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Dietitians and Sleep Doctors Say TikTok's "Early Bird Dinner" Trend Is Actually Backed by Science

TikTok's early bird dinner trend has real science behind it. Sleep specialists and dietitians explain what eating earlier does to your body and who should be cautious.

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The Sahara Desert was once filled with rivers, giant lakes and hippos. Scientists explain why it turns green every 20,000 years

For most people, the Sahara is the ultimate symbol of endless sand, scorching heat and one of the harshest environments on Earth. Yet geology tells a remarkably different story. Beneath the dunes lie the remnants of ancient rivers, vast lakes and ecosystems that once supported hippos, crocodiles and thriving human…

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The Alzheimer's Protein Long Blamed for Dementia May Actually Be Critical for Memory, Scientists Find

Flinders University study in Nature Communications finds tau is essential for long-term memory formation — not just Alzheimer's pathology. What this means for drug development.

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Ozempic Shows Early Anti-Aging Promise, but the Evidence Still Has Major Gaps Researchers Cannot Ignore

UC San Diego RCT found semaglutide slowed biological aging by 9%. But the study had 108 patients, all with HIV. Here is what the evidence shows and what it does not.

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Ozempic's Active Ingredient May Slow Biological Aging, First Human Clinical Trial Finds

A clinical trial published in Nature Communications found semaglutide slowed biological aging markers in adults with HIV. Here's what the research actually shows.

Medical Daily

5 Lingering Post-COVID Symptoms That Are Still Affecting Indians and Why Recovery Takes So Long

Fatigue That Sleep Cannot FixThis is the symptom most people underestimate and most doctors initially dismiss. Post-COVID fatigue is not tiredness after a long day. It is a cellular-level exhaustion that does not respond to rest. A 2022 study published in Nature Communications found that long-COVID patients showed mitochondrial dysfunction…

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Scientists Found That the Alzheimer's Protein Tau Is Also Essential for Normal Memory Formation

Flinders University researchers found in Nature Communications that tau — the Alzheimer's protein — is also essential for forming long-term memories in healthy brains via engram cell coordination.

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Researchers Found That a Second Pregnancy Rewires the Brain in a Completely Different Way Than the First One Does

Amsterdam UMC study in Nature Communications finds a second pregnancy triggers a different pattern of brain rewiring than a first pregnancy. Implications for postpartum depression.

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Scientists Cracked the Bacterial Code Behind Powerful Anti-Cancer Drugs, and It Could Help Build Better Ones

Researchers decoded how bacteria naturally produce multiple anti-cancer drug variants, a Nature Communications finding that could accelerate development of improved cancer therapies.

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LHS 3844b: Scientists find a bizarre 'tidally locked' planet that could host life, but it never has a day or night

A distant planet, LHS 3844b, shows one side perpetually scorched and the other frozen. Researchers suggest its internal geology could circulate heat, creating habitable zones. This internal circulation mirrors Earth's mantle heat transport mechanisms. Such planets are common, and their internal processes might foster life. The study indicates that extreme…

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How Monarch Butterflies Use the Sun as a Compass to Navigate 4,000 Kilometres of Migration

A Clock Inside the AntennaThe monarch butterfly does not simply fly toward the sun. That would leave it hopelessly off course as the sun arcs across the sky from east to west. Instead, the butterfly compensates for the sun's movement by running it against an internal clock, a circadian timer…

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What if the secret to beating distraction has been hidden in the brainstem all along? A new study offers hope for ADHD research

Scientists have pinpointed an ancient brain region acting as a "focus switch," crucial for filtering distractions and prioritizing information. This discovery in mice, found in a shared vertebrate brainstem area, offers new insights into selective attention. Researchers believe this could pave the way for more targeted treatments for conditions like…

The Economic Times

Scientists Discover Why Heliconius Butterflies Live Three Times Longer Than Their Relatives and Show Almost No Signs of Aging

A June 16, 2026 Nature Communications study found Heliconius butterflies live up to 3x longer with minimal physical decline. The mechanisms could advance human healthspan research.

