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Extreme Heat Is The Deadliest Weather Hazard in The US, And Scientists Think We're Unprepared
2+ hour, 41+ min ago (254+ words) As a massive, prolonged heat dome settles across much of the United States, experts are concerned that extreme heat events like this are not taken seriously enough....
Potentially Habitable Super-Earth Found Just 25 Light-Years Away
4+ hour, 41+ min ago (943+ words) One of the best places to search for life outside the Solar System may be practically right next door. A planet initially identified in 2024 orbiting a red dwarf star named GJ 3378 may be even more Earth-like than initial observations suggested....
Fasting-Style Diet Reduces Gum Inflammation in 6-Month Trial
7+ hour, 40+ min ago (739+ words) Any food we eat goes straight through our mouths, but the effect that diet has on oral health is much wider than that. Factors in our blood signal a systemic response to the foods we eat, which might, in a…...
A Sea of Quantum Weirdness: Experimental Physicists Have Created an Exotic New Form Of Matter
9+ hour, 23+ min ago (289+ words) At the lowest temperatures in the Universe, physics gets funky....
Psychologists Explain Why People Are So Invested in Taylor Swift's Wedding
13+ hour, 42+ min ago (959+ words) It is set to be the wedding of the year, or maybe the century. Rumors and speculation about the dress, the hair, the venue, and the guests are inescapable. And no, the bride told us, you can't come. Like pigeons…...
First-of-Its-Kind Lupus Treatment Significantly Reduces Symptoms in Mice
16+ hour, 7+ min ago (712+ words) Lupus isn't pleasant. The chronic autoimmune disease, which takes several forms, can attack the tissues and organs of the body and lead to pain, swelling, extreme fatigue, rashes, and headaches. Current treatments focus on managing the condition because there is…...
Graphene Caught Holding Multiple Superconducting States At One Time
19+ hour, 41+ min ago (319+ words) Superconductivity, the ability for materials to conduct electricity with zero resistance, is a valuable scientific treasure....
Mites Live on Your Face, And They're Starting to Merge With Humans
21+ hour, 41+ min ago (494+ words) If you are reading this, you are probably not alone....
The Science of How to Have a Great 4th of July Weekend
22+ hour, 41+ min ago (254+ words) The Northern Hemisphere might be melting and explosive diarrhea is spreading across the US" But in grim moments like these, it feels more important than ever to have a laugh and rediscover your sense of wonder....
Earliest Evidence of Spider Fangs Discovered in Half-Billion-Year-Old Fossils
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (230+ words) Scared of spiders? Well, if you ever travel back in time, here's the critter you'll need to squish....