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November 12, 2025 3 min read ‘Mono’ Virus May Also Cause Lupus Early findings indicate that Epstein-Barr Virus may also cause the autoimmune disease lupus By Humberto Basilio edited by Tanya Lewis The Epstein-Barr virus, which causes mononucleosis, may also drive the autoimmune disorder lupus. RUSLANAS BARANAUSKAS/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images For years scientists have suspected…
A lignite power plant in Germany Patrick Pleul/dpa/Alamy Worldwide fossil fuel emissions are set to rise 1.1 per cent in 2025, reaching another record high as humanity burns hydrocarbons at ever greater rates, according to the annual Global Carbon Budget report. In a positive sign, emissions from China, the world’s biggest emitter, appear to be…
A child-friendly brain imaging technique is just one way neuroscientist Cat Camacho investigates how children learn to process emotions.
November 12, 2025 3 min read Final Clues to Mystery of CIA Kryptos Puzzle Released “Kryptos has not been solved,” said artist Jim Sanborn after releasing his parting clues to the “K4” section of his sculpture puzzle By Dan Vergano edited by Clara Moskowitz A “proof-of-concept” copper plate for the Kryptos sculpture that is up…
Lupus can cause extreme fatigue, rashes and pain in joints and muscles syahrir maulana/Alamy The virus behind glandular fever, also known as mononucleosis or kissing disease, seems to infect and reprogram immune cells in the body, priming some people to develop the autoimmune condition lupus. Lupus, or systemic lupus erythematosus, occurs when the immune system…
Dolphins whistle, humpback whales sing and sperm whales click. Now, a new analysis of sperm whale codas — a unique series of clicks — suggests a previously unrecognized acoustic pattern. The finding, reported November 12 in Open Mind, implies that the whales’ clicking communications might be more complex — and meaningful — than previously realized….
November 12, 2025 3 min read Climate Action Is Slow—But It Will Still Curb Extreme Heat Ten years after the Paris climate agreement, the limited progress we’ve made in reducing global warming means that there will be less extreme heat in the future than there would be without the accord By Andrea Thompson edited by…
Regular intimacy can have health benefits Maria Korneeva/Getty Images Sex, or even just intimate touch, could help speed up wound healing – but perhaps only if combined with a nasal oxytocin spray. Often called the “love hormone” or “cuddle chemical”, oxytocin stimulates uterine contractions during childbirth, and then lactation, but has also been associated with…
When one supernova commenced, it looked like an olive — at least before it got shaken and stirred. This insight, reported in the Nov. 12 Science Advances, comes from new observations taken in the wake of a massive star’s death. As some of the most comprehensive views ever captured of a supernova’s first moments, the…
