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Your brain starts eating itself during a marathon, study finds

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 4/2/2025 2:15 PM

Under extreme metabolic conditions, like a marathon, the brain may turn to cellular fat stores to maintain function, according to a new study. ... Read full Story

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NASA's SPHEREx telescope 'opens its eyes on the universe', taking stunning debut image of 100,000 galaxies and stars

By LIVE SCIENCE | ben.turner@futurenet.com (Ben Turner) | 4/2/2025 12:52 PM

SPHEREx's first images — containing roughly 100,000 points of light stars, galaxies and nebulae — have confirmed that the telescope is working according to its design. ... Read full Story

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'A notch above a gimmick': Experts question scientific merit of billionaire's Fram2 'space adventure' around Earth's poles

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 4/2/2025 12:42 PM

The recently launched Fram2 mission, which is funded and led by cryptocurrency billionaire Chun Wang, will attempt to grow mushrooms, test out hormone diapers and X-ray civilian astronauts. However, experts say that these novel experiments are unlikely to yield meaningful results. ... Read full Story

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'Be ready to move quickly to higher ground': Forecaster delivers ominous warning of 1-in-1,000-year flood coming for central US

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 4/2/2025 12:04 PM

Forecasters have warned of historic flooding in the central US this week, anticipating multiple bouts of heavy rainfall and extreme thunderstorms. ... Read full Story

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Supersonic vehicles could become stronger, faster and more durable thanks to new findings

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 4/2/2025 12:02 PM

Surprising results from hypersonic air flow simulations could help design stronger, faster and more durable supersonic vehicles. ... Read full Story

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Morento MR5866 smart air purifier review

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 4/2/2025 12:00 PM

It is one of Amazon's bestsellers, but is it worth investing in? ... Read full Story

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North America is 'dripping' down into Earth's mantle, scientists discover

By LIVE SCIENCE | sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) | 4/2/2025 11:28 AM

Seismic mapping of North America has revealed that an ancient slab of crust buried beneath the Midwest is causing the crust above it to "drip" and suck down rocks from across the continent. ... Read full Story

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Trump’s Tariffs Are Expected to Undermine the Clean Energy Transition

By Scientific American | | 4/2/2025 11:15 AM

New Trump administration tariff son imported goods could exacerbate a shortage of parts used by the energy industry ... Read full Story

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Shingles Vaccination May Help Protect People from Alzheimer’s Disease

By Scientific American | | 4/2/2025 11:00 AM

A natural experiment in Wales showed that a shingles vaccine might lower the risk of developing dementia ... Read full Story

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Trump Administration Attacks on Science Trigger Backlash from Researchers

By Scientific American | | 4/2/2025 10:45 AM

“The risks of remaining silent at this defining time are far greater than the risks of speaking out,” says one scientist regarding the Trump administration’s attacks on science ... Read full Story

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Do We Live inside a Black Hole?

By Scientific American | | 4/2/2025 10:00 AM

The spins of some early galaxies could be a clue that the entire observable universe exists within a black hole—except, that is, for all the evidence to the contrary ... Read full Story

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Best smart telescopes 2025: The latest technology for exploring the universe

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 4/2/2025 10:00 AM

The best smart telescopes offer a supremely easy way of viewing the night sky. ... Read full Story

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The Hubble Tension Is Becoming a Hubble Crisis

By Scientific American | | 4/2/2025 9:00 AM

A long-simmering disagreement over the universe’s present-day expansion rate shows no signs of resolution, leaving experts increasingly vexed ... Read full Story

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Watch this humanoid robot perform a side flip for the first time

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 4/2/2025 7:30 AM

Unitree's G1 demonstrates a new level of robotic agility with a complex movement following an AI software update. ... Read full Story

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Psychology’s Groupthink Helps Explain the Signal Chat Fiasco

By Scientific American | | 4/2/2025 7:30 AM

At the heart of the Trump administration’s Signal scandal lies the familiar psychological pitfall of groupthink ... Read full Story

