In a dark patch of sky in the constellation Centaurus, a ghostly figure drifts through space, pale blue and curved, vaguely human in silhouette. Astronomers call it the Mermaid Nebula. What it actually is, beneath that delicate appearance, is the... Continue Reading →
Lifting weights a couple of times a week may do more for your long-term survival than most people realize, and a sweeping new study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine finally puts numbers to exactly how much is... Continue Reading →
GLP-1 receptor agonists, the class of drugs that includes semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy) and tirzepatide (Mounjaro), have already reshaped how we treat type 2 diabetes and obesity. Now, a large new study suggests they may do something no one originally designed... Continue Reading →
The Moon is practically on our doorstep, and yet, after decades of orbital missions and Apollo sample returns, we still don't have a complete chemical map of its surface. A new study published in Earth, Planets and Space proposes an... Continue Reading →
Octopuses have long been known as escape artists and problem-solvers, but a new Dartmouth study adds a striking skill to their résumé: they can use mirrors to locate prey hidden out of their line of sight, a form of spatial... Continue Reading →
Ozempic and its siblings have dominated medical headlines for years first for diabetes, then for weight loss, then for heart health. This week, two new studies push the story even further, in very different directions. GLP-1 Drugs May Fight Addiction... Continue Reading →
Today's NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day features the Vela Supernova Remnant — a vast tangle of glowing filaments left by a star that exploded 12,000 years ago, just 800 light-years from Earth. At its heart, a pulsar spins ten times per second.
New Harvard-affiliated research published in Nature reveals the thymus — long thought irrelevant in adults — may be a critical predictor of longevity, cardiovascular health, and cancer immunotherapy response.
Researchers have done something quietly extraordinary: they built a new state of matter from scratch, one that physicists theorised could exist but that no one had ever actually managed to create or hold stable. Published last week in the journal... Continue Reading →