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Health & Medicine

A shingles vaccine may also help reduce dementia risk

Analysis of a Welsh program offering live-attenuated shingles vaccines to people born after a certain date showed a 20 percent relative drop in dementia risk.

By Alex Viveros18 hours ago

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Space

Fermenting miso in orbit reveals how space can affect a food’s taste

By McKenzie PrillamanApril 2, 2025

Dark pink skin cells that look like layers of rose petals are shown in a scanning electron micrograph at the site of a wound. Skin and other epithelial cells may send out pulses of electricity when wounded.

Health & Medicine

Skin cells emit slow electric pulses after injury

By Tina Hesman SaeyApril 2, 2025

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Earth

More details about the Myanmar earthquake are emerging

By Carolyn GramlingApril 1, 2025

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Plants

Watch live plant cells build their cell walls

By McKenzie PrillamanApril 1, 2025

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Particle Physics

Physicists have confirmed a new mismatch between matter and antimatter

By Emily ConoverApril 1, 2025

A growing colony of fungi forms an irregular white blob in the center of an orange colored growth medium in a petri dish. That fungi may be no match for a newfound bacterial compound called Mandimycin that holds promise as an antifungal drug.

Health & Medicine

A new antifungal drug works in a surprising way

By Tina Hesman SaeyApril 1, 2025

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What 23andMe’s bankruptcy means for your genetic data

As 23andMe prepares to be sold, Science News spoke with two experts about what’s at stake and whether consumers should delete their genetic data.

By Tina Hesman SaeyMarch 26, 2025
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Life

Dark coats may have helped the earliest mammals hide from hungry dinosaurs

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Humans

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Climate

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Astronomy

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Physics

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Health & Medicine

Surgeons transplanted a pig’s liver into a human

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By Andrea TamayoMarch 25, 2025
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Earth

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Science & Society

5 years after COVID-19 became a pandemic, are we ready for what’s next?

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