Science

A tumor is not a uniform mass of cancer cells. It is a patchwork of regions, each with its own cellular composition, its own molecular signals, and, as a new study reveals, its own method of evading the immune system. Researchers at the National Cancer Institute have produced the most detailed spatial map yet of […]

Two Paths to an Ageless Brain: Cognitive Training and Musical Practice Both Protect Memory Into Old Age Can the aging brain be actively reshaped? Two new studies, taken together, provide a compelling answer: yes, and in more ways than one. A study of nearly 4,000 adults aged 19 to 94 found that as little as […]

Caffeine Sabotages Deep Sleep Even When You Think You Slept Fine, Review Finds You may have fallen asleep easily and slept through the night. You may even feel rested in the morning. But according to a comprehensive new systematic review, that does not mean caffeine has not disrupted your sleep. The review, published in Nutrients […]

US Measles Cases Exceed 2,000 as Experts Warn Loss of Elimination Status Is ‘Highly Likely’ The United States is losing its grip on measles. With 2,073 confirmed cases across 40 states and jurisdictions in 2026 alone — already approaching the 2,288 cases that marked 2025 as the worst year since the disease was declared eliminated […]

Two New Faces of Molecular Time: How Cells Keep More Clocks Than We Knew The body keeps time in more ways than we once imagined. Circadian rhythms, the ~24-hour cycles driven by the PERIOD protein, are the most familiar biological clock. But two papers published in June 2026 reveal very different kinds of molecular timekeeping […]

GLP-1 Drugs Associated with 74% Lower Alcohol Addiction Risk in Largest Study Yet Ozempic, Wegovy, and related GLP-1 drugs are already known for transforming diabetes care and obesity treatment. But a growing body of evidence suggests these medications influence far more than blood sugar and appetite. The largest study yet to examine the connection, published […]

‘WHO and Africa CDC Launch $518 Million Plan to Contain the Bundibugyo Ebola Outbreak’ The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) have launched a joint continental response plan to contain the unfolding Bundibugyo ebolavirus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda, with a […]

Did Earth Make Its Own Oceans? A New Theory Challenges the Delivery Narrative For decades, the story of Earth’s oceans has been a story of delivery from above. Comets and water-rich asteroids, the thinking went, bombarded the young planet with ice and minerals, gradually filling the basins that would become the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, and […]

J. Craig Venter, Who Decoded the Human Genome and Redefined Biology, Dies at 79 June 13, 2026 J. Craig Venter, the brilliant and combative scientist who led the private effort to sequence the human genome, created the first synthetic bacterial cell, and spent his later years hunting for new forms of life in the world’s […]

How the Brain Tags Emotional Intensity: A New Role for Dopamine in the Amygdala For decades, dopamine has worn a simple badge in popular science: the “reward molecule.” It lights up when we eat chocolate, win a prize, or fall in love. But a new study published in Nature Communications by researchers at the University […]