely used opiates regularly
Scientists have discovered traces of ancient opiates in remains lining an Egyptian alabaster vase, indicating that opiate use was woven ...

Smelly Socks Make for More Ethical Research
Research MMore than 250 million people in about 30 countries are at risk of contracting a disease called river blindness, ...

No lie. The long-nosed Pinocchio chameleon is multiple species.
Get the daily Popular Science newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips delivered every weekday. For almost 150 years, zoologists have ...

Extensive restoration of forelimb function in primates with spinal cord injury by neural stem cell transplantation
Singh, A. et al. Global prevalence and incidence of traumatic spinal cord injury. Clin. Epidemiol. 6, 309–331 (2014). PubMed PubMed ...

12,000-year-old clay figurine from Israel shows male goose mounting a squatting woman, according to archaeologists
Long before the ancient Greeks imagined Zeus taking the form of a swan to mate with Princess Leda, the Natufians ...

NASA, Industry Weave Data Fabric with Artificial Intelligence
One of the most important goals of companies in the field of artificial intelligence is the development of “agent-based” or ...

The Steam Machine isn’t for PC gamers, and that’s a good thing
Summary Not for console die-hards: existing libraries and PS5 Pro make the switch unlikely. Not for most PC gamers: Target ...

Brazil’s Amazon rainforest at risk as key protection under threat
Justin RowlattClimate editor And Jessica CruzSouth American producer BBC/Tony Jolliffe The Amazon rainforest could face a new wave of deforestation ...

When Will Earth’s Magnetic Poles Flip? Probably Not Anytime Soon — Here’s How We Know
Key Takeaways from Earth's Magnetic Pole Shift When will the pole shift occur? Researchers say it's definitely a matter of ...






