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New drug shows strong phase 3 results against male baldness

The management of Cosmo Pharmaceuticals has emphasised the data’s higher significance, portraying the medication as a potential breakthrough. (Image: Freepik)
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Could global warming really lead to the next ice age?

In computer simulations run by the researchers, the cooling effect became strong enough to push Earth into an ice age. (Image for representation: AI generated/ Freepik)
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Archaeologists uncover a 2,200-year-old highway that once connected China’s first empire

Archaeologists uncovered straight, continuous trench passes, reinforced slopes made of rammed earth, compacted roadbeds and valleys that had been deliberately filled to maintain a level route. (image: SCMP/ Handout)
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ISRO rocket LVM-3 places 6000-kg US satellite – its heaviest – into orbit

ISRO launches LVM3-M6
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Tail of Comet 3I/ATLAS points wrong way, has strange wobbling jets

After making its closest approach to Earth on December 19, when it came within about 168 million miles, or 270 million km, 3I/ATLAS began its long departure towards the outer solar system.(Image: NASA)
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Sacrificing individual protection allowed ant colonies to grow larger and evolve faster, shows new research

Another possibility is that as ant societies became more complex, group-level defences such as collective nest protection and social disease control reduced the need for heavy individual armour. (Image: Freepik)
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Brain ageing differs by sex, but Alzheimer’s risk remains uneven

The researchers found that male brains showed a greater reduction in volume and signs of decline in more brain regions than female brains. (Image: Freepik)
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ISRO’s BlueBird Block-2 Mission lift-off today: Watch LIVE

LVM3M6 is set to launch the BlueBird Block-2 spacecraft tomorrow from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota.
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JAXA mission onboard H3 rocket fails at second stage

JAXA mission onboard H3 rocket fails at second stage
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Is moderate drinking really safe? New research raises doubts

Based on their findings, the researchers argue that reducing alcohol-related cancer risk requires more than blanket advice to “drink less”. (Image for representation: Freepik)
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Lemon-shaped world is the most stretched-out planet ever seen

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Scientists create see-through insulation that keeps buildings warmer

A sheet of MOCHI just 5 millimetres thick is enough to shield a person’s palm from the heat of an open flame. (Image: CU Bolder)
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Archaeologists reveal valley temple at Abu Ghurab that once worshipped Egyptian Sun god Ra

Evidence from later phases shows that the valley temple did not remain a purely sacred space forever. After roughly a century of use, it appears to have been converted into a residential area.(Image: Facebook/ Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities وزارة السياحة والآثار)
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Some ancient humans had more ‘primitive’ faces, a skull from Ethiopia shows

Researchers now plan to compare DAN5 with some of the earliest known European human fossils, including those attributed to Homo erectus and Homo antecessor, dated to around one million years ago. (Image: Nature)
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Arctic warming turning Alaska’s rivers red with toxic runoff

In an image provided by the USGS, A tributary of the Kugaaruk River in northern Alaska turning orange from elevated heavy metal concentrations. Record-setting temperatures and rainfall in the Arctic over 2025 sped up the melting of permafrost and washed toxic minerals into more than 200 rivers across northern Alaska, threatening vital salmon runs, according to a report card issued by federal scientists. (Image: The New York Times)
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Earth’s satellite fleet faces rising risk of rapid collision cascades, says study

The orbital environment has changed dramatically recently. By 2024, more than 14,000 satellites were circling Earth, with megaconstellations accounting for the majority. SpaceX’s Starlink network alone had placed 8,811 satellites in orbit by October 2025. (Image for representation: AI generated)
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Mosasaurs may have adapted to freshwater rivers before mass extinction: Study

Additional mosasaur teeth from slightly older nearby sites showed similar freshwater signals, strengthening the conclusion that some mosasaurs occupied rivers during the final million years before their extinction. (Image: Christopher DiPiazza)
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Scientists develop world’s smallest autonomous robots, almost invisible to naked eye

The robots combine engineering breakthroughs from two institutions. (AI-generated image for representation)
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Geminid meteor shower peaks tonight with bright streaks over India: What to know

Finding an open area of sky, allowing your eyes to acclimatise to the darkness, and avoiding direct looking at the radiant point are the best strategies.(Image for representation: Freepik)
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Giant structure discovered deep beneath Bermuda puzzles scientists

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San Francisco AI startup Conduit builds largest brain-to-language dataset in underground lab

To make the recordings possible, Conduit built its own hardware from scratch. Off-the-shelf headsets, the team found, could not capture enough signals at once.(Image: conduit)
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John Grisham warns our attention is collapsing: 5 science-backed tips to rebuild your focus

Researchers say attention fragmentation has surged over the past two decades, driven largely by digital overload. (Image: FreePik/Facebook-JohnGrishamInt)
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Astronomers spot a rare planet orbiting twin stars with a 300-year-long year

Further analysis revealed the planet is a gas giant roughly six times Jupiter’s size, still retaining some of the heat from its formation. Despite being about 13 million years old, astronomically speaking, it is a newborn. (Image: AI generated)
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Archaeologists Find Oldest Evidence of Fire-Making

Some 400,000 years ago, in what is now eastern England, a group of Neanderthals used flint and pyrite to make fires by a watering hole — not just once, but time after time, over several generations. (Express Photo)
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New Mars mission blueprint lays out science goals for humanity’s first steps on Red Planet

"This will be the farthest and the most isolated that humans have ever been,"said James Pawelczyk a researcher and associate professor at Penn State.(Image: NASA)
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