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I post news mostly about science and medical related research. Some music might slip in here or there! My brain is curious and my heart is caring, so that makes me a democrat, at least in my eyes!

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Study finds 45% of adults 65 and older improved over 12 years Aging in later life is often portrayed as a steady slide toward physical and cognitive decline. But a new study by scientists at Yale University suggests an alternate narrative—that older individuals ...
05.03.2026 13:35 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Scientists Publish the First Direct Measurement of Space Debris Pollution Back in February 2025, a SpaceX rocket that had delivered 22 Starlink satellites to orbit had a malfunction. It failed to execute a planned deorbit burn and drifted for 18 days in orbit before beginni...
05.03.2026 13:32 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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This Absurdly Complex Star Destroyer Model May Be the Most Detailed Ever Created It has 172,340 pieces and just under 1.4 billion triangles, and it induced a panic attack in our copy of Blender.
05.03.2026 13:31 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Vast raises $500 million to keep developing 'Haven' private space stations "It is exciting to welcome additional investors who recognize Vast's long-term potential and share our belief in making this vision a reality."
05.03.2026 13:28 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Altered copper metabolism is a crucial factor in inflammatory bone diseases Inflammation of bones is a characteristic of disorders like apical periodontitis. Researchers have found that copper-mediated cell death is an important factor. Copper overload suppresses the producti...
05.03.2026 13:26 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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ESA’s Mars orbiters watch solar superstorm hit the Red Planet What happens when a solar superstorm hits Mars? Thanks to the European Space Agency’s Mars orbiters, we now know: glitching spacecraft and a supercharged upper atmosphere.
05.03.2026 13:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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New catalog more than doubles the number of gravitational-wave detections made by LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA observatories The LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA (LVK) Collaboration has published its latest compilation of gravitational-wave detections, showing the universe is echoing all over with a kaleidoscope of cosmic collisions.
05.03.2026 13:23 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Trump voters who believed conspiracy theories were the most likely to justify the Jan. 6 riots New research provides evidence that active political participation mixed with election fraud conspiracy beliefs predicted support for the Capitol riots. The findings show how unverified narratives can...
05.03.2026 13:23 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Using individual atoms to achieve fossil-free chemistry Methanol is a key starting material for chemical products. Researchers from ETH Zurich can now produce this precursor from CO2 and hydrogen with high efficiency by using isolated metal atoms as cataly...
05.03.2026 13:21 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

I hope you have a wonderful Thursday, Stella!

05.03.2026 13:19 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Patients regain weight rapidly after stopping weight loss drugs – but still keep off a quarter of weight lost A year after stopping taking weight loss drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy, people regain on average 60% of their lost weight – but beyond this, their weight
05.03.2026 13:18 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Hydrogen migration enables a new brain-inspired AI semiconductor A South Korean research team has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) semiconductor that remembers and learns using hydrogen. The research overcomes the chronic limitations of conventional AI sem
05.03.2026 13:15 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Black employees struggle to thrive under managers perceived as Trump supporters A new study published in the Human Resource Management Journal shows that Black employees feel less included and less able to excel when their managers support Donald Trump. This effect is especially ...
05.03.2026 13:12 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Scientists just looked inside Darwin’s 200-year-old specimen jars without opening them Scientists have used a laser technique to analyze Charles Darwin’s original Galápagos specimens without opening their nearly 200-year-old jars. By shining light through the glass, the method reveals t...
05.03.2026 13:06 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Half of Amazon insects could face dangerous heat stress A sweeping new study of more than 2,000 insect species reveals a troubling reality: many insects may be far less capable of coping with rising temperatures than scientists once hoped. Researchers foun...
05.03.2026 13:05 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Scientists discover the protein that malaria parasites can’t live without Scientists have uncovered a crucial weakness in the malaria parasite that could open the door to new treatments. Researchers identified a protein called Aurora-related kinase 1 (ARK1) that acts like a...
05.03.2026 13:03 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Millions take aspirin to prevent colon cancer. A major review says don’t count on it Daily aspirin does not reliably prevent bowel cancer in people at average risk, according to a major new review. Any potential protective effect may take more than a decade to appear — if it appears a...
05.03.2026 13:02 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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2700-year-old teeth reveal the hidden lives of Iron Age Italians Iron Age teeth from southern Italy have become time capsules, preserving intimate details of childhood and diet. Growth lines in the enamel reveal moments of early-life stress, while hardened plaque h...
05.03.2026 13:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Better sleep could reduce anxiety in later life As humans grow older, their emotional stability and sleep patterns can change significantly. For instance, some past studies have found that many older adults find it harder to manage negative emotion...
05.03.2026 12:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Time changes still frustrate Americans, and the fall shift appears to linger longer Individuals have a more negative reaction to the societal time change to Standard Time (ST) in the fall than to Daylight Saving Time (DST) in the spring, according to a study published in the open-acc...
05.03.2026 12:54 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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A promising potential therapeutic strategy for Rett syndrome A team of researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and the Duncan Neurological Research Institute (Duncan NRI) at Texas Children's Hospital reports in Science Translational Medicine a potential new a...
05.03.2026 12:50 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Engineered CAR-T cells block key protein to break solid tumors' immune shield UCLA scientists have developed a next-generation CAR-T cell therapy that can overcome the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment, a protective shield that tumors use to weaken immune cells, block th...
05.03.2026 12:48 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Why some tiny tumors vanish and others grow: Discovery could help treat cancer at very earliest stages Cambridge scientists have shown that when tumors first emerge, interactions with healthy cells in the underlying supportive tissue determine their ability to survive, grow, and progress to advanced st...
05.03.2026 12:47 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Life-changing drug identified for children with rare epilepsy A new experimental treatment for children with a hard-to-treat form of epilepsy is safe and can reduce seizures dramatically, helping them lead much healthier and happier lives, according to the findi...
05.03.2026 12:46 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Good vibrations: Playing music to cells reduces laryngeal cancer aggressiveness in lab tests The continuous movement of the vocal cords weakens and eventually stops as laryngeal cancer progresses. Researchers have, for the first time, discovered that restoring cellular vibration reduces the a...
05.03.2026 12:44 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Found one!

05.03.2026 12:43 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Portable CRISPR-based test detects four STIs, including syphilis, in under an hour Researchers at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity (Doherty Institute) have developed a world-first portable point-of-care test that detects four common sexually transmitted infecti...
05.03.2026 12:42 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Microbe fragments 'train' lungs to resist allergies for months, study finds A study conducted by scientists from the Institut Pasteur has revealed that microbes protect the lungs from subsequently developing allergies and asthma. This long-term protection is "memorized" not b...
05.03.2026 12:41 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Early research shows new blood test can help predict testicular cancer recurrence A new study co-led by WEHI has found a simple blood test can help identify the early-stage testicular cancer patients who are most at-risk of cancer relapse. The CLIMATE study found a protein, which i...
05.03.2026 12:38 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Addressing chronic hearing loss Even though chronic hearing loss is one of the most prevalent chronic conditions for people 65 and older, less than 20% seek help for it, says Michael Hefferly, Ph.D., an audiologist at Rush. One reas...
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