New Species of Ancient Bear-Dog Identified in Spain
Paleontologists have described a new amphicyonid species, Paludocyon moyasolai, from two well‑preserved specimens recovered in the Vallès‑Penedès Basin near Barcelona. The fossils, dating to about 15.9 million years ago in the Middle Miocene, show uniquely broad second upper molars and an oversized third upper molar. Phylogenetic analysis places the species at the base of the Paludocyon lineage, confirming the genus’s monophyly and revealing the traditional Cynelos group as paraphyletic. The study supports a North American origin for bear‑dogs and suggests independent evolution of some North American Cynelos species.
PFAS Levels Linked to Unexpected Vitamin D Trends in Kids
A nationwide study of 1,200 U.S. children ages 5‑12 found that higher blood concentrations of PFAS, especially PFOS and PFOA, correlate with lower serum vitamin D levels. Researchers measured 25‑hydroxyvitamin D and PFAS across four seasons, adjusting for BMI, diet...
Targeting Oxidative Stress Could Fill a Gap in the Vitiligo Treatment Toolbox
Emerging research highlights oxidative stress as a pivotal upstream driver of vitiligo, linking deficient antioxidant enzymes to melanocyte destruction. Clinical data indicate that antioxidant agents—such as vitamins C/E, alpha‑lipoic acid, and select botanicals—produce meaningful repigmentation only when combined with narrow‑band...
ESA Officially Adopts ARRAKIHS Mission: EU Leads the Exploration of the Low Surface Brightness Universe
The European Space Agency has officially adopted the ARRAKIHS mission, slated for launch in 2030, to study the faint stellar halos surrounding nearby galaxies. The mission aims to uncover how galaxies form and evolve by mapping low‑surface‑brightness structures that retain...
Subtle Heart Changes Linked to Heightened Risk of Cancer
A new analysis of the Multi‑Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis examined over 4,500 adults aged 45‑84 who underwent cardiac MRI and were tracked for an average of 18 years. The researchers found that increased heart muscle mass was associated with a...
Caltech Readies to Build World's Most Sensitive Radio Telescope
Caltech announced plans to construct the Caltech Ultra‑Deep Radio Array (CUDRA), a radio telescope array that will deliver roughly ten times the sensitivity of today’s Very Large Array. The project, funded with about $200 million from the NSF, DOE and private...
GLP-1 Medications Combined with Lifestyle Changes Effectively Quiet “Food Noise,” New Research Suggests
Researchers presented a new Food Noise Questionnaire that quantifies intrusive thoughts about eating and used it to compare outcomes in a digital weight‑loss program. Participants taking a GLP‑1 receptor agonist alongside behavioral coaching saw their food‑noise scores drop by just...
Vandenberg Offers New Launch Site for Small and Medium Rockets
The U.S. Space Force issued a request for information to attract operators for a new launch pad, Space Launch Complex 9 (SLC‑9), at Vandenberg Space Force Base. The site is earmarked for small rockets under 2 tonnes and medium rockets up to...
Parker Makes 28th Close Fly-By of the Sun
The Parker Solar Probe completed its 28th close fly‑by of the Sun, skimming to just 3.8 million miles from the solar surface. During the June 3‑13 encounter the spacecraft matched its record speed of 430,000 mph while its heat shield endured temperatures above...
Fossils and DNA Reveal Jurassic Origin of Angiosperms
A new study integrating Jurassic fossil records with molecular clocks pushes the origin of flowering plants back to about 150 million years ago, in the latest Jurassic. The researchers used a Bayesian relaxed‑clock framework and curated fossil calibration points, yielding tighter...
Scientists Call It a ‘Tragic Loss.’ Why the U.S. Is Shutting Down a Major Ocean Monitoring Network
The National Science Foundation’s Ocean Observatories Initiative – a $368 million, 900‑instrument network delivering 24/7 ocean data – is being dramatically downsized after Trump‑era budget cuts. Principal Investigator Jim Edson outlined a "descoping" plan that will dismantle three in‑water projects and...
Urban Birds in a New Study Let Men Get About a Metre Closer than Women Before Flying Away, and the...
A new study published in *People and Nature* measured flight‑initiation distance for 37 urban bird species across five European countries. The data show that birds allow men to approach roughly one metre closer than women before fleeing, a pattern that...
