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Scientists Discover the Fruit Fly’s “Four-Cell Clock” That Keeps Perfect Time

Scientists Discover the Fruit Fly’s “Four-Cell Clock” That Keeps Perfect Time

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayNovember 3, 2025November 4, 2025

Inside the tiny brain of a fruit fly, time itself ticks to an astonishingly simple rhythm. For years, scientists believed…

After 20 Years of Infertility, AI Finds Two Sperm—and Creates a Miracle Baby

After 20 Years of Infertility, AI Finds Two Sperm—and Creates a Miracle Baby

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayNovember 3, 2025November 4, 2025

For nearly two decades, a couple had lived through the heartbreak that so many others know all too well—the endless…

Scientists Reactivate “Sleeping” Gene That Lets the Human Heart Heal Itself After a Heart Attack

Scientists Reactivate “Sleeping” Gene That Lets the Human Heart Heal Itself After a Heart Attack

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayNovember 3, 2025November 4, 2025

For decades, scientists believed that once the human heart was damaged, it could never truly heal. A heart attack meant…

Scientists Use Holographic Light to Watch the Brain Think in Real Time

Scientists Use Holographic Light to Watch the Brain Think in Real Time

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayNovember 3, 2025November 4, 2025

For centuries, the brain has been called the most complex structure in the known universe. Within its tangled networks of…

Scientists Discover “Rotating Brain Waves” That Help the Mind Refocus After Distraction

Scientists Discover “Rotating Brain Waves” That Help the Mind Refocus After Distraction

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayNovember 2, 2025November 4, 2025

Distraction is part of being human. A sudden noise, a stray thought, a flicker of movement in our periphery—all can…

They Sleep for 12 Hours and Still Can’t Wake Up — Inside the Reality of Idiopathic Hypersomnia

They Sleep for 12 Hours and Still Can’t Wake Up — Inside the Reality of Idiopathic Hypersomnia

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayNovember 2, 2025November 4, 2025

Imagine waking up every morning feeling as though you never truly slept. Your alarm rings, but your body feels anchored…

The Surprising Reason Dark Chocolate Might Wake Up Your Brain—Before It Even Digests

The Surprising Reason Dark Chocolate Might Wake Up Your Brain—Before It Even Digests

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayNovember 2, 2025November 4, 2025

If you’ve ever sipped strong black tea, savored a piece of dark chocolate, or tasted red wine that made your…

Scientists Capture Blood Flow in 4D for the First Time—A Breakthrough That Lets Us Watch Life Itself Move

Scientists Capture Blood Flow in 4D for the First Time—A Breakthrough That Lets Us Watch Life Itself Move

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayOctober 31, 2025November 2, 2025

For the first time in history, scientists have managed to watch the living body’s lifeblood move in real time—through entire…

Scientists Create the First “High-Definition” Brain Growth Chart—And It’s Changing What We Know About Development

Scientists Create the First “High-Definition” Brain Growth Chart—And It’s Changing What We Know About Development

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayOctober 31, 2025November 2, 2025

The brain does not grow like a staircase—step by step, predictably. Instead, it unfolds like a living symphony, where countless…

Your Brain Cleans Itself While You’re Awake — But It Comes at a Shocking Cost

Your Brain Cleans Itself While You’re Awake — But It Comes at a Shocking Cost

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayOctober 31, 2025November 2, 2025

Nearly everyone knows the feeling: you wake after a night of poor sleep, and the world feels slightly out of…

Scientists Decode the Brain’s Hidden Circuit That Keeps Your Memories From Fading

Scientists Decode the Brain’s Hidden Circuit That Keeps Your Memories From Fading

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayOctober 31, 2025November 2, 2025

Memory is not just a recording of our experiences—it is a living process, constantly shaped, strengthened, and stabilized by the…

Scientists Discover Hidden “Drainpipe” in the Human Brain That Takes Out Its Trash

Scientists Discover Hidden “Drainpipe” in the Human Brain That Takes Out Its Trash

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayOctober 31, 2025November 2, 2025

Every moment, your brain hums with electrical activity—thinking, remembering, feeling, and sensing. But all this work produces biological “trash”: waste…

What Happens When the Brain Loses Its Rhythm? The Discovery That Could Transform Parkinson’s Treatment

What Happens When the Brain Loses Its Rhythm? The Discovery That Could Transform Parkinson’s Treatment

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayOctober 31, 2025November 2, 2025

When we think of Parkinson’s disease, we often picture the visible signs—shaking hands, slowed movements, and stiffness. But behind these…

Scientists Found a “Calm Switch” in the Brain — And It Runs on Oxytocin

Scientists Found a “Calm Switch” in the Brain — And It Runs on Oxytocin

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayOctober 29, 2025October 29, 2025

When the body is calm, the heartbeat slows and breathing settles into an easy rhythm. Under strain — a sprint,…

Can Fat Help Hair Grow Back? New Study Reveals a Hidden Regeneration Circuit Beneath the Skin

Can Fat Help Hair Grow Back? New Study Reveals a Hidden Regeneration Circuit Beneath the Skin

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayOctober 28, 2025October 28, 2025

Baldness has always been framed as a permanent loss: once hair disappears, it is gone for good. But science has…

Rapid Tooth Loss Could Be a Silent Death Warning, New Study Finds

Rapid Tooth Loss Could Be a Silent Death Warning, New Study Finds

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayOctober 28, 2025October 28, 2025

We tend to think of losing teeth as an ordinary part of growing old — inconvenient, maybe embarrassing, but not…

Did a Common Psoriasis Drug Quietly Slash Long-Term Cancer Risk? New Danish Data Says Maybe

Did a Common Psoriasis Drug Quietly Slash Long-Term Cancer Risk? New Danish Data Says Maybe

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayOctober 28, 2025October 28, 2025

Cancer risk is the shadow that follows every long-term immune-modifying therapy. For people living with moderate to severe psoriasis, biologic…

Lack of Oxygen Leaves a Genetic Scar on Immunity, New Study Warns

Lack of Oxygen Leaves a Genetic Scar on Immunity, New Study Warns

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayOctober 28, 2025October 28, 2025

Our lungs are not only gateways for air — they are gatekeepers for immunity. When oxygen runs low inside the…

First-Ever DNA “Self-Antibody” Shot Works in Humans, and Its Protection Lasted 72 Weeks

First-Ever DNA “Self-Antibody” Shot Works in Humans, and Its Protection Lasted 72 Weeks

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayOctober 28, 2025October 28, 2025

For years, medicine has fought viruses with a straightforward logic: if a patient doesn’t have enough protective antibodies, supply them…

Scientists Find Brain Sends “Stress Bombs” That Ignite Gut Inflammation

Scientists Find Brain Sends “Stress Bombs” That Ignite Gut Inflammation

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayOctober 27, 2025October 27, 2025

For millions of people living with inflammatory bowel diseases such as Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, the illness is not…

Why ALS Destroys Only One Kind of Neuron — New Study May Finally Explain the Mystery

Why ALS Destroys Only One Kind of Neuron — New Study May Finally Explain the Mystery

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayOctober 27, 2025October 27, 2025

ALS — amyotrophic lateral sclerosis — is a disease that is as cruel as it is puzzling. It strips people…

Why Your Gray Hair Might Be a Sign Your Body Just Prevented Cancer

Why Your Gray Hair Might Be a Sign Your Body Just Prevented Cancer

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayOctober 26, 2025October 26, 2025

Every day, the cells in our bodies are bombarded by harmful influences — ultraviolet rays from sunlight, environmental toxins, metabolic…

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