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Archaeologists have mapped Semiyarka, a 140 hectare Bronze Age settlement in Kazakhstan that housed rows of homes, a central building and a dedicated bronze industry district, revealing that steppe communities built planned urban hubs long before history gave them credit.
New excavations at Semiyarka reveal a vast Bronze Age city and metalworking hub that rewrites the story of steppe societies.
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New MIT research shows briefly silencing an eye can restore adult amblyopia by restarting brain plasticity.
HealthMIT study reveals how vision can be restored in adults with ‘lazy eye’Mac Oliveau
Scientists say a solar wind storm may explain Uranus’s powerful radiation belts seen by Voyager 2.
SpaceUranus’s extreme radiation belts linked to ancient solar wind eventJoseph Shavit
A long-term Swedish study suggests high-fat cheese and cream may lower dementia risk, while other dairy foods show no benefit.
HealthHigh-fat cheese linked to lower dementia risk in long-term studyRebecca Shavit
This Hubble image of the Antennae galaxies is the sharpest yet of this merging pair of galaxies.
SpaceColliding galaxies ignite the universe’s most powerful black holes, Euclid data findsJoseph Shavit
A new Science paper explains why quantum technology faces its biggest scaling challenge yet and how history offers a path forward.
InnovationsQuantum technologies have reached a critical stage in their growthJoshua Shavit
The exosuit was integrated into a spacesuit for the ADAMA space mission simulation in Adelaide, Australia
SpaceSoft ‘muscle suits’ for space may also help patients walk againMac Oliveau
A new study finds that artificial intelligence can estimate biological aging from routine chest X-rays
AINew AI tool can detect early signs of aging from routine chest X-raysShy Cohen
A fresh look at Cassini data shows Titan’s interior dissipates far more energy than expected, pointing to slushy high-pressure ice rather than a global ocean.
SpaceTitan’s interior is slushy ice, not a hidden ocean, Cassini data findsJoseph Shavit
MIT researchers have discovered a way to enlist the liver to counter age-related declines in T-cells (shown), restoring their numbers and boosting the body’s response to vaccination.
HealthNew MIT mRNA therapy restores immune defenses lost with ageJoseph Shavit
New maps reveal how the Sun’s outer atmospheric boundary grows larger and rougher as solar activity rises.
SpaceAstronomers map the Sun’s shifting atmospheric edge for the first timeJoseph Shavit
Morteratsch Glacier in Switzerland. A global study led by ETH Zurich shows glacier loss will peak mid-century, with thousands vanishing each year depending on warming levels.
Green ImpactGlaciers are disappearing faster than ever, and scientists now know when the loss will peakRebecca Shavit
A large clinical trial found that pairing eflornithine with lomustine helps people with recurrent grade 3 IDH-mutant astrocytoma live longer and delay tumor progression.
HealthNew drug combination boosts life expectancy from grade 3 brain tumors by 45% or moreMac Oliveau
Laboratory experiments reveal that silicon and carbon mixed into iron could explain why seismic waves behave differently across Earth’s inner core.
SpaceSilicon and carbon in iron may explain the onion-like layering of Earth’s inner coreJoseph Shavit
Tripedalia cystophora image shown. Tripedalia maipoensis and Tripedalia cystophora are very closely related box jellyfish within the same genus, Tripedalia.
DiscoveriesNew box jellyfish species has 24 eyes and can see in all directions at onceJoshua Shavit
UCLA researchers developed an AI tool that finds undiagnosed Alzheimer’s using health records while reducing racial disparities.
HealthNew AI Tool identifies undiagnosed Alzheimer’s cases and reduces racial gapsShy Cohen
Researchers at Purdue University have achieved a long-sought milestone, demonstrating what they call a “photonic transistor” that operates at single-photon intensities.
InnovationsScientists develop a photonic transistor powered by a single photonJoseph Shavit