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Revolutionary Technique That Fixed Memory Loss And Blindness In Mice Wins Nobel Prize In Medicineartist impression of a neuron made of lightRevolutionary Technique That Fixed Memory Loss And Blindness In Mice Wins Nobel Prize In Medicineartist impression of a neuron made of light

Revolutionary Technique That Fixed Memory Loss And Blindness In Mice Wins Nobel Prize In Medicine

The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded for discoveries leading to optogentics.

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Scientist At Russian Plague Lab Dies And 200 More Are Under Observation. Here's What We KnowPhotomicrograph of a human specimen obtained from a plague patient, revealing numerous rod-shaped bacteria, Yersinia pestis.
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Scientist At Russian Plague Lab Dies And 200 More Are Under Observation. Here's What We Know

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Incredible Snaps Of Octopus "Riding" A Dolphin Showcase The Octopus Population Bloom Happening In UK Waters

Changing sea temperatures and marine environmental conditions could have contributed to the population increase.

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A Single Particle Of Light From The Brightest Gamma-Ray Burst Ever Known Is Challenging Einstein’s Relativityartist impression showing a bright source of light shining across two grids
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A Single Particle Of Light From The Brightest Gamma-Ray Burst Ever Known Is Challenging Einstein’s Relativity

That single photon shouldn't have reached Earth. But surprisingly, it did.

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Meet Gary and Shaggy, The First Known Domestic Cats With Rare Marfan Syndrometwo ginger and white cats sitting on a table, the one on the left is a shorthair and the one on the right a longhair. They have both had their eyes removed.
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Meet Gary and Shaggy, The First Known Domestic Cats With Rare Marfan Syndrome

The brothers made waves in the world of feline genetics.

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Wild African Elephants Found To Self-Medicate And Feed Their Calves Immunization SmoothiesAn elephant injured by a snare drags a log, possibly for its medicinal products. It was rescued by the East African Wildlife Society
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Wild African Elephants Found To Self-Medicate And Feed Their Calves Immunization Smoothies

Those famous memories come in useful when a member of the herd is sick.

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A Health Influencer Claims He Has Been Drinking Radioactive Water For 250 Days Straight, To A Frightening 13.5 Thousand LikesAn antique jug labeled "Revigator".
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A Health Influencer Claims He Has Been Drinking Radioactive Water For 250 Days Straight, To A Frightening 13.5 Thousand Likes

If you don't know why this is a bad idea, let us tell you about radiation, Radithor, or the tragic case of Eben Byers.

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Watch Our Galaxy Being Born In Incredible New Simulation Of The Milky Way At Cosmic DawnChaotic swirls of different color swirls all seem to converge to a handful of over densities – they will become our galaxy
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Watch Our Galaxy Being Born In Incredible New Simulation Of The Milky Way At Cosmic Dawn

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Infectious Diseases Caused 2 Million Cancer Cases In 2024 – That's 1 In 8 Of All New Diagnoses WorldwideColorized transmission electron micrograph of a hepatitis C virion.
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Infectious Diseases Caused 2 Million Cancer Cases In 2024 – That's 1 In 8 Of All New Diagnoses Worldwide

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Between Burnout And Bed Rotting, Some Humans Spend 86 Percent Of The Day Not Moving. Just 15 Minutes Could Turn Things Aroundwoman drawing the curtains it's a great day to get outside
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Between Burnout And Bed Rotting, Some Humans Spend 86 Percent Of The Day Not Moving. Just 15 Minutes Could Turn Things Around

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Scientists Have Found A Weird Physical Sign That Someone Is Interested In You RomanticallyA man and a woman drinking hot drinks, on a date.
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Scientists Have Found A Weird Physical Sign That Someone Is Interested In You Romantically

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An Old Paper Really Did Suggest A Mathematical "Doomsday" On 13 November 2026, But There's No Need To WorryThe date "November 13" on wood blocks, outside.
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An Old Paper Really Did Suggest A Mathematical "Doomsday" On 13 November 2026, But There's No Need To Worry

