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Researchers at the University of California, San Diego report that a week-long program that combines meditation with other mind-body techniques can quickly produce measurable changes in both brain activity and blood biology. The study found that these habits activate natural pathways involved in brain flexibility, metabolism, immune function, and pain relief. Published in communication biologythis finding provides new evidence that spiritual practices can have a significant impact on physical health. Meditation and similar approaches have been used for thousands of years to support well-being, but scientists have struggled to explain exactly how they affect the body. This new study is…

(Editor’s note: This story contains images of dead cows that some people may find disturbing.) The British Columbia government has recommended fines for those responsible for the deaths of more than a dozen cows last fall, but the Ministry of Environment and Parks has not said exactly who investigators believe is responsible for poisoning at least 13 cows in the province’s interior. Announcements, events, and more from Tyee and select partners New Firehole production center for counterfeit Indigenous art Drew Hayden Taylor’s latest play puts questions of identity and authenticity center stage. The Tyee is hiring its next editor-in-chief Founding…

Life cannot form on Earth unless certain chemical elements are available in sufficient quantities. Two of the most important are phosphorus and nitrogen. Phosphorus helps build DNA and RNA, which store and transmit genetic information, and also plays an important role in how cells manage energy. Nitrogen is a major part of proteins and is essential for building cells and helping them function. Without sufficient phosphorus and nitrogen, life cannot emerge from inanimate matter. The new study, led by Craig Walton, a postdoctoral researcher at the Center for the Origin and Spread of Life at ETH Zurich, and Maria Schönbechler,…

Perma Pure and Maxtec today announced that they will combine under a new parent company, Salaera, to form a global technology platform specializing in breathing and gas system integrity. This move creates one of the industry’s most comprehensive platforms for respiratory care, diagnostics, life sciences, air quality monitoring, and industrial gas analysis, leading the market with the growing demand for accurate, connected, and data-rich systems. For more than 50 years, Perma Pure has been a global authority in gas conditioning, built on proprietary Nafion™ polymer technology and a robust component portfolio, used in critical applications around the world. The clinical…

New observations by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) are shedding light on an extremely rare and “forbidden” exoplanet known as TOI-5205 b. Scientists have discovered that the giant planet’s atmosphere contains fewer heavy elements than its host star. This surprising result could change the way researchers understand the early stages of giant planet formation. The survey results are astronomical journalcomes from an international team led by Caleb Kanyas of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, with assistance from Carnegie Science’s Shubham Kanodia and others. giant planet orbiting a small star TOI-5205 b is about the same size as Jupiter, but…

Newly identified fossil remains in southwestern China are changing scientists’ understanding of how complex animal life first developed on Earth. The discovery shows that many major animal groups already existed before the Cambrian period began. The research was led by a team from Oxford University’s Natural History Museum and School of Earth Sciences, Yunnan University in China, and was published in the journal April 2. science. Scientists have long believed that a rapid increase in diverse and complex animals, known as the Cambrian Explosion, began about 535 million years ago. This period marked a dramatic change from simple organisms to…

Controlled blast studies found that standard unisex armor reduced peak pressures for both male and female mannequins, but larger air gaps around the female torso increased impact exposure, raising new questions about how well current armor fits and protects different body types. Research: Gender-based effects of impact energy exposure in combatants. Image credit: Svitlana Hulko / Shutterstock In a recent study published in the journal scientific reportresearchers investigated the performance of standard body armor under blast conditions on male and female combatants. Armor reduced both peak pressures, but significant differences emerged between the sexes. The female body shape created a…

The World Health Organization (WHO) today called on people around the world to renew their commitment to working together and supporting science as a twin force for better health, building on the World Health Day 2026 theme: “Together for Health. Standing with Science.” The campaign commemorates the establishment of WHO on April 7, 1948, and the launch of a year-long public health campaign. Human health has changed significantly over the past century, primarily due to scientific advances and international cooperation. Global maternal mortality rates have fallen by more than 40% since 2000, and deaths among children under five have fallen…

Psychotherapy has always been a very human endeavor, where the patient speaks, the therapist listens and responds, and healing occurs through words. However, with the rapid rise of conversational artificial intelligence, especially large-scale language models (LLM), that paradigm is rapidly changing. A team of researchers at the University of Utah is working on this change, but the question isn’t: “Will robots replace therapists?” Rather, they consider more practical questions: what to automate and to what extent. “The history of new technologies like this is almost always about collaboration and how it supports doing the work that human experts can do,”…

Researchers at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have discovered a new blood-based biomarker that helps identify and characterize asymptomatic Lynch syndrome (LS) patients who are more likely to develop cancer based on early immune detection signatures. This allows clinicians to stratify patients based on their individual risk level. This study nature communicationsled by Eduardo Villar Sánchez, MD, Interim Chair of Clinical Cancer Prevention. These results advance our understanding of T cell responses in LS carriers and provide personalized insights for early cancer detection, monitoring, and therapeutic intervention in these populations. Providing a potential non-invasive blood test to…