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'Minibrains' reveal secrets of how key brain cells form in the womb

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 8/24/2025 12:00 PM

Miniature models of the brain have revealed a "previously unappreciated" role of microglia, a type of cell found within the organ. The finding could help unpack how disorders such as autism arise. ... Read full Story

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Will there be a La Niña this fall? Here's what forecasters predict and what it means for the weather

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 8/24/2025 10:27 AM

NOAA forecasts suggest we could experience La Niña conditions in the fall and early winter. However, this potential La Niña spell is unlikely to break records. ... Read full Story

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Whoop MG review — A screenless fitness tracker for performance geeks

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 8/24/2025 8:00 AM

The Whoop MG would be the best sleep and recovery tracker on the market if it were not for its flawed hardware and performance hiccups. ... Read full Story

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NASA's Perseverance rover spies mysterious 'helmet' on Mars

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 8/24/2025 7:00 AM

A medieval-looking "helmet" rock spotted by NASA's Perseverance rover adds to Mars' gallery of odd shapes. ... Read full Story

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How AI Chatbots May Be Fueling Psychotic Episodes

By Scientific American | | 8/24/2025 7:00 AM

A new wave of delusional thinking fueled by artificial intelligence has researchers investigating the dark side of AI companionship ... Read full Story

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Longest canyon in the solar system reveals new secrets — Space photo of the week

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 8/24/2025 6:00 AM

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter recently photographed Candor Chasma in Mars' Valles Marineris, the largest canyon in the entire solar system. ... Read full Story

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What is the world's slowest animal?

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 8/24/2025 5:00 AM

What does survival look like for animals who live in the slow lane? ... Read full Story

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China is dunking data centers into the ocean to keep them cool

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 8/24/2025 5:00 AM

China is pulling ahead of the rest of the world in sinking data centers that power AI into the ocean as an alternate way to keep them cool. ... Read full Story

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X-ray telescope finds something unexpected with the 'heartbeat black hole'

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 8/23/2025 11:00 AM

NASA's Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) telescope has detected unexpected X-ray polarization from the "heartbeat black hole," formally known as IGR J17091-3624. ... Read full Story

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Scientists may have found a powerful new space object: 'It doesn't fit comfortably into any known category'

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 8/23/2025 9:00 AM

Nicknamed 'Punctum,' this puzzling phenomenon is highly energetic, but is only seen in millimeter-wavelength light and cannot be explained by any known object. ... Read full Story

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A new perspective on how cosmological correlations change based on kinematic parameters

By phys.org | | 8/23/2025 8:30 AM

To study the origin and evolution of the universe, physicists rely on theories that describe the statistical relationships between different events or fields in spacetime, broadly referred to as cosmological correlations. Kinematic parameters are essentially the data that specify a cosmological correlation—the positions of particles, or the wavenumbers of cosmological fluctuations. ... Read full Story

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Pallas's cat: One of the world's oldest felines that stands on its bushy tail to keep its paws warm

By LIVE SCIENCE | sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) | 8/23/2025 8:00 AM

Pallas's cat is a small wild cat native to Central Asia with short legs and dense fur, making it look bigger than it really is — but the yelps it makes in stressful situations betray its size. ... Read full Story

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Meet Robot Drummer: Scientists train an AI to drum like Linkin Park and AC/DC — but it sounds like it has plenty of practice to do

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 8/23/2025 7:00 AM

Robot Drummer is a simulated program able to learn pop, rock, and jazz songs with reinforcement learning. ... Read full Story

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The Brain’s Map of the Body Is Surprisingly Stable—Even after a Limb Is Lost

By Scientific American | | 8/23/2025 7:00 AM

The brain’s body map doesn’t reorganize itself after limb amputation, a study found, challenging a textbook idea in neuroscience ... Read full Story

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Why do caffeine withdrawal headaches hurt so much?

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 8/23/2025 5:00 AM

It's still largely a mystery why caffeine withdrawal causes headaches, but researchers have a few ideas. ... Read full Story

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Science news this week: Storms rage on Earth and the sun, and a new moon is spotted around Uranus

By LIVE SCIENCE | ben.turner@futurenet.com (Ben Turner) | 8/23/2025 12:00 AM

Aug. 23, 2025: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend. ... Read full Story

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'Pregnancy robot from China' is fake, but is the technology behind it possible?

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 8/22/2025 10:35 PM

A story circulating on social media this week featured a seemingly made-up scientist who is developing an equally imaginary "pregnancy robot." Virality ensued. ... Read full Story

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If 'pregnancy robots' were real, would you use one?

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 8/22/2025 10:35 PM

A viral story raised the idea of using robots outfitted with artificial wombs to incubate human babies from conception to birth. If such technology existed, would you consider using it? ... Read full Story

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New measurement station in Brazil: Quantum technology expands global network in search for dark matter

By phys.org | | 8/22/2025 8:50 PM

A highly sensitive quantum sensor from Jena has traveled nearly 9,000 kilometers: by truck to Hamburg, by ship across the Atlantic, and finally overland to Vassouras, Brazil. ... Read full Story

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Mysterious 300,000-year-old Greek cave skull was neither human nor Neanderthal, study finds

