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Science & Research

Following evidence from fundamental questions to discoveries that change how we understand life, matter, medicine, humanity's past, and the universe.

AREAS OF INQUIRY

Questions worth following

MED

SRSF1 and Cellular Rejuvenation: A New Preclinical Aging Target

A Nature Aging study reports 14% longer median lifespan and 44% slower frailty progression in small groups of mice given an experimental SRSF1 intervention. Promising biology, not a proven human therapy.

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Invictibellatrix: A Century-Old Fossil Reveals a European Megaraptoran

CT scans of a skull fragment acquired in 1924 uncovered a new long-clawed predator from the Early Cretaceous Isle of Wight. Why this first European megaraptoran matters—and where the evolutionary evidence ends.

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MED

Stair Climbing and Heart Health: What the Evidence Says

A 458,860-person cohort linked more than five daily flights of stairs with lower cardiovascular disease risk. What the 20% statistic means, what it cannot prove, and when stair climbing needs medical guidance.

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Brain Enzymes and Alzheimer’s: Three Research Paths

New research on IDOL, ACE and cPLA2 explores how neuronal receptors, microglia and inflammation influence Alzheimer’s-like pathology. These are experimental strategies, not proven human treatments.

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The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt

Why giant floating seaweed blooms can be both essential marine habitat and a coastal hazard—and what scientists know about their changing drivers.

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Sonic Black Holes: Sound Absorption and Quantum Analogues

A printable duct absorber and quantum Hawking radiation experiments share a striking name. Explore how they work and why they are different.

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Earth's Magnetic Weak Spot

How the South Atlantic Anomaly connects Earth's molten core with satellite radiation risks, and what the evidence means for life on the ground.

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Supervolcanoes & Climate

How large eruptions affect climate—and what Yellowstone, Taupō and Campi Flegrei actually tell us about eruption risk.

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A Feathered Dinosaur and the Branching Origins of Flight

Meet Norellraptor barsboldi and examine the evidence behind competing explanations for the evolution of flight.

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Dark Matter Detector Opens a New Window into the Sun’s Core

XENONnT measured very low-energy solar neutrinos produced by nuclear fusion. A new tool for studying the Sun’s core—and a clear distinction between detecting neutrinos and discovering dark matter.

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Physics & Chemistry

Matter, energy, materials, reactions, and the physical rules that shape our world.

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Archaeology & Human Origins

Human cultures and societies through artifacts, ancient sites, material remains, genetics, dating methods, and the evidence for human origins.

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Research Papers

Important studies, methods, evidence quality, replication, and what new results actually mean.

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Built to grow

This section will expand with explainers, research summaries, source links, and deeper investigations as the Murphy Knowledge Project develops. Related fields will be cross-linked so readers can follow evidence across disciplines rather than treating knowledge as isolated subjects.

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