Meet LEV-2, a Baseball-Sized and Absurdly Cute Moon Robot
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Lunar Excursion Vehicle 2 (LEV‑2) demonstrated a baseball‑sized, transformable robot on the Moon in January 2024, rolling and wheeling while transmitting images back to Earth. The eight‑ounce rover, built with toy‑company TOMY, can switch from a spherical “hamster‑ball”...
These Overlooked Pollutants Cause About 15 Percent of Global Warming
A new policy paper in *Science* highlights that indirect greenhouse gases—such as carbon monoxide, volatile hydrocarbons, nitrogen oxides, and sulfur dioxide—account for roughly 15 percent of global warming. Unlike carbon dioxide and methane, these pollutants do not directly trap heat but...
Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor Researcher Joins ARIA IMPACT Network to Advance Autism Therapies
Dr. Jimmy Holder of Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital secured up to $17.25 million from the Aligning Research to Impact Autism (ARIA) initiative to join the Innovative Medicine and Precision Approaches to Clinical Trials (IMPACT) Network. The network,...
This Is How Supermassive Black Holes Feed Themselves
Astronomers using JWST’s NIRSpec instrument have mapped the inner 618 pc of NGC 4696 in the Centaurus cluster at 10 pc resolution, revealing that the previously observed ionized swirl is a rotating, multiphase circumnuclear disk (CND). The CND is physically and kinematically linked...
Potential Cocaine Addiction Targets Identified Through Genetic Mapping in Rats
Scientists at UC San Diego used a genome‑wide association study on nearly 900 genetically diverse rats to map genetic drivers of cocaine self‑administration. The analysis identified six loci, including a liver‑based carboxylesterase gene (CES1) that metabolizes cocaine, linking enzyme variation...
Century-Old Tuberculosis Vaccine Could Help Treat Diabetes, Trials Hint. How?
A century‑old tuberculosis vaccine, Bacillus Calmette‑Guérin (BCG), showed promise in two phase‑2 trials for type 1 diabetes. In a five‑year study of adults with childhood‑onset disease, BCG lowered average HbA1c from 7.84% to 7.30% and reduced insulin requirements. A separate trial in...
IQ’s Link to Brain Structure, Function in Children May Be a Mirage
A new study published in Science analyzed MRI scans and behavioral data from about 12,000 nine‑ to ten‑year‑olds in the ABCD cohort. It found that socioeconomic status (SES) accounts for roughly 16% of the variance in functional connectivity and 13%...
Scientists Reveal Surprising Mechanism Behind Venus Flytrap’s Rapid Snap
Scientists have identified how Venus flytraps snap shut in under a second. Trigger hairs generate an electrical pulse that instantly softens the outer leaf cells, allowing the leaf to flip like a rubber popper. The discovery, confirmed with nano‑indenter measurements,...
621 Trillion Miles of Fungi Networks Crisscross the Planet
A new global mapping project by the Society for the Protection of Underground Networks (SPUN) reveals over 621 trillion miles of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal pathways storing roughly 300 megatons of carbon in the planet’s topsoil. The study, published in Science, shows...
Children’s Zip Codes Change Their Brains, New Study Finds
A new study published in *Science* using the ABCD brain‑imaging dataset finds that a child’s zip code—and the socioeconomic resources it reflects—has the strongest association with brain function, appearing more tired and stressed. Researchers evaluated 649 variables, from IQ to...
Two Orbital Launches Today by China and SpaceX, Plus a Suborbital Hypersonic Launch by Rocket Lab
China’s Long March 5 rocket lifted a heavy communication‑technology test satellite from Wenchang, underscoring its capacity for large payloads. In the United States, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 placed 24 Starlink satellites into orbit and saw booster B1071 complete its 34th flight, moving it into...
Russian Scientists in Siberia Have Brought a 24,000-Year-Old Microscopic Animal Back to Life — a Tiny Creature Called a Bdelloid...
Russian researchers at the Pushchino Institute revived a 24,000‑year‑old bdelloid rotifer recovered from Yakutia permafrost. After thawing, the microscopic animal moved, fed on bacteria and algae, and reproduced asexually, demonstrating that multicellular life can endure cryptobiosis for tens of millennia....
NOAA Issues El Nino Advisory
NOAA officially declared an El Niño in the tropical Pacific, noting sea‑surface temperatures 0.5 °C above average and a 63 % chance they will rise another 2 °C. Models suggest the anomaly could exceed 3 °C, potentially the strongest on record. The event is expected...
