Archaeologists have uncovered one of the largest and most significant Iron Age hoards ever found in the UK. The discovery, known as the Melsonby Hoard, was found near the village…
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Rare sword scabbard discovered by detectorist
A detectorist from the Iława Search Group has unearthed a rare medieval sword scabbard during a survey in a forest near the Polish town of Iława. The discovery was made…
Novo Nordisk to pay $2 billion for new weight loss drug
by I. Edwards Novo Nordisk, a Danish pharmaceutical company, has signed a major deal worth up to $2 billion for the rights to a new obesity and diabetes drug, the…
Virtual Reality Reveals Hidden Brain Patterns in Kids With ADHD
Summary: Researchers used a virtual reality game and functional MRI to uncover how children’s brains with ADHD respond differently during active tasks. Unlike traditional brain scans taken during rest, this…
2,200-year-old pyramidal structure discovered in Judean Desert
Archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) have discovered a pyramidal structure north of Nahal Zohar in the Judean Desert. According to a press statement from the Israel Antiquities Authority…
Study suggests smartphones may benefit kids, but public social media use poses risks
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A groundbreaking new study of young people’s digital media use has revealed surprising results, including evidence that smartphone ownership may actually benefit children. The study also…
Delay of more than 42 days for breast cancer surgery raises death risk for certain subtypes, study finds
Adjusted risk (subdistribution hazard ratio [sHR]) of breast cancer-specific mortality (BCSM) associated with continuous TTS in HR + /HER2 −, HER2 + , and HR −/HER2 − locoregional breast cancer patients in a SEER-Medicare cohort. Credit: Breast…
Archaeological mission advances research in the “Bench of the Pharaoh”
A joint Polish-Egyptian archaeological mission has conducted further studies in the tomb of Shepseskaf, located in the Saqqara necropolis near Cairo. Shepseskaf was pharaoh of Ancient Egypt in the fourth…
Study uncovers key role of RNA modifications in prostate cancer progression
The m6A landscape of localized prostate cancer. Credit: Nature Genetics (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41588-025-02128-y Scientists at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center and the University of Toronto have revealed how…
Poor neighborhoods, health care barriers are factors for heart disease risk in Black mothers
Living in a disadvantaged neighborhood contributes to a rare form of heart failure known as peripartum cardiomyopathy, a potentially deadly disease that disproportionately affects Black mothers. That’s the key finding…
