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Researchers found an unusually high concentration of lithium, a strong sign that planetary material was mixed into the star. 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Researchers used sugar-coated nanoparticles to ferry genetic instructions that restore a key tumor-suppressing protein directly into brain cancer cells. 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The bombardment may explain ancient lunar craters and could have contributed to major climate and biological changes on Earth.","published_on":"2026-07-18T13:00:33.000Z","category":"news","first_seen":"2026-07-18T21:44:12.000Z","last_seen":"2026-07-19T05:31:07.000Z","net_sentiment_score":-0.0857,"sentiment_label":"neg","urgency_score":0,"is_optimistic":false},{"id":"732002","url":"https://www.sciencenews.org/article/cyclospora-outbreak-lettuce-diarrhea","source":"sciencenews","title":"Inside the fight against the parasite Cyclospora","excerpt":"Parasite-induced cases of explosive diarrhea are sweeping the United States. 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