Precision Nutrition in Gastric Cancer: Current Advances and Future Directions
The review in Frontiers Nutrition outlines how precision nutrition—individualized, phenotype‑driven dietary support—can address the high rates of malnutrition, weight loss, and sarcopenia in gastric‑cancer patients. It details a stepwise assessment pathway that starts with risk screening, proceeds to GLIM‑based malnutrition diagnosis,...
Evidence of Supernova Remnant Near the Center of the Milky Way?
Astronomers using NASA's Chandra and ESA's XMM‑Newton telescopes have identified a candidate supernova remnant near the Milky Way’s core, roughly 26,000 light‑years from Earth. The X‑ray “blob” in the Sagittarius C region of the Central Molecular Zone appears to be expanding...
A New Trump Rule Threatens Research Behind Every American Industry
The Trump administration’s Office of Management and Budget issued a 412‑page rule that would replace the peer‑review system for federally funded research with oversight by senior political appointees, ban collaborations with foreign scientists, and prohibit using federal funds to publish...
New mRNA Delivery Platform Restores Muscle Function in DMD Models
Researchers at UT MD Anderson have engineered skeletal‑muscle‑targeted extracellular vesicles (t‑EVs) to deliver full‑length DMD mRNA systemically in mouse models of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. The treatment restored dystrophin production, markedly improving muscle strength, endurance, and overall function. Safety studies in...
Canada Awards $2.4 Million for Ground-Control Systems to Be Used by RADARSAT+ Earth Observation Satellites
The Canadian Space Agency has awarded roughly $1.75 million USD (CAD $2.4 million) to Calian, Kepler Communications, and MDA Space—each receiving up to $587 k USD—to develop ground‑control systems for the upcoming RADARSAT+ satellite constellation. The contracts are part of a broader CAD $1.012 billion (~$739 million USD) 15‑year investment...
The Researcher Who Didn’t Want to Know
Nancy Wexler, an 80‑year‑old scientist living with Huntington’s disease, released her memoir “My Life, My Science.” Over decades she led a groundbreaking field study in Venezuela that pinpointed the gene causing Huntington’s, leading to the first genetic blood test for...
Soccer Meets Space Science
NASA conducted a microgravity experiment on the International Space Station, floating soccer balls to study how internal mass affects motion and stability. The research revealed that variations in mass distribution and embedded sensor technology can significantly influence ball trajectory and...
In 1991, a Hiker in the Italian Alps Discovered the Frozen Body of a Man Who Had Been Murdered Approximately...
In 1991 hikers on the Tisenjoch pass uncovered a 5,300‑year‑old frozen body later named Ötzi, the oldest naturally preserved European mummy. Radiocarbon dating and forensic analysis confirmed he died between 3350‑3105 BCE, killed by a flint arrow that severed a major...
Ocean Glow Meets 3D Printing with Living Gels that Sense Mechanical Force
Researchers at Empa have used digital light processing (DLP) 3D printing to embed the marine dinoflagellate Pyrocystis lunula into biocompatible hydrogels, creating living gels that glow blue under mechanical stress. The printed structures range from intricate gyroid lattices to porous...
The Lowest Natural Temperature Ever Recorded on Earth Was Minus 89.2 Degrees Celsius, Measured at Antarctica’s Vostok Research Station in...
On 21 July 1983, Vostok Station on the Antarctic Plateau logged a temperature of minus 89.2 °C (minus 128.6 °F), the coldest natural surface temperature ever directly measured on Earth. The Soviet winter crew observed a steady ten‑day plunge driven by a rare alignment of polar‑vortex...
Stoke Space Successfully Completes All Tank Tests for 1st Stage of Its Nova Rocket
Stoke Space announced it has completed every tank test for the Nova rocket’s first stage, exceeding design pressure, demonstrating automated pressure control, and surviving hurricane‑force winds and lightning. The campaign proved the hardware, software, ground systems, and operations are maturing...
Ziftomenib Plus 7+3 Yields Strong Responses in NPM1-Mutated, KMT2A-Rearranged AML: Eunice S. Wang, MD
Ziftomenib combined with standard 7+3 intensive chemotherapy produced an overall response rate of roughly 93% in a frontline cohort of 99 newly diagnosed AML patients with NPM1 mutations or KMT2A rearrangements. Complete remission or CR with partial hematologic recovery reached...