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 8/22/2025 2:36 PM

Researchers have dated the mysterious skull from Petralona Cave in Greece to 300,000 years ago and concluded that the fossil belonged to an ancient human group that lived alongside Neanderthals. ... Read full Story

art

Agung Kurniawan at Roh Projects

by Contemporary Art Daily | Aug 23 2025

basketball

Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant dual-autograph card sells for record-setting $12.9 million

by CBS Interactive Inc | Aug 24 2025

beauty

13 Major Hair Transformations Celebrities Still Regret

by The List | Mar 03 2025

entertainment

Flavia Lanini Encourages Men to Get in on Hollywood’s Favorite Lymphatic Drainage Treatment

by ET Online | Aug 24 2025

finance

Keurig Dr Pepper reportedly near $18 billion deal to buy coffee company JDE Peet’s

by MarketWatch.com | Aug 24 2025

how_to

Get Started With ChatGPT: A Beginner's Guide to Using the Super Popular AI Chatbot

by CNET | Aug 24 2025

mental

Special Olympics Advocates: Don’t Leave This Community Out of Mental Health Discussions

by thehealthy.com | May 28 2025

odd_fun

Man buys 162 tickets for one lottery drawing, wins $811,000

by United Press International, Inc. | Aug 22 2025

opinion

Expect Putin to pay big-time for trolling Trump

by New York Post | Aug 24 2025

people

Conor McGregor and David Beckham pictured together as former UFC champion hails Beckham's legacy

by marca.com | Aug 24 2025

retirement

Retirees face staggering 6-figure health care bill when leaving the workforce

by Fox News | Jul 30 2025

shopping

17 New Watches You Missed from Breitling, Casio, Timex and More

by Gear Patrol | Aug 24 2025

sports

Pelé's life in pictures

by CNN | Apr 16 2023

travel

5 must-see museums dedicated to slavery around the globe

by Wanderlust | Aug 23 2025

world

France summons U.S. Ambassador Charles Kushner over anti-Semitism accusations

by United Press International, Inc. | Aug 24 2025

Word of the Day

cloister

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for August 24, 2025 is:

cloister • \KLOY-ster\ • verb

To cloister someone or something is to shut the person or thing away from the world.

// The scientist cloistered himself in his laboratory all weekend to finish analyzing data.

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Examples:

“Now, the past Melbourne High student body president and co-valedictorian is planning to step down Jan. 20 after serving nearly four years as NASA’s administrator. ... ‘My constitution is such that I’m not going to retire. And what I said is, I’m going to cloister myself and write a book. And then, we’ll see what happens,’ [Bill] Nelson, who is now 82, told reporters Wednesday during a roundtable discussion at the Kennedy Space Center Press Site.” — Rick Neale, Florida Today, 19 Dec. 2024

Did you know?

Cloister first entered the English language as a noun in the 13th century, referring then (as it still does) to a convent or monastery. More than three centuries later, English speakers began using the verb cloister to mean “to seclude in or as if in a cloister.” Today, the noun can also refer to the monastic life or to a covered and usually arched passage along or around a court. You may also encounter the adjective cloistered with the meaning “separated from the rest of the world [as if in a cloister],” as in “She leads a private, cloistered life in the country.” Cloister ultimately comes from the Latin verb claudere, meaning “to close.” Other words that can be traced back to the prolific claudere include close, conclude, exclude, include, preclude, seclude, and recluse.

'Minibrains' reveal secrets of how key brain cells form in the womb

Will there be a La Niña this fall? Here's what forecasters predict and what it means for the weather

Whoop MG review — A screenless fitness tracker for performance geeks

NASA's Perseverance rover spies mysterious 'helmet' on Mars

How AI Chatbots May Be Fueling Psychotic Episodes

Longest canyon in the solar system reveals new secrets — Space photo of the week

What is the world's slowest animal?

China is dunking data centers into the ocean to keep them cool

X-ray telescope finds something unexpected with the 'heartbeat black hole'

Scientists may have found a powerful new space object: 'It doesn't fit comfortably into any known category'

A new perspective on how cosmological correlations change based on kinematic parameters

Pallas's cat: One of the world's oldest felines that stands on its bushy tail to keep its paws warm

Meet Robot Drummer: Scientists train an AI to drum like Linkin Park and AC/DC — but it sounds like it has plenty of practice to do

The Brain’s Map of the Body Is Surprisingly Stable—Even after a Limb Is Lost

Why do caffeine withdrawal headaches hurt so much?

Science news this week: Storms rage on Earth and the sun, and a new moon is spotted around Uranus

'Pregnancy robot from China' is fake, but is the technology behind it possible?

If 'pregnancy robots' were real, would you use one?

New measurement station in Brazil: Quantum technology expands global network in search for dark matter

Mysterious 300,000-year-old Greek cave skull was neither human nor Neanderthal, study finds

Agung Kurniawan at Roh Projects

Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant dual-autograph card sells for record-setting $12.9 million

13 Major Hair Transformations Celebrities Still Regret

Flavia Lanini Encourages Men to Get in on Hollywood’s Favorite Lymphatic Drainage Treatment

Keurig Dr Pepper reportedly near $18 billion deal to buy coffee company JDE Peet’s

Get Started With ChatGPT: A Beginner's Guide to Using the Super Popular AI Chatbot

Special Olympics Advocates: Don’t Leave This Community Out of Mental Health Discussions

Man buys 162 tickets for one lottery drawing, wins $811,000

Expect Putin to pay big-time for trolling Trump

Conor McGregor and David Beckham pictured together as former UFC champion hails Beckham's legacy

Retirees face staggering 6-figure health care bill when leaving the workforce

17 New Watches You Missed from Breitling, Casio, Timex and More

Pelé's life in pictures

5 must-see museums dedicated to slavery around the globe

France summons U.S. Ambassador Charles Kushner over anti-Semitism accusations

Word of the Day

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