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Study reveals how key microbial species shape human gut communities and may allow targeted interventions to improve health.
Strongly interacting species in the gut determine microbial community types, opening paths to precision microbiome therapies.
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A new study used AI to map hidden links inside Oman’s Labor Law, exposing articles with outsized legal influence.
AIThe debate over how AI should guide legal reformShy Cohen
New research finds lifelong cognitive stimulation can protect brain function and memory in Alzheimer’s models, revealing key sex differences.
HealthEarly cognitive training could protect memory against Alzheimer’sHannah Shavit-Weiner
Rutgers-led review suggests meteor impact craters may have created hydrothermal settings where life first emerged.
SpaceNew study challenges where life first began on EarthJoshua Shavit
Simulations link the Milky Way’s uneven halo heating to compression caused by the Large Magellanic Cloud.
SpaceThe Large Magellanic Cloud could be making the Milky Way hotterJoseph Shavit
An enormous halo of hydrogen gas found in Hobby-Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment (HETDEX) data and superimposed over its location as seen in deep imaging from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).
SpaceGiant hydrogen halos are changing how astronomers view the early universeJoseph Shavit
A new study reveals friction can arise without contact, driven by magnetic dynamics that challenge a centuries-old physics law.
DiscoveriesNew form of friction arises purely from magnetic interactions – no contact requiredShy Cohen
A new study found 20 minutes of cycling changed human hippocampal ripple activity tied to memory-related brain networks.
Health20 minutes of cycling can make your brain fitterAmyn Bhai
Manson Icefield, Nunavut, above the location where a subglacial lake drains and fills.
Green ImpactFirst-ever map documents 33 glacial lakes hidden under the Canadian ArcticRebecca Shavit
JWST found TOI-5205 b has a metal-poor atmosphere, challenging ideas about giant planet formation around red dwarf stars.
SpaceGiant planet that shouldn’t exist is forcing astronomers to rethink planetary scienceJoshua Shavit
Scientists find that bacteria in your mouth and gut may shape how severely you react to peanuts by altering allergens before they reach your immune system.
HealthMouth and gut bacteria may explain why peanut allergies vary so widelyRebecca Shavit
An artist's conception (not to scale) of the red giant SDSS J0915-7334, which was born near the Large Magellanic Cloud and has now journeyed to reside in the Milky Way.
SpacePristine star reveals the dawn of stars and galaxies in the universeJoseph Shavit
New study reveals three distinct stages of visual time perception in the cortex, from sensory encoding to subjective experience
HealthNew research has scientists rethinking how the brain tells timeMac Oliveau
AI models trained on blood metabolites can estimate time since death with a precision of about one day, aiding forensic investigations.
AIHow AI is revolutionizing time of death estimationsShy Cohen
Study suggests ancient gravitational waves may have helped create dark matter in the early universe.
SpaceGravitational waves may be responsible for dark matter in the universeJoshua Shavit
Engineering simulations of 16 Cretaceous marine reptile jaws show mosasaurs and polycotylid plesiosaurs had fundamentally different biting capabilities that allowed them to coexist.
DiscoveriesBite mechanics of ancient marine predators yields surprising resultsHannah Shavit-Weiner
Danish physicists built the most compact GHZ-type quantum paradox possible, proving three measurement contexts are the minimum and demonstrating it in 37 dimensions with light.
DiscoveriesPhysicists use pulses of light in 37 dimensions to prove quantum paradoxJoseph Shavit