The 2025 government shutdown drew widespread attention to how many Americans struggle to get enough food. For 43 days, the more than 42 million Americans who receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance…
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Cuddly koalas had a brutal, blade-toothed close cousin
The koalas clambering around eucalyptus canopies may be cuddly herbivores, but their extinct relatives were horrifying predators. The charismatic marsupials are the closest living relatives of marsupial lions — powerful…
Watch China’s Shenzhou 22 rescue ship arrive at Tiangong space station (video)
Three Chinese astronauts finally have a reliable way to get home from orbit. The uncrewed Shenzhou 22 spacecraft arrived at Tiangong space station today (Nov. 25) at 2:50 a.m. EST…
Genes Behind Dog Behaviors Also Shape Human Emotions
Summary: Researchers analyzed the genomes and behavioral profiles of 1,300 golden retrievers and found that several behavioral traits—such as trainability, fear of strangers, and aggression toward other dogs—are shaped by…
Surprising scientists five years after the pandemic, coronavirus has not disappeared but continues to mutate and spread
“We thought SARS-CoV-2 would follow the same pattern as influenza, with a clear winter peak. But the virus has been present more or less all year round,” [says Gunnveig Grødeland,…
Structure for observing celestial movements predates the Chankillo observatory
The Peruvian Ministry of Culture has announced the discovery of an early Andean structure that predates the Chankillo solar observatory – long regarded as the earliest known observatory in the…
Thought Begins Before We’re Born
Summary: New research using human brain organoids shows that early neural activity follows structured, time-based patterns long before sensory experience begins. These findings suggest the human brain comes preconfigured with…
Genetics Point to a New Type of Suicide Risk
Summary: New research shows that many people who die by suicide without prior suicidal thoughts or behaviors are not simply “missed cases”—they may have an entirely different underlying risk profile.…
Stress-Like Behaviors Traced to a Single ATP Circuit in the Brain
Summary: New research reveals that reduced ATP signaling in the hippocampus plays a causal role in both depression- and anxiety-like behaviors. In stressed male mice, ATP levels and the ATP-releasing…
Rats are snatching bats out of the air and eating them
Bats beware. The ability to fly won’t save you from hungry, determined rats. In a first, brown rats were filmed hunting bats by catching them midair. The finding, published in the…
