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A Brain Parasite Infecting Millions Is Far Less Sleepy Than We Thought
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A Brain Parasite Infecting Millions Is Far Less Sleepy Than We Thought

More than a third of the world's human population is infected.

AI Detected a Mysterious Detail Hidden in a Famous Raphael Masterpiece
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AI Detected a Mysterious Detail Hidden in a Famous Raphael Masterpiece

"The computer sees far more deeply than the human eye."

Exercise Can Actually Make Your Brain Look Younger, MRI Scans Reveal
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Exercise Can Actually Make Your Brain Look Younger, MRI Scans Reveal

It's not only for boosting fitness.

Mapping the Invisible
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Mapping the Invisible

Dark matter remains invisible to our telescopes, yet its gravitational fingerprints pervade the universe. Using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, scientists have produced one of the most detailed dark maps ever created, revealing with unprecedented clarity how dark matter and ordinary matter have grown up together. The map shows that wherever galaxies cluster in their thousands, equally massive concentrations of dark matter occupy the same space, a close alignment that confirms dark matter's gravity has been shepherding regular matter into stars, galaxies, and ultimately the complex planets capable of supporting life.

The Monk Who Recognised Halley's Comet First
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The Monk Who Recognised Halley's Comet First

The comet bearing Edmond Halley's name may have been misnamed! New research from Leiden University reveals that an 11th Century English monk recognised the famous comet's periodicity centuries before the British astronomer. Eilmer of Malmesbury witnessed the comet's appearances in both 989 and 1066, linking the two observations and understanding they represented the same celestial visitor returning after decades, a realisation documented by the medieval chronicler William of Malmesbury but overlooked by scholars until now. The discovery challenges whether history's most famous comet should continue bearing Halley's name when a Benedictine monk beat him to the discovery by more than 600 years.