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A 55-year-old man’s swollen toes and fingers turned out to have a much stranger explanation than expected. In a recent case report, the man’s doctors detailed how some of his bones were “completely replaced” by metastatic tumors. Doctors in Australia described the case earlier this month in the New England Journal of Medicine. The man visited the hospital after weeks …

If you position two windows next to each other, and you try to resize them so they’re touching along any of their edges, iPadOS will leave a small gap with a draggable area in between so that you can resize both windows at once, sort of like the way resizing apps in Split View mode used to work. Even while …

The patient: A 29-year-old woman in Lithuania The symptoms: The woman had been trying to conceive with her male partner but had not become pregnant. Two rounds of in vitro fertilization (IVF) also failed to produce a pregnancy, but gynecological exams did not find any underlying causes for why she was unable to become pregnant. (When the patient’s doctors described …

CNN  —  After days of speculation, Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham are officially back. The legendary musicians will be releasing a reissue of “Buckingham Nicks,” their first and only studio album as a duo initially put out in 1973 before the pair joined Fleetwood Mac, according to a news release Wednesday. “Buckingham Nicks,” which has not been available on music …

The Bosumtwi impact crater, nestled in Ghana’s mineral-rich Ashanti gold belt, stands as one of Earth’s most well-preserved meteorite impact sites. As highlighted by a recent study published in Geophysical Research Letters (2025), this natural wonder offers unparalleled insights into planetary science, impacting everything from the study of climate history to the understanding of planetary evolution. However, the integrity of …

This is a satellite image collected on Nov. 13, 2012, of the Maoniuping Mine, one of China’s largest rare earth elements mines, located near Mianning, Sichuan province, China. DigitalGlobe/Maxar via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption DigitalGlobe/Maxar via Getty Images Deep in an underground, World War II-era vault on the outskirts of Frankfurt, Germany, investment manager Louis O’Connor guards his …

For lovers of newly identified space objects, July has indeed been an exciting month. Last week, astronomers described Ammonite, a potential dwarf planet beyond Pluto. Yesterday, astronomers announced the existence of BetelBuddy, a small companion star orbiting Betelgeuse. And now we have another exciting discovery to share. In a Planetary Science Journal paper published earlier this month, astronomers with the …

Image credits: Getty Images The warm temperatures of the summer are perfect breeding climates for a variety of bacteria that thrive in increasing temperatures. These developed and quickly rising bacteria are strong enough to battle the immune system and lead to severe health problems, including death.In 2025, a rare flesh-eating bacteria led to the death of four people in Florida. …

In a remarkable stroke of luck, a 240-million-year-old amphibian fossil was uncovered in a pile of rocks used for building a garden retaining wall in New South Wales, Australia. This unprecedented find has offered researchers a fascinating glimpse into the Triassic period, revealing the life of an ancient species that once roamed the rivers of what is now Australia. The …

China’s exports of rare earth magnets to the US surge in June  Reuters Chinese Rare-Earth Magnet Exports Surge After U.S. Trade Truce  The Wall Street Journal China Vows ‘Zero Tolerance’ for Smuggling of Critical Minerals  Bloomberg China’s exports of rare earth magnets to the U.S. skyrocket in June  Yahoo Finance How Strong Is China’s Rare-Earth Card?  Foreign Policy Source link