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Science
What we know, what we are learning, and what the labs are not telling you.
409Science
Erdos Problems Solved by AI Models
Paul Erdős did not own a house. He carried his life in two suitcases, sometimes three, and he showed up at colleagues' doorsteps unannounced, often at three in the morning. The Hungarian mathematician had no fixed...
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410Science
AI models can expose patient identities from medical data
For years, the medical world has operated on a quiet understanding. Patients allow hospitals to use their records for research, usually after names and identifying details are stripped away. In exchange, researchers...
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411Science
Europe Losing Ground in Bioengineering Innovation Race
For decades, European life sciences have been a quiet powerhouse. The sector contributes €1.5 trillion to the region's economy and supports 29 million jobs. 2] Yet beneath that success lies a troubling reality: the...
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412Science
Siberian Permafrost Methane Could Undermine Global Emission Targets
For years, the global climate community operated on a quiet assumption: that cutting human made methane emissions by 2050 would be enough to stabilize the Arctic's contribution to warming. That assumption now looks...
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413Science
Cats and Humans Co-Evolve in Modern Households
Satellites orbiting Earth capture the glow of city lights at night, mapping where human activity concentrates. Those same maps reveal something unexpected: the brightest regions of human settlement also show the highest...
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414Science
mRNA flu vaccine outperforms traditional shots in trial
For decades, the flu shot has been a gamble. Each spring, scientists must predict which viral strains will dominate the coming winter. They place their bets months in advance, because the traditional manufacturing...
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415Science
Galactic Core Formation Model Rewritten by New Simulation
For decades, astronomers assumed the centers of galaxies were relatively simple places. A supermassive black hole sat at the heart, surrounded by a dense swarm of old stars. The model was clean, predictable, and matched...
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416Science
Gene-edited beagles offer hope for dog allergy sufferers
For millions of people, the choice has always been painful: live with a dog and suffer the sneezing, the itching, the watery eyes or give up on canine companionship entirely. Allergy shots help some, but they are not a...
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417Science
The Neuroscience of Horror Films in Virtual Reality
The paradox begins with a simple question: how do you study the brain's response to trauma without inflicting trauma? For decades, the answer has been controlled laboratory conditions, carefully neutral environments,...
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418Science
Polarization persists despite steady science trust
A thermostat works by detecting a gap between the current temperature and the desired one, then activating a response to close that gap. Political polarization behaves similarly in theory, but with a cruel twist: the...
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419Science
Yeast engineered to produce cancer drug precursors
For decades, producing two essential cancer medications has been a bottleneck. The drugs etoposide and teniposide treat cancers of the lung, blood, and other organs, and millions of patients rely on them annually. Yet...
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420Science
A New Golden Age or a Narrow One
The White House's vision for American science rests on a fundamental choice about how research should be funded. One approach prioritizes applied technology and engineering, betting that targeted investments in specific...
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