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The Strange Idea That Language And Art Emerged Long Before Human Consciousness, Which Only Appeared In 2000 BCEThe ruins of Ancient Greece, at sunset.
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The Strange Idea That Language And Art Emerged Long Before Human Consciousness, Which Only Appeared In 2000 BCE

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First Human Burials Have Been Excavated At Göbekli Tepe, We’ve Breached 7 Of Earth’s 9 Planetary Boundaries, And Much More This WeekCreate an account to get TWIS delivered straight to your inbox.
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First Human Burials Have Been Excavated At Göbekli Tepe, We’ve Breached 7 Of Earth’s 9 Planetary Boundaries, And Much More This Week

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A Human Gene Stolen By A Poxvirus Is Displaying Never-Before-Seen BehaviorA transmission electron microscopic image of three poxviruses.
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A Human Gene Stolen By A Poxvirus Is Displaying Never-Before-Seen Behavior

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Smelly Belly Buttons Could Suggest Whether People Have Parkinson’s DiseaseWoman cleaning her belly button with cotton swab , Cropped image, close up.
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Smelly Belly Buttons Could Suggest Whether People Have Parkinson’s Disease

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Scientists Studied A Teenager With One Of The Rarest Memory Abilities Humans Can Have. Here’s What They Foundphoto album scrapbook with images, flowers, and washi tape
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Scientists Studied A Teenager With One Of The Rarest Memory Abilities Humans Can Have. Here’s What They Found

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As RFK Jr. Opens Inquiry On Disputed Health Effects Of Cellphone Radiation, What Does Science Tell Us About Radiofrequency Emissions?tall cell tower emerging from a forest with mountains in the background
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As RFK Jr. Opens Inquiry On Disputed Health Effects Of Cellphone Radiation, What Does Science Tell Us About Radiofrequency Emissions?

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The Oldest Non-Polar Ice In The World Has Been Frozen For At Least 128,000 Years, Long Before The Ice Age EndedFlags up a tibet china mountain
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The Oldest Non-Polar Ice In The World Has Been Frozen For At Least 128,000 Years, Long Before The Ice Age Ended

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Gorgeous Time-Lapse Satellite Photos Record A Volcano Erupting For The First Time In Nearly 500 Years And Spilling Lava Across The LandscapeThe satellite image shows the two volcanoes elevated against the surrounding landscape. It is represented as a colour grade of dark tones to lighter oranges, depending on the surface being observed. The lightest areas are of the lava, which can bee seen flowing down from the middle of the image towards the bottom right and also to the top right where it is forming a pool.
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Gorgeous Time-Lapse Satellite Photos Record A Volcano Erupting For The First Time In Nearly 500 Years And Spilling Lava Across The Landscape

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The Supercharged El Niño Is Having An Unusual Impact On Wildlife Across The WorldUnderwater view of scalloped hammerhead sharks swimming in the waters off Darwin Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.
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The Supercharged El Niño Is Having An Unusual Impact On Wildlife Across The World

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Banana Blossom Bathtubs, Fish-Faced Birds, And Wig-Wearing Reptiles: The Best And Most Ridiculous Of The Nikon Comedy Wildlife Finalists 2026

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If You Want To Discover A Missing Black Hole In Our Galaxy, This Is Your Chanceartist impression of a black hole warping space-time
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If You Want To Discover A Missing Black Hole In Our Galaxy, This Is Your Chance

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Astronauts Just Set A New Record: The Fastest-Ever Trip To The ISS By An American SpacecraftThe rocket is in mid-air just above hte launch platform
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Astronauts Just Set A New Record: The Fastest-Ever Trip To The ISS By An American Spacecraft

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Saturn Will Show Off Its Famous Rings This Weekend. It’s The Best Time To See The Planet All YearA beautiful image of Saturn showing off the rings
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Saturn Will Show Off Its Famous Rings This Weekend. It’s The Best Time To See The Planet All Year

