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Phys.org / Dissecting the Grinch: What anatomy reveals about Christmas's most famous villain

The Grinch is one of the holiday season's most familiar icons. The grumpy, green, fur-covered misanthrope who plotted to sabotage Christmas in Dr. Seuss's classic 1957 work has now become a quintessential part of the yearly ...

11 hours ago in Biology
Medical Xpress / Exploring how the visual system recovers following injury

The brain shows a capacity to recover from traumatic injury, which somewhat contradicts the widely accepted idea that neurons do not regenerate. So how is recovery possible?

10 hours ago in Neuroscience
Phys.org / Unlocking even more value in Canada's canola industry

Canada's canola industry generates $43.7 billion in economic activity each year, according to the Canola Council of Canada. Canola oil is currently the primary output, but researchers from the University of Saskatchewan (USask) ...

11 hours ago in Biology
Phys.org / NASA announces plan to map Milky Way with Roman Space Telescope

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team has released detailed plans for a major survey that will reveal our home galaxy, the Milky Way, in unprecedented detail. In one month of observations spread across two years, ...

11 hours ago in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / New York K–12 enrollment down, but charter, homeschool rates double in a decade

New York state's aging population isn't only evident in more graying residents, but in a declining number of school children—down more than a quarter-million over the past decade, according to a new analysis by Cornell ...

5 hours ago in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / Mpox inflammation traced to AIM2 protein: New insights into immune overdrive

A team of researchers, affiliated with UNIST, has identified a protein sensor that plays a key role in triggering severe inflammatory responses during mpox virus (MPXV) infection. The study reveals that this protein, known ...

Tech Xplore / The 'AI homeless man prank' reveals a crisis in AI education

The new TikTok trend "AI homeless man prank" has sparked a wave of outrage and police responses in the United States and beyond. The prank involves using AI image generators to create realistic photos depicting fake homeless ...

11 hours ago in Machine learning & AI
Phys.org / Public trust in AI chatbot therapists surges

Public attitudes toward 'chatbot therapists' shifted dramatically during the rapid rise of generative artificial intelligence in 2023, according to a new Curtin University study, that is now behind the redevelopment of a ...

11 hours ago in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Study reveals fisheries danger zones for large seabirds

New UniSC-led research has raised hopes of reducing the tragic incidental impacts of commercial fishing on large seabirds between Australia and South America.

11 hours ago in Biology
Phys.org / Image: Hubble captures the death of a low-mass star in the Calabash Nebula

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captured an uncommon sight—the death of a low-mass star—in this image of the Calabash Nebula released on Feb. 3, 2017.

12 hours ago in Astronomy & Space
Tech Xplore / What's at stake in Trump's executive order aiming to curb state-level AI regulation

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Dec. 11, 2025, that aims to supersede state-level artificial intelligence laws that the administration views as a hindrance to innovation in AI.

11 hours ago in Business
Phys.org / 'Checkout charity' requests often backfire, leaving shoppers feeling guilty

"Would you like to donate $2 to charity today?"

11 hours ago in Other Sciences