A new study of 175,070 adults across 18 countries links loneliness to faster cognitive decline and earlier death — and an ancient story saw it coming.
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Scientists Just Solved a 10-Year Mystery in Battery Science — and the Answer Is Impossibly Gentle
Scientists just solved a 10-year solid-state battery mystery — and the mechanism that finally explains it works slower and gentler than anyone expected.
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Does Your Brain Create Your Mind? One Neuroscientist Isn’t So Sure Anymore
A leading neuroscientist says materialism still hasn’t solved the mystery of consciousness — and the real answer might be bigger than the brain itself.
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The 500,000-Year-Old Elephant Bone Hammer That Reveals an Ancient Human Drive
Archaeologists just confirmed a 500,000-year-old elephant bone hammer is Europe’s oldest tool — and what it reveals about the ancient human urge to build.
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Europa’s Ocean Is Real. It’s Also Nearly Unreachable
New research shows Europa’s ocean is real but sealed under 18 miles of ice — a discovery that echoes something ancient long before anyone could prove it.
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Why a Meal Sticks in Your Memory Like Almost Nothing Else
Scientists just mapped why meals stick in your memory so vividly — a gut-to-brain signal, and the same reason humans built traditions around eating together.
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Scientists Found an Atmosphere on a Habitable Rocky Planet
Astronomers just confirmed the first atmosphere on a rocky, habitable-zone exoplanet 48 light-years away — reopening a question far older than telescopes.
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Cave Paintings Just Got Dated to the Exact Decade. Here’s What It Proves About Why Humans Make Art
Scientists finally dated France’s Ice Age cave paintings — and found humans were making unnecessary beauty in total darkness, long before they needed to.
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NASA’s Psyche Spacecraft Just Took the Long Way to a Metal World — On Purpose
NASA’s Psyche mission just used Mars to slingshot toward a metal-rich asteroid — and the years-long detour wasn’t a delay. It was the plan all along, exactly.
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NASA Found an Asteroid Slowly Reshaped by Sunlight
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft discovered an asteroid quietly reshaped by sunlight over millions of years, and what that reveals about how real change happens.