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Christopher Cowie, iai The universe contains trillions of planets, and scientists are more optimistic than ever that we are on the verge of finding life beyond Earth. But Christopher Cowie,...

Phil Plait, Scientific American Betelgeuse has always been something of a mystery. And by "mystery," I mean a source of endless fun, fascination and frustration for...

Eric Topol, Ground Truths There has been a big shake-up in the understanding for how our brain ages. Until now, the prevailing belief was that our brain tissue shrinks with age, exemplified...

Wiseman & Sullivan, The Conversation A 2025 study by South Korean researchers caught the attention of the astronomy community when it suggested that the evidence behind dark energy could be...

Burak Oktenli, RCScience On August 10,

Joe Schwarcz, McGill OSS "You can grow enough marijuana in a window box to drive the whole population of the United States stark, staring, raving mad." Those words appeared in the...

Ida Irene Bergstrøm, ScienceNorway In the mountains and other high-altitude areas, you can often come across circles made of stone, says Arne Håkon Thomassen. Why did people make so...

Joel David Hamkins, MIT Press Reader According to legend, giants once roamed the Earth. In Homer's "Odyssey," Odysseus encounters the Cyclops, the one-eyed son of Poseidon, living in a huge...

Jess Cockerill, Science Alert We know that plant-based diets can be a good option for people looking to

Tereza Pultarova, Space.com An 8,800-pound (4,000 kilograms) Falcon 9 rocket stage hit the moon last Wednesday (Aug. 5), stirring lunar regolith in a massive plume of dust observable all the...

Meilan Solly, Smithsonian In 1304, Edward I of England unveiled a powerful new...

Matthew Phelan, Gizmodo Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water, tropical stingrays are now swarming California's beaches—violently impaling (i.e., poking) summer...

Richard Sima, Wash Post

Thomas Schwartz-Dreyfus, Long.Tech The longevity field is getting better at talking about women. But when it comes to muscle, it still too often treats menopause as a lifestyle inconvenience...

Eleanor Garth, Longevity.Tech Women outlive men in almost every country on Earth. They also, on average, spend more of those extra years unwell. More disability, more dementia, a heavier...

Courtenay Brown, Axios America's aging population is muddying a headline signal of

University of Utah "Always finish your antibiotics" is no longer considered medical best practice for all conditions. Surprised? You're not alone. A new study has found that...

EurekAlert! In England and Canada, socioeconomic inequalities are associated with differences as people age, with less wealthy people showing reduced mobility and function compared to their...

Rockefeller University Life expectancy has nearly doubled over the past century, thanks to remarkable advances in basic science, medicine, and public health. That longer average lifespan,...

Martin Gould & Koji Flynn-Do, Works in Progress In September 2022, a new kind of pig farm opened in China: a