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Mental illness and physical disease are more connected than we thought
1+ hour, 1+ min ago (607+ words) What if your mind and body were never truly separate? For years, people have treated mental and physical health as if they exist in entirely different worlds. Doctors treated depression in one place and heart disease in another. But new…...
Female sperm whales maintain an invisible genetic barrier across populations
56+ min ago (897+ words) Despite the fact that sperm whales travel huge distances across entire oceans, the populations living in the Gulf of Mexico and the western North Atlantic are genetically different from each other. A new study has found that this is due…...
Fungus that rots trees from the inside out may be hiding a climate problem
15+ hour, 32+ min ago (791+ words) A new study has found that a common tree disease can turn some dry northern forests from methane sinks into methane sources. The finding suggests that damage hidden inside living trunks may be quietly changing how much warming a forest…...
Earth's ocean temperatures reached all-time high levels in 2025, with no end in sight
14+ hour, 11+ min ago (792+ words) Air temperatures grab the headlines, but most of the planet's extra heat ends up somewhere else " in the ocean. There, it can linger for decades, quietly shaping sea levels, weather extremes, and marine ecosystems. A new international analysis shows just…...
Scientists issue a disturbing warning over 'Day Zero Drought' timelines in the US
14+ hour, 50+ min ago (1110+ words) Water security is quickly becoming an existential threat for most nations on Earth, including parts of the U. S. A comprehensive global analysis warns that many regions are approaching "Day Zero Drought" " a moment when taps could run dry not for days,…...
NASA captures a young star doing something never before witnessed
17+ hour, 12+ min ago (831+ words) Researchers have captured the first X-ray image of a bubble around a young, Sun-like star called HD 61005, revealing hot gas extending far beyond the star itself. That discovery turns a distant system into a direct look at the kind of…...
Chimpanzees use medicinal plants found in forests to heal their own wounds and also help their friends
15+ hour, 16+ min ago (796+ words) In Uganda's Budongo Forest, chimpanzees are doing more than just surviving. They're treating their wounds with plants, cleaning each other's injuries, and pulling snares off their companions' limbs. These behaviors, documented in a new study, hint at something profound. Perhaps…...
Common fungus and bacterium can join forces and cause a much more aggressive infection, according to a new study
15+ hour, 51+ min ago (786+ words) Scientists have discovered that a common fungus and a common bacterium can combine to injure living tissue far more severely than either microbe does alone. The finding recasts some mixed infections as coordinated assaults, where the danger depends on the…...
New NASA analysis reveals an unexpected surprise about Jupiter's true shape and size
15+ hour, 37+ min ago (827+ words) A new analysis has revealed that Jupiter is slightly smaller and flatter than astronomers believed for nearly 50 years. That revision resets the basic dimensions of the Solar System's largest planet and sharpens a standard used far beyond Jupiter itself. Across…...
Skeleton discovered in France was buried in a sitting position inside a circular pit, with no clear explanation
17+ hour, 20+ min ago (777+ words) A new analysis has revealed that dozens of ancient graves the French city of Dijon contain bodies deliberately buried upright in near-identical positions. That pattern is transforming what looked like isolated oddities into evidence of a single, repeated practice that…...