Medical Daily

Baylor College of Medicine Scientists Find Tubulin Protein Prevents Tau and Alpha-Synuclein Clumping in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's

Baylor scientists reported June 21, 2026, in Nature Communications that tubulin prevents Tau and alpha-synuclein from forming toxic aggregates — a potential pre-disease intervention.

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Nature Communications: Declining Phosphatidylcholine Drives Mitochondrial Aging — and Restoring It Reversed the Decline in Worms Within 2 Days

Leibniz Institute / Nature Communications April 2026: phosphatidylcholine decline triggers mitochondrial fragmentation during aging. Restoring it reversed aging in worms in 2 days.

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Texas A&M Scientists Unlocked the Human Body's Hidden Ability to Regrow Bone and Joints — Using Two Already-Approved Signals

Texas A&M / Nature Communications June 17, 2026: FGF2 + BMP2 sequential treatment regrew bone, joint, cartilage, and ligaments in mice that normally scar. What it means for medicine.

The Times of India

Scientists used AI to complete the US flood map, and the result is a startling gap: More than 11 million people and 4.1 million buildings may sit in flood zones that official records never counted

A gap in U.S. flood mapping systems, caused by outdated traditional methods, leaves millions of homeowners unaware of their true flood risk. Researchers used AI to create more accurate maps, revealing 11 million people and 4.1 million buildings in previously unrecognized flood-prone areas. This discovery has significant implications for the…

Medical Daily

A Blood Test That Detects Alzheimer's Disease Years Before Brain Scans Can Just Took a Major Leap Forward — Harvard Study Confirms It Outperforms PET Imaging in Early Detection

Harvard Mass General Brigham study in Nature Communications (April 2026): plasma pTau217 blood test detects Alzheimer's progression years before PET scans. FDA already cleared Lumipulse pTau217 test for symptomatic patients.

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Metal in your ordinary kitchen foil could soon replace some of world’s most expensive metals like platinum & palladium: Here’s what researchers have found

Researchers from King's College London and Trinity College Dublin have developed a new aluminium compound called cyclotrialumane that could potentially replace expensive rare metals like platinum and palladium in industrial catalysts. According to reports published in Nature Communications, the breakthrough could lead to cheaper, cleaner and more sustainable manufacturing processes…

The Times of India

A 220,000-year-old ‘stone workshop’ found in South Africa is changing what we know about early humans

New research has revealed that the early humans quarried metamorphic rock as far back as 220,000 years ago. A revolutionary study in Nature Communications uncovers that early humans in South Africa were involved in organised stone quarrying as long ago as 220,000 years. At the Jojosi site, located in eastern…

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The brain's memory center doesn't start as a blank slate, study suggests

Early in life, neural networks in the brain's memory center are highly connected, and they are only later refined into precise systems, a mouse study finds.

The Times of India

This Atlantic island came close to a volcanic eruption without warning, scientists reveal

In March of 2022, there was an unexpected seismic crisis in Portugal's São Jorge Island in the Azores province, plunging residents into a state of confusion and fear. The recent publication of an international study in the journal Nature Communications has revealed that the seismic activity was caused by a…

The Conversation

Did NASA’s Curiosity rover find signs of ancient life on Mars? An astrobiologist explains how we determine ‘life’

NASA’s Curiosity rover has identified seven new organic compounds on the planet Mars, according to new research published in Nature Communications.

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'Really, really weird': Physicists entangle two moving atoms for the first time, validating 'spooky' quantum theory

For the first time, scientists have observed quantum entanglement in the momentum of massive particles. The result, decades in the making, could help physicists probe the relationship between quantum mechanics and gravity.

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Fantastic bees and where to find them: Study reveals ‘treasure map’ of thousands of undiscovered species

Scientists say it could take 30 to 45 years to discover all bee species

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