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PARASITE LOST | 4-MINUTE READ |
Are you experiencing unexplained memory lapses or brain fog? Ever considered that you may have mercury poisoning? For RFK Jr. it was worse—he also had a brain parasite. Here's how to avoid both (extremely rare) predicaments. |
BRAIN TRUST | 4-MINUTE READ |
Neuralink experienced a mechanical issue with its first human brain-computer interface implant. Its novel design may make it more prone to failure. |
HOT STUFF | 6-MINUTE READ |
The outer layers of the sun's atmosphere are a blistering million degrees hotter than its surface. NASA sent a probe to find out why—by getting closer to the star than ever before. |
STEAK OUT | 3-MINUTE READ |
Anyone found guilty of selling or manufacturing cultivated meat in Alabama will face up to a three-month jail sentence and $500 fine. |
BIODIVERSITY | 5-MINUTE READ |
Nature can't run without parasites, and climate change is driving some to extinction. What happens when they start to disappear? |
XENOTRANSPLANTATION | 2-MINUTE READ |
The hospital that carried out the procedure two months prior says there's "no indication" that the transplant was related to his death. |
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Green spaces significantly cool our ever-hotter cities. New research suggests more trees could cut heat-related ER visits in LA by up to two-thirds. |
| Platelets help blood clot, but they have a short shelf life. With blood in short supply, synthetic platelets could help meet demand. |
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As H5N1 continues its spread among US cow herds, raw milk enthusiasts remain utterly unfazed. |
| Two cicada broods, XIX and XIII, are emerging in sync for the first time in 221 years. They're bringing the banquet of a lifetime for birds, trees, and humans alike. |
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In an exclusive interview, the Cyber Army of Russia laid out their grand ambitions of disrupting US infrastructure. In reality, they've missed the mark—but that hasn't stopped them from hyping their hacktivity to the government back home. |
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