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Sound science, smart stories. Knowable Magazine is a nonprofit, mission-driven publication that seeks to make scientific knowledge accessible to all. Free to read, republish and share. An editorially independent journalistic endeavor published by @AnnualReviews
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Mighty mitochondria: Cell powerhouses harnessed for healing?

This graphic depicts the basic steps and results of mitochondrial transplantation. Scientists think that donor mitochondria fuse with the recipient cells’ mitochondrial networks. Then they work to shrink the size of the infarct (the area of tissue dying from lack of blood and oxygen), among other effects. Scientists have studied such transplants in kidneys, livers, muscle, brains, hearts and lungs.

More: https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/technology/2025/mitochondrial-therapy-to-treat-damaged-organs

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How do we sense the need to urinate? The basic urge is surprisingly complex and can go awry as we age.

https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/health-disease/2024/how-do-we-sense-the-need-to-urinate

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The cancers indicated here show underlying similarities between dogs and people. Some, such as blood, lung, breast and bladder cancers, may have shared environmental risk factors.

Canine and human cancers bear many similarities β€” and studies in companion dogs are helping to develop treatments for both species.

🐢 Learn more: https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/health-disease/2025/how-dogs-help-develop-cancer-treatments-for-people

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🧠 What is executive function?
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🧠 Are cell phones the problem... or is something else going on?

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Cats twist and snakes slide, exploiting and negotiating physical laws. Scientists are figuring out how.

https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/physical-world/2024/how-animals-exploit-and-negotiate-physics

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An attosecond is no time at all for a person. Not so for electrons, atoms and molecules. Laser-wielding scientists are revealing the action.

πŸ“ Learn more about this in our recent article republished by The Wire.

https://thewire.in/science/watching-the-world-one-quintillionth-of-a-second-at-a-time

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How do we sense the need to urinate? The basic urge is surprisingly complex and can go awry as we age.

https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/health-disease/2024/how-do-we-sense-the-need-to-urinate

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Yes, something I've been noticing.
When I get home after errands, I have to pee, but if I have to do something before bathroom visit (like put frozen food in freezer after bringing groceries home) the need to pee reduces and when that is done, it comes back. Weird.