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Category: Science News
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Ancient World July 27, 2026: Sacrificed Inca children died very, Archaeologists Discovered 3 300-Year-Old Tombs
Ancient World this week: A new study of three Inca Capacocha mummies from Chile reveals that the children were not killed by hypothermia or; and A 2023 excavation at the Bronze Age port city of Hala Sultan Tekke in Cyprus has yielded over…
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Neurodiversity July 27, 2026: Tallahassee Police unveils autism awareness initiative to help law enforcement interactions
Autism Awareness and Community Support this week: The Tallahassee Police Department launched the Care Autism Awareness Initiative with several partner organizations; and The CDC has revised its long-standing statement that vaccines do not…
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Neurodiversity July 27, 2026: No, Stimulants Don’t Cause Substance Use Problems
Research presented in a July 2026 ADDitude webinar shows that stimulant medication does not increase risk for substance use disorder in people with ADHD, and may reduce risk for severe outcomes.
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Space News July 27, 2026: SpaceX eyes tower catch, Kilometre-scale Jovian moon characterized, Wildfire Burns Through NASA Deep, and more
Space Exploration this week: SpaceX’s 13th Starship test flight ended with an intact, buoyant splashdown in the Indian Ocean, giving engineers; and New multi-instrument observations of Jupiter’s irregular moon Kallichore, combining Hubble…
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Dementia July 27, 2026: Alzheimer’s Blood Test Now Works, Lab-grown mini brains may predict, single brain factor it shields, and more
Alzheimer’s Disease and Frontal Temporal Dementia this week: A real-world study presented at AAIC 2026 in London found that the PrecivityAD2 blood test, measuring p-tau217 and; and Johns Hopkins researchers grew hindbrain organoids from…
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Space News July 20, 2026: it anyway Inside, China’s first recovered booster returns, Soyuz MS-29 launches new crew, and more
Space Exploration this week: Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft executed a daring flyby of the near-Earth asteroid Torifune on July 5, passing just 800; and China achieved its first orbital-class booster recovery on July 10, 2026, using a…
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Dementia July 20, 2026: What Biogen’s anti-tau Alzheimer’s drug, AAIC 2026 Bold approaches, Cell-type signatures of, and more
Alzheimer’s Disease and Frontal Temporal Dementia this week: Biogen’s Phase 2 trial of an anti-tau therapy, BIIB080, showed a 26% reduction in cognitive decline at the lowest; and At AAIC 2026 in London, researchers presented advances in…
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Neurodiversity July 20, 2026: Science Behind Finding, Changing Face of, Medicaid Work Requirements Learn More, and more
Neurodiversity, ADHD, Autism, and AuDHD this week: A systematic review of 113 ADHD medication trials published in The Lancet Psychiatry identifies optimal dosing; and Two foundational models of autism—the ‘extreme male brain’ theory and…
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Ancient World July 20, 2026: million-year-old wooden structure, Ancient DNA Reveals, Family holiday unearths mind-blowing ancient, and more
Ancient World this week: Archaeologists have discovered a wooden structure at Kalambo Falls in Zambia dated to at least 476,000 years ago; and A 13-year ancient DNA study of 169 individuals from the 4,300-year-old Shimao site in northern…
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Webb reveals millions of stars in nearby galaxy
Space Exploration this week: The James Webb Space Telescope has released new images of Centaurus A, revealing millions of individual stars in its; and NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has released new mid- and near-infrared images of the…