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Scientists Just Found That Brain Cells Routinely Shatter Their Own DNA While Building the Brain — And Repair It Within 24 Hours

A June 21, 2026 Nature study by Kyoto University found that migrating brain neurons routinely sustain double-strand DNA breaks during development — and repair them within 24 hours.

Medical Daily

How your blood formed? Scientists say ancient 700-million-year-old single-celled ancestors may still live inside human blood

Scientists discover ancient single-celled ancestors still live on in human blood, revealing a 700-million-year evolutionary link hidden inside the immune system. Researchers at Kyoto University traced modern blood cells back to primitive unicellular organisms that existed before complex animals appeared on Earth. The study found macrophages and immune genes like…

The Economic Times

Scientists trace human blood cells back to ancient single-celled ancestors

Scientists have uncovered evidence that human blood and immune cells may have evolved from ancient single-celled organisms nearly 700 million years ago. Researchers at Kyoto University analyzed gene expression across multiple species to trace the evolutionary history of blood cells. Their findings suggest macrophages resemble early ancestral cells and that…

The Economic Times

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AI Jesus App 'Just Like Me' Charges $1.99 Per Minute to Video Chat With a Digital Christ Trained on the King James Bible

The AI Jesus app offers $1.99/min video calls with a digital Christ. Discover its impact on faith, technology, and the debates it ignites. Learn about subscription costs and user experiences.

International Business Times UK

Scientists find 'something extraordinary' in famous supernova's troubled heart

Scientists using the Chandra X-ray telescope have uncovered new details about the famous supernova remnant Cassiopeia A.

LiveScience

Making babies beyond Earth? Mouse study suggests we can make it happen

As humans expand into space, how we'll continue to expand the species remains an important question.

Space

First video of an earthquake fault cracking has revealed another surprise

A stunning video of the ground cracking during a magnitude 7.7 earthquake in Myanmar is revealing new surprises.

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Scientists discover mystery genes behind a cat’s purr and behaviour

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How scratching monkeys can help us understand emotions and consciousness

Scientists Sakumi Iki and Ikuma Adachi recently spent a lot of time watching monkeys scratch themselves.

The Conversation

Why it is good to be nostalgic: Sentimental people ‘have closer friendships’

A study found people who are prone to nostalgia have more close friends and are better at keeping them than those who are less sentimental.

Evening Standard

Scientists find out this strange habit in humans’ closest living relative

Researchers at Japan’s Kyoto University say their findings could have wide-reaching importance for understanding the behavior of animal species

The Independent UK

Urine good company, chimp study finds

A new study reports that primates will synchronize urination with implications for the evolution of social cohesion

Salon

'Contagious' peeing may have deep evolutionary roots, chimp study suggests

People often go to the bathroom in groups, and according to new research chimpanzees do the same, possibly to strengthen group social bonds.

LiveScience

World's 1st wooden satellite deploys from ISS to demonstrate cleaner spacecraft tech (photo)

LignoSat's six-month mission will demonstrate whether wood could help reduce the environmental impact of spaceflight in the future.

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The World’s First Wooden Satellite Could Be the Key To Solving the Space Debris Problem

The first ever wooden satellite, called LignoSat, has reached space.

Space

World's 1st wooden satellite arrives at ISS for key orbital test

LignoSat could help change the way we build satellites.

International Business Times

World's First Wooden Satellite Launched Into Space

The world's first wooden satellite has blasted off on a SpaceX rocket, its Japanese developers said Tuesday, part of a resupply mission to the International Space Station.

The Independent UK

World’s first wooden satellite built in Japan launched to space

Satellite made using traditional Japanese crafts methods without glue or screws, scientists say

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Japan to launch world's 1st wooden satellite in September

Japan plans to launch the world's first wooden satellite this year, in an effort to reduce the environmental impacts of reentering spacecraft.

Latin Times

World's First Wooden Satellite Built By Japan Researchers

Each side of the experimental satellite developed by scientists at Kyoto University and logging company Sumitomo Forestry measures just 10 centimetres (four inches).

The Guardian - UK

Japan to launch world’s first wooden satellite to combat space pollution

The environmentally friendly LignoSat probe – set to orbit this summer – has been created to combat harmful aluminium particles

WEKU

Japanese scientists race to create human eggs and sperm in the lab

Scientists in Japan are leaders in the development of IVG, new technology that could make sperm and eggs from practically any cell in the body. The results could transform human reproduction.

Bangkok Post

Pavin’s book about monarchy banned in Thailand

A book about the monarchy edited by academic-in-exile Pavin Chatchavalpongpun has been banned in Thailand for defaming the royal institution, according to a police announcement published in the Royal Gazette on Friday.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

World's 1st wooden satellite to be built using traditional carpentry

Kyoto University has partnered with various companies to launch the world's first wooden satellite, which will be built using traditional Japanese carpentry techniques. It is set to be launched from the United States in March 2024.

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Japan has a wild idea to launch a satellite made of wood in 2024

An international partnership has designed a wooden satellite scheduled to be jointly launched by the Japanese space agency (JAXA) and NASA sometime next year.

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