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Sinkers, Floaters, And Hunters: Carl Sagan Once Proposed There Could Be Gigantic Life On Jupiter, Stretching Kilometers AcrossSwirls in the atmosphere at Jupiter's south pole.
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Sinkers, Floaters, And Hunters: Carl Sagan Once Proposed There Could Be Gigantic Life On Jupiter, Stretching Kilometers Across

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Researchers Let Grok And ChatGPT Drive A Real Car, And The Good News Is Nobody DiedA phone loaded with ChatGPT, held by a hand in a car.
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Researchers Let Grok And ChatGPT Drive A Real Car, And The Good News Is Nobody Died

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Anthropic Says Its AI Has Discovered A CRISPR-Like Enzyme System – But The Company Isn't Yet Certain How It WorksAI identifies CRISPR-like enzyme system
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Anthropic Says Its AI Has Discovered A CRISPR-Like Enzyme System – But The Company Isn't Yet Certain How It Works

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How Useful Is A Quantum Computer? Now We Have A Benchmark To Assess Just Thata golden plate is showed with several group of delicate fiber optics going into it
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How Useful Is A Quantum Computer? Now We Have A Benchmark To Assess Just That

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iLands: The New Dystopian AI Farm That Is Filling Everyone's Inboxes With SpamAn email pitching a story for IFLScience via email.
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iLands: The New Dystopian AI Farm That Is Filling Everyone's Inboxes With Spam

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The Disaster At Pompeii, And The Writings Of Pliny, May Help Us Pinpoint When Other Ancient Catastrophes Took PlacePlaster casts of victims at Pompeii.
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The Disaster At Pompeii, And The Writings Of Pliny, May Help Us Pinpoint When Other Ancient Catastrophes Took Place

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Monk Starts 12 Years Of Isolation At A Buddhist Temple: What Can Severe Isolation Do To The Human Mind?

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Does Your Blood Type Determine Personality? In Japan, An Old Theory Still Influences Life And LovePeople walking in front of a huge LED monitor screen at Shibuya Station in Tokyo, Japan.
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Does Your Blood Type Determine Personality? In Japan, An Old Theory Still Influences Life And Love

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Creepy Study Challenged People To See Into Another Room Through An Out-Of-Body Experience. They Failed, But Then Something Really Weird Happened

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How To Get More IFLScience: Add Us As A “Preferred Source" On GoogleA logo of IFLScience with a hand pointing towards it
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How To Get More IFLScience: Add Us As A “Preferred Source" On Google

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Unlocking The Future Together: Why IFLScience Is Launching A Membership Model

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Opening The Vault: Uncovering A World Of Strange And Intriguing ScienceAn image of the vault doors opening with a screenshot of the IFLScience Vault article.
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Opening The Vault: Uncovering A World Of Strange And Intriguing Science

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Have You Seen Claims Humans Didn’t Come From Africa? Here’s Why They’re WrongA evolutionary tree of humans using reconstructions of their skulls.
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Have You Seen Claims Humans Didn’t Come From Africa? Here’s Why They’re Wrong

Some people are desperate for their homeland to be the cradle of humanity.

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A Fear Of Spiders Might Make Sense. But How Do People Develop A Phobia For Beards, Clowns Or Balloons?An illustration of a little spider backlit in a doorway casting a shadow of a much bigger, scarier looking spider.
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A Fear Of Spiders Might Make Sense. But How Do People Develop A Phobia For Beards, Clowns Or Balloons?

Is it evolution or anxiety, and can you ever get rid of them?

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How We Remember: The Neuroscience of Memory Explainedblue brain image on a black background to the right of yellow text that reads How Does Memory Work?
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How We Remember: The Neuroscience of Memory Explained

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AI Consciousness Explained: Science vs Philosophya robot
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AI Consciousness Explained: Science vs Philosophy

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Unethical Experiments That Shook The WorldThe Tuskegee syphilis study
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Unethical Experiments That Shook The World

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