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The St. Mary Magdalene Flood 1342 was part of 16 major European floods that struck within less than two years.
Medieval records reveal a relentless sequence of floods that killed thousands and repeatedly battered Europe from 1341 to 1343.
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The health risks of mummified remains sold online include fungal growth, toxic preservatives and unsafe shipping practices.
HealthMummy’s curse: Mummified remains sold online may expose the public to hidden risksRebecca Shavit
A new study reveals how pupil dilation reflects brain activity that helps people adjust to surprise, reduce bias, and learn more effectively.
DiscoveriesSurprise helps people learn and think better, brain study findsMac Oliveau
"Triassic Mothers," a life reconstruction of a group of Chiniquodon theotonicus individuals, a pregnant female (left) as well as a female (right) breastfeeding few, relatively large neonates.
DiscoveriesAncient mammal ancestors gave birth to live young, 236-million-year-old fossil findsJoseph Shavit
The brain language network can be mapped from fMRI activity even while people rest or perform tasks unrelated to language.
HealthStanford researchers discover a language-specific network hidden in the human brainJoseph Shavit
Researchers developed an AI model that reads routine cancer slides to predict tumor type, TP53 mutations and survival-related outcomes.
AIAI model predicts 32 cancer tumor types from images already used in hospitalsShy Cohen
JWST detects water around IRS 3, a dying star shedding huge amounts of gas and dust near the Milky Way’s central black hole.
SpaceJWST finds water around a dying star near the Milky Way’s central black holeJoshua Shavit
A JWST black hole star candidate may explain mysterious little red dots and how massive black holes grew in the early universe.
SpaceStrange red object from the early universe could be the first ‘black hole star’Joseph Shavit
Waist size and cardiovascular risk are closely linked, and measuring the midsection may identify dangers that BMI alone misses.
HealthBelly fat predicts heart disease risk better than BMI, study findsJoseph Shavit
Rutendo Shadaya became a young author at nine and now inspires girls worldwide after earning recognition from Time magazine.
Good NewsRutendo Shadaya wrote a fantasy book at age 9. Now she is one of Time’s Girls of the YearRebecca Shavit
Face-on projections of the stacked surface density distribution of stars and gas in the X-Y plane.
SpaceDark matter and star clusters work together to reshape the centers of galaxiesJoseph Shavit
Diana Prado Lopes Aude Craik is an assistant professor in the Department of Physics at ETH Zurich.
DiscoveriesETH Zurich researchers detect a possible fifth force of natureJoseph Shavit
A nationwide study finds that obeying speed limits could save fuel, cut emissions and cost drivers less than a minute per day.
Green ImpactAmericans can save 6.7 million gallons of fuel each day by doing this one small thingShy Cohen
Study links religiosity and mental health to stronger meaning in life, less social media use and lower harmful digital exposure.
HealthFaith, purpose, and healthier digital habits linked to better mental healthJoshua Shavit
The XPRIZE Healthspan competition advances 20 teams testing ways to restore muscle, brain and immune function as people age.
Health$101 million XPRIZE Healthspan competition advances 20 teams to finals with UCSD named as testing hubJoseph Shavit
The ALICE experiment at CERN's Large Hadron Collider. CERN data reveal evidence for gluon saturation inside atomic nuclei and challenge a competing nuclear shadowing model.
DiscoveriesTiny structures inside lead nuclei expose a new pattern in gluon behaviorJoshua Shavit
A 245 million-year-old fossil from China reveals how early reptiles adapted to the sea, preserving both skeleton and digestive system.
Discoveries245-million-year-old reptile fossil preserves the oldest known intact digestive systemJoshua Shavit