Coffee doesn’t have to keep you awake to disrupt your sleep
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Coffee doesn’t have to keep you awake to disrupt your sleep

To investigate those effects, scientists are using EEG, or electroencephalography — a method used to record the brain’s electrical activity. EEG measurements can reveal much more than how…

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One of America’s largest reservoirs just hit a record low
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One of America’s largest reservoirs just hit a record low

By summer, the effects of the weak 2025-2026 mountain snowpack in the Upper Colorado Basin had reached Lake Powell. With far less snowmelt than usual feeding the Colorado…

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MRIs show brain changes linked to Alzheimer’s years in advance
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MRIs show brain changes linked to Alzheimer’s years in advance

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First radio waves seen from an exoplanet hint at otherworldly auroras
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First radio waves seen from an exoplanet hint at otherworldly auroras

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NASA just powered up Roman’s massive 300-megapixel camera
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NASA just powered up Roman’s massive 300-megapixel camera

Roman’s planet-imaging system, the Coronagraph Instrument, has also completed an early checkout of its digital, electronic, and mechanical systems after waking up earlier this month. The tests are…

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Scientists create a needle-thin brain implant that can do three jobs at once
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Scientists create a needle-thin brain implant that can do three jobs at once

Researchers from DTU, the University of Copenhagen, University College London, and other institutions have developed a long, needle-thin brain electrode equipped with microscopic channels. Known as the microfluidic…

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Stem cells reverse stroke damage and restore movement in mice
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Stem cells reverse stroke damage and restore movement in mice

Stroke is extremely common, affecting about one in four adults over a lifetime. Roughly half of those who experience one are left with lasting problems such as paralysis…

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Millions take calcium and vitamin D for bone health. A major review finds little benefit
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Millions take calcium and vitamin D for bone health. A major review finds little benefit

Falls are a major health concern as people age. Nearly one in three adults aged 65 and older falls each year, and those falls can lead to fractures,…

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A giant crater may reveal the origin of Mars’ doomed moon
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A giant crater may reveal the origin of Mars’ doomed moon

Solving that mystery may depend on something scientists still know surprisingly little about: what Phobos looks like on the inside. Researchers are now trying to narrow down the…

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What kills Schrödinger’s cat? Gravity may not be the answer
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What kills Schrödinger’s cat? Gravity may not be the answer

Quantum mechanics allows particles to exist in combinations of possible states, a phenomenon known as superposition. That strange feature inspired Schrödinger’s famous thought experiment involving a cat that…

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