Global Warming Set to Exceed 1.5°C by 2030: Scientists
An international panel of more than 70 scientists warned that global warming will surpass the 1.5 °C threshold by 2030, with temperatures already at 1.37 °C above pre‑industrial levels in 2025. The report estimates the remaining carbon budget for staying under 1.5 °C...
Nu Quantum Demonstrates Subsystem Erasure Tolerance in Networked QPU Architectures
Nu Quantum has demonstrated a fault‑tolerant network architecture that treats the loss of an entire quantum processing unit as a correctable erasure. By distributing a high‑distance quantum error‑correction code across modular nodes of 16‑48 qubits and linking them through photonic...
Fighting Antimicrobial Resistance with Biomaterials and Phages
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) threatens global health, prompting researchers to explore biomaterials and phages as alternatives to traditional antibiotics. A nanoplatform called bacNID uses gold‑nanoparticle‑delivered peptides to hijack bacterial proteases and degrade the essential MurD enzyme, killing both Gram‑positive and Gram‑negative...
Building a Biomarker Stack to Stratify Alzheimer’s Trials
Recent studies are expanding Alzheimer’s biomarker toolkit beyond binary detection to a layered set of plasma and CSF measures that can predict disease onset, rate of decline, and differentiate molecular subtypes. Current trials rely on amyloid and tau PET, CSF,...
'Janus-Faced' Nanomaterials Pave the Way for Selectively Capturing Radioactive Pollutants
A KAIST team led by Prof. Ho Jin Ryu has for the first time synthesized the raw ceramic precursor needed to make asymmetric MXene, a two‑dimensional nanomaterial with different atomic compositions on each side. By employing a high‑entropy design that mixes six...
Sonar–Camera System Sees Through Murky Waters
Engineers at MIT and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution unveiled Sonar‑MASt3R, a system that merges sonar depth data with optical camera imagery to produce real‑time 3D maps in turbid water. In controlled tank experiments the hybrid approach resolved centimeter‑scale features...
US (WA): Using a Mushroom to Transform Agricultural Waste Into Food
Researchers presented at ASM Microbe 2026 that the indigenous mushroom *Lentinus squarrosulus* can be cultivated on locally sourced agricultural waste, particularly sawdust. The controlled‑environment method enables year‑round production, turning a seasonal wild fungus into a reliable protein source. By repurposing sawdust, the...
Binary Asteroids' Puzzling Configurations May Link to Multi-Satellite History
Binary asteroid systems have long been thought to form when a fast‑spinning primary sheds material that coalesces into a single moon near the Roche limit. NASA’s Lucy flyby of Dinkinesh upended that view by revealing Selam, a contact‑binary moon composed...
James Webb Reveals a Black Hole Star Inside a Little Red Dot
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have obtained the clearest view yet of the little red dot GLIMPSE‑17775, a distant object seen when the universe was under two billion years old. Infrared spectroscopy revealed more than 40 emission lines,...
NASA to Preview Katalyst Mission to Boost Swift Spacecraft’s Orbit
NASA will host a media teleconference on June 17 to preview Katalyst Space’s LINK mission, which will launch aboard a Northrop Grumman Pegasus XL from Kwajalein in June 2026. The robotic servicing satellite will rendezvous with the 21‑year‑old Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory and...
China’s Tianwen-2 Spacecraft Arrives at One of Earth’s Mysterious ‘Quasi-Moons’
China’s Tianwen‑2 deep‑space probe performed a precise engine burn to rendezvous with Earth’s quasi‑moon asteroid Kamoʻoalewa. The 40‑100 m rock spins every 28 minutes and will be studied and sampled over the next four weeks. Tianwen‑2 will test three sampling techniques—touch‑and‑go, hover,...
US Sees Newly Formed El Niño as One of the World’s Strongest Yet
U.S. Climate Prediction Center scientists say the emerging El Niño in the equatorial Pacific is on track to become one of the strongest events recorded since 1950, with peak intensity expected toward the end of the year. The warming of surface...
Olezarsen Reduces Triglycerides, Acute Pancreatitis Events
Researchers presented pooled data from 455 patients with severe hypertriglyceridemia showing that olezarsen, an antisense drug targeting ApoC‑III, slashed triglyceride levels by up to 65.5% after six months. The treatment also cut the incidence of acute pancreatitis by 85% over...