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Scientists drilled into Belize's Great Blue Hole and discovered a worrying trend

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 4/2/2025 6:10 AM

Tropical storms have been steadily increasing in frequency over the past 5,700 years, new evidence from sediment in the Great Blue Hole reveals, with a massive spike in the past two decades. ... Read full Story

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Diagnostic dilemma: A man's deadly infection was triggered by a probiotic supplement

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 4/2/2025 6:00 AM

A man with a complex medical history ended up with a rare bacterial infection after taking probiotics in the hospital. ... Read full Story

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What Is ‘Squirting’? The Science behind the Controversial Phenomenon Explained

By Scientific American | | 4/2/2025 6:00 AM

A mysterious and often debated aspect of human sexuality colloquially known as “squirting” sparks controversy. This episode explores what research reveals. ... Read full Story

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NIH Director Removes Four Main Scientists amid Massive Staff Purge

By Scientific American | | 4/1/2025 6:15 PM

The Trump Administration has fired four leaders and thousands of employees at the National Institutes of Health in "one of the darkest days" ... Read full Story

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Ancient Egypt: History, dynasties, religion and writing

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 4/1/2025 5:34 PM

The rich history of ancient Egypt involves power struggles, amazing feats of engineering, advances in writing and art, and more. ... Read full Story

auto

Dodge Charger EV Suffers Major Loss To Combustion

by carbuzz.com | Apr 02 2025

beauty

13 Major Hair Transformations Celebrities Still Regret

by The List | Mar 03 2025

entertainment

Star Sightings: Doechii Performs in a Denim Outfit in Florida, Edgar Ramirez Gets Pampered Before the Oscars

by ET Online | Mar 31 2025

exercise

Office Chair Butt: Cleveland Clinic Experts on How To Prevent It

by thehealthy.com | Mar 31 2025

football

Giants benching of QB Daniel Jones spotlights NFL-wide issue

by ESNY | Nov 18 2024

health

Compounded Wegovy Helped Them Lose Weight, But FDA Ban Could Block Access

by Healthline.com | Apr 02 2025

knowledge

Here’s Why Only Some Pickles Have Ridges

by Reader's Digest | Mar 20 2025

long_island

Long Island’s Happy Cat Sanctuary tragedy capturing the world’s attention

by greaterlongisland.com | Apr 01 2025

music

Bob Moses, Mau P & More Lead Zenyara Desert Nights 2025 Lineups During Both Coachella Weekends

by Billboard | Apr 02 2025

new_jersey

Bump in near-term NJ tax revenues, fiscal experts forecast

by NJ Spotlight | Apr 02 2025

opinion

How good would the new NYPD stats be if the left wasn’t helping criminals?

by New York Post | Apr 02 2025

politics

Dozens arrested in major border state bust targeting bloodthirsty Venezuelan gang

by Fox News | Apr 02 2025

real_estate

‘Summer House’ star Lindsay Hubbard is renting this NYC home for $13K/month — and it just listed for sale

by NY Post | Apr 02 2025

retirement

Retirement planning: The differences between a traditional and Roth IRA

by Fox News | Mar 30 2025

soccer

Manchester City and Pep Guardiola handed major fitness boost ahead of Leicester City clash

by Yahoo Sports | Apr 02 2025

Word of the Day

effusive

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for April 2, 2025 is:

effusive • \ih-FYOO-siv\ • adjective

Someone or something described as effusive is expressing or showing a lot of emotion or enthusiasm.

// Jay positively glowed as effusive compliments on the meal echoed around the table.

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Examples:

"More recently, Billboard ranked Grande, who also writes and produces her own work, high on its list of the greatest pop stars of the 21st century. ... Rolling Stone has been similarly effusive, praising 'a whistle tone that rivals Mariah Carey’s in her prime.'" — Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Feb. 2025

Did you know?

