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Inside the Space Station Lab Where Matter Almost Stops Moving
Space

Inside the Space Station Lab Where Matter Almost Stops Moving

NASA's Cold Atom Lab aboard the ISS is cooling atoms to near absolute zero, producing a rare fifth state of matter impossible to study on Earth.

June 23, 2026
New Zealand's Million-Year Cave Holds a Bird Nobody Expected
Curiosities

New Zealand's Million-Year Cave Holds a Bird Nobody Expected

A cave near Waitomo yielded fossils of 16 species from 1 million years ago, including a parrot that may have flown.

June 23, 2026
The Knee Procedure Giving Gardeners Their Ground Back
Nature

The Knee Procedure Giving Gardeners Their Ground Back

A minimally invasive treatment called GAE is cutting chronic knee pain in half - without major surgery.

June 23, 2026
Why Fitness Tech Keeps Optimizing the Wrong Number
Tech

Why Fitness Tech Keeps Optimizing the Wrong Number

A Cambridge researcher argues protein and exercise guidelines target survival, not performance - and wearables are tracking the wrong thresholds.

June 23, 2026
The Vitamin That May Change What Glioblastoma Can Do
Curiosities

The Vitamin That May Change What Glioblastoma Can Do

A clinical trial at the University of Calgary is testing high-dose niacin against glioblastoma, with early results that surprised the research team.

June 22, 2026
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