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Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded to Deisseroth, Hegemann and Nagel

Nature says the prize recognizes their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics.

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Ancient Tennessee bones may be the oldest known tattooing tools

A post citing Science News says microscopic wear and pigment traces on two turkey bones point to their use in tattooing.

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THE WORLD’S OLDEST TATTOO TOOLS WERE HIDING IN THESE BONES

Long before tattoo machines, tattoo needles, or modern body art, people were already marking their skin with permanent designs. But a discovery in Tennessee has pushed the history of tattooing in North America back more than 5,000 years.

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SpudCell reportedly grows, divides and competes across generations, but isn't considered alive

A post describes SpudCell as a cell-like system built by University of Minnesota researchers from roughly 150–200 known molecules. It says protein tags attached to its membrane helped it divide.

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Roughly 200-million-year-old nautiloid fossil reportedly found in Missouri

A September 2026 post describes the fossil as a steinkern—an internal cast of an ancient relative of today’s nautiluses—with visible shell-chamber divisions and traces of a tube involved in buoyancy.

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Nearly 14-year life expectancy gap reported for autistic Medicaid beneficiaries

ShiningScience describes a JAMA Network Open study estimating life expectancy at 64.9 years for autistic Medicaid beneficiaries, compared with nearly 79 years for the general U.S. population.

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Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded to Deisseroth, Hegemann and Nagel

Ancient Tennessee bones may be the oldest known tattooing tools

SpudCell reportedly grows, divides and competes across generations, but isn't considered alive

Roughly 200-million-year-old nautiloid fossil reportedly found in Missouri

Nearly 14-year life expectancy gap reported for autistic Medicaid beneficiaries

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Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded to Deisseroth, Hegemann and Nagel

Ancient Tennessee bones may be the oldest known tattooing tools

SpudCell reportedly grows, divides and competes across generations, but isn't considered alive

Roughly 200-million-year-old nautiloid fossil reportedly found in Missouri

Nearly 14-year life expectancy gap reported for autistic Medicaid beneficiaries