English speakers have used effusive to describe excessive outpourings since the 17th century. Its oldest and still most common sense relates to the expression of abundant emotion or enthusiasm, but in the 1800s, geologists adopted a specific sense characterizing flowing lava, or hardened rock formed from flowing lava. Effusive can be traced, via the Medieval Latin adjective effūsīvus ("generating profusely, lavish"), to the Latin verb effundere ("to pour out"), which itself comes from fundere ("to pour") plus a modification of the prefix ex- ("out"). Our verb effuse has the same Latin ancestors. A person effuses when speaking effusively. Liquids can effuse as well, as in "water effusing from a pipe."

Your brain starts eating itself during a marathon, study finds

NASA's SPHEREx telescope 'opens its eyes on the universe', taking stunning debut image of 100,000 galaxies and stars

'A notch above a gimmick': Experts question scientific merit of billionaire's Fram2 'space adventure' around Earth's poles

'Be ready to move quickly to higher ground': Forecaster delivers ominous warning of 1-in-1,000-year flood coming for central US

Supersonic vehicles could become stronger, faster and more durable thanks to new findings

Morento MR5866 smart air purifier review

North America is 'dripping' down into Earth's mantle, scientists discover

Trump’s Tariffs Are Expected to Undermine the Clean Energy Transition

Shingles Vaccination May Help Protect People from Alzheimer’s Disease

Trump Administration Attacks on Science Trigger Backlash from Researchers

Do We Live inside a Black Hole?

Best smart telescopes 2025: The latest technology for exploring the universe

The Hubble Tension Is Becoming a Hubble Crisis

Watch this humanoid robot perform a side flip for the first time

Psychology’s Groupthink Helps Explain the Signal Chat Fiasco

Scientists drilled into Belize's Great Blue Hole and discovered a worrying trend

Diagnostic dilemma: A man's deadly infection was triggered by a probiotic supplement

What Is ‘Squirting’? The Science behind the Controversial Phenomenon Explained

NIH Director Removes Four Main Scientists amid Massive Staff Purge

Ancient Egypt: History, dynasties, religion and writing

Dodge Charger EV Suffers Major Loss To Combustion

13 Major Hair Transformations Celebrities Still Regret

Star Sightings: Doechii Performs in a Denim Outfit in Florida, Edgar Ramirez Gets Pampered Before the Oscars

Office Chair Butt: Cleveland Clinic Experts on How To Prevent It

Giants benching of QB Daniel Jones spotlights NFL-wide issue

Compounded Wegovy Helped Them Lose Weight, But FDA Ban Could Block Access

Here’s Why Only Some Pickles Have Ridges

Long Island’s Happy Cat Sanctuary tragedy capturing the world’s attention

Bob Moses, Mau P & More Lead Zenyara Desert Nights 2025 Lineups During Both Coachella Weekends

Bump in near-term NJ tax revenues, fiscal experts forecast

How good would the new NYPD stats be if the left wasn’t helping criminals?

Dozens arrested in major border state bust targeting bloodthirsty Venezuelan gang

‘Summer House’ star Lindsay Hubbard is renting this NYC home for $13K/month — and it just listed for sale

Retirement planning: The differences between a traditional and Roth IRA

Manchester City and Pep Guardiola handed major fitness boost ahead of Leicester City clash

Word of the Day

10 Odd & Fun

1.Look: Suspected serval captured wandering loose in Ohio

2.Look: One fugitive otter captured in Wisconsin, one still missing

3.Watch: Women have been exchanging the same birthday card for 81 years

4.Wild turkeys chase mail carrier out of Massachusetts neighborhood

5.Watch: $2.5M lottery ticket left in pocket of jacket donated to charity

6.April Fools' 2025: 'Silent' Crunch bar, ranch-flavored Olipop

7.Small dog plucked out of 'ruff waters' of New York's East River

8.Gas station trip earns Florida woman $5M lottery jackpot

9.Watch: Chopstick 'ninja' skills earn Idaho man a Guinness World Record

10.North Carolina family reunited with missing dog after 3 years