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Health & Medicine

New clues emerge on how foods spark anaphylaxis

In two studies of mice, a molecule called leukotriene helped trigger food-induced anaphylaxis. A drug approved for asthma — zileuton — diminished it.

By Laura Sanders5 hours ago

An illustration featuring a gas giant in the bottom right. In the upper left is Alpha Centauri A, and Alpha Centauri B is in the upper right.

Planetary Science

A giant planet may orbit our closest sunlike neighbor

By McKenzie Prillaman8 hours ago

3D model of a Pazyryk mummy

This ancient Siberian ice mummy had a talented tattooist

By Celina Zhao10 hours ago

A close-up of a hand holding a large, jagged, brown stone tool against a black background. Four smaller stone tools are arranged nearby.

7 stone tools might rewrite the timeline of hominid migration in Indonesia

By Bruce BowerAugust 6, 2025

A close-up of frondlike leaves of spreading earthmoss on a black background

Plants

A newly discovered gene helped this moss defy gravity

By Saugat BolakheAugust 6, 2025

Genetics

This snail may hold a secret to human eye regeneration

By Tina Hesman SaeyAugust 6, 2025

A round spiky plant that grows high in the trees in Fiji looks like an overgrown kiwi sprouting some branches. Unseen are interior chambers that the plant grows, which host ant colonies.

Plants

These plants build ant condos that keep warring species apart

By Susan MiliusAugust 5, 2025

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Spotlight on Health

Probiotic bacteria like those in yogurt don't protect against pathogens equally well. In this picture a woman's hands are visible holding a container of yogurt in the dairy aisle of a grocery store.

Some probiotics could feed, rather than fend off, infections

Probiotics containing Lactobacillus gasseri Lg-36 prevented C. difficile infections in mice, but L. acidophilus probiotics made infection more likely.

By Tina Hesman SaeyAugust 1, 2025
Some U.S. newborns still get HIV despite efforts to screen for it. Here’s why
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August 1, 2025 Vol. 207 No. 8

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Life among the Leptons: Yet Another New Particle?

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A light blue string weave up and down to represent the movement of a supercloud called the Radcliffe Wave. Glowing blue dots representing baby star clusters sit along the wiggling line.

Seven superclouds sit just beyond the solar system

The superclouds probably produce star-forming clouds of gas, since most nearby stellar nurseries are located within the giants.

A worm is shown rising vertically out of a sandy seabed.

A new species of ‘penis worm’ was discovered in the Grand Canyon

a still from a video of a blood vessel in which the vessel develops plaques in its walls and the affect on blood flow

A molecule produced by gut microbes may help spur heart disease

Two orcas breaching the surface as they swim in the middle of the ocean

Some killer whales hunt in pairs to maximize their bounty

Melanoma cells appear in red among other shapes on a gray background in this microscopic image. Melanoma cells crumble and die after being treated with human immune cells genetically engineered to include AI-designed proteins that target cancer.

AI is designing proteins that could help treat cancer

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Life

This killer fungus strikes at sunset. Here’s how

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Humans

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Astronomy

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Physics

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Health & Medicine

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Earth

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Science & Society

Screen addiction affects teens’ mental health. How to spot it, and help

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