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Temperature records have tumbled across the UK and Europe as scientists warn it is a sign of things to come.

Record-breaking heatwave hits US as Fourth of July holiday weekend gets underway.

Scientists at UCLA discovered a surprising reason aging muscles heal more slowly. In older muscle stem cells, a protein called NDRG1 builds up and acts like a brake, slowing the cells’ ability to jump into repair mode after injury. But there’s a twist: that same protein helps the cells survive the s...

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Some areas may reach record temperatures over the long weekend.

The site is part of e-MERLIN, a globally significant group of seven radio telescopes across the UK.

The rhythm of human laughter appears to have deep evolutionary roots shared with chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, and orangutans. That ancient pattern may offer one of the clearest clues yet to how the vocal control needed for human speech gradually evolved.

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A surprising discovery is overturning a long-held assumption about how the brain’s movement center works. Researchers found that two key cerebellar cell types—thought to be tightly linked—often don’t behave in predictable ways, even though one directly influences the other. The finding suggests scie...