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Two determined moms and Yale researchers solved a medical mystery that was crippling children across Connecticut. Their discovery led to treatments that now help nearly half a million Americans recover each year.
Researchers have cracked the code on how adorable snowman-shaped objects form in the outer solar system. The discovery reveals a gentle cosmic dance that's been happening for billions of years.
A forgotten roll of film from a thrift shop camera revealed pristine photos of a 1950s Swiss ski trip—but nobody knows who the people are. Now a UK photo developer is on a mission to reunite these frozen memories with their families.
Researchers have finally figured out why sneakers squeak on basketball courts, and the answer involves miniature lightning bolts and supersonic rubber waves. The discovery could help us better understand earthquakes and design safer, grippier surfaces.
Scientists just cracked a decades-old puzzle about the moon's magnetic past using rocks collected over 50 years ago. The answer was hiding in plain sight all along.
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope just cracked a cosmic cold case 40 million years in the making by spotting the dusty red supergiant that exploded into supernova 2025pht. The discovery explains why some of the universe's most massive stars have been hiding in plain sight.
Researchers cracked the code on why basketball shoes squeak, revealing it's not what we thought. The ridges on shoe soles create thousands of tiny waves per second, turning every sneaker into a musical instrument.
NASA's Webb telescope just proved why aging stars seem to vanish before they explode. The answer hiding in 40 million year old light could rewrite what we know about dying stars.
For the first time ever, researchers captured ghostly blue coronae sparkling across treetops during real thunderstorms, solving a century-old mystery. The discovery reveals that nature paints forests with invisible light shows during every storm.
Researchers at UT Southwestern discovered how two lipids work with a crucial protein to activate the immune system, opening new paths to treat cancer and autoimmune diseases. The breakthrough explains a long-standing mystery about how our bodies fight threats.
Researchers finally discovered why up to 10% of people on life-saving cholesterol medication experience debilitating muscle pain. A new drug already in use could prevent this side effect entirely.
Researchers have solved a 4,000-year mystery about how horses communicate. Every whinny is actually two sounds produced simultaneously through a rare vocal superpower.
For the first time, NASA's Webb Telescope identified a star before it exploded, solving a decades-old mystery about missing supergiants. The discovery could explain why the universe's most massive dying stars have been so hard to find.
Scientists discovered a supermassive black hole from the early universe growing 13 times faster than physics should allow, challenging our understanding of how these cosmic giants form. The breakthrough could solve a major mystery about how black holes grew so massive so quickly after the Big Bang. ##
Sammy Samaila has never eaten solid food in his 21 years, yet he's excelling as a final-year sociology student at Gombe State University. His story of resilience challenges what we think we know about human adaptation.
Scientists discovered that ancient microbes called Asgard archaea could breathe oxygen over 2 billion years ago, long before Earth's atmosphere had much of it. This finding helps solve the mystery of how simple life evolved into complex organisms like plants, animals, and humans.
New research reveals that ancient microbes called Asgard archaea could use oxygen, finally explaining how complex life emerged. This discovery solves a decades-old mystery about how all plants, animals, and fungi came to exist.
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An amateur photographer found undeveloped film from the 1950s inside a vintage camera bought at a thrift shop. The photos show a Swiss ski trip, and now experts are searching for anyone who recognizes the faces.
Amateur photographers hoping to catch a rare duck on camera accidentally captured proof of an important scientific discovery about the Chicago River's ecosystem. Their viral photos showed a white-winged scoter eating an invasive crayfish, confirming what researchers had only theorized.
Scientists discovered that parts of Greenland's massive ice sheet are churning like boiling water, a wild finding that could help predict how fast sea levels will rise. The breakthrough solves a mystery that has puzzled researchers for years.
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