41+ min ago  (545+ words) During their historic lunar flyby, astronauts on NASA's Artemis II mission witnessed meteorites striking the rugged surface of the Moon, a sight that has piqued scientists' curiosity. "That was definitely impact flashes on the moon. And Jeremy (Hansen) just saw…...

1+ hour, 40+ min ago  (887+ words) Most of us were told off at some point for how we sat. "Don't cross your legs, you'll ruin your knees." "You'll get varicose veins." It belongs to that familiar pile of health warnings many of us heard as kids,…...

10+ hour, 13+ min ago  (934+ words) A blazing galaxy half a billion light-years away could offer us a real-time, front-row seat to a supermassive black hole collision on human timescales, possibly within a mere century. If confirmed, it could mean that one of the white whales…...

12+ hour, 16+ min ago  (793+ words) New simulations show that the world's strongest ocean current didn't start flowing overnight " several major factors needed to align before it could begin exerting its powerful influence on Earth's climate. Five times stronger than the Gulf Stream, the Antarctic Circumpolar…...

13+ hour, 11+ min ago  (615+ words) The vividness of our dreams may be linked to how well-rested we feel upon waking, according to a new study. Led by a team from the IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, in Italy, the study's authors say their findings…...

13+ hour, 33+ min ago  (566+ words) An expedition to a deep-sea ridge, just north of the Hawaiian Islands, revealed a surprise back in 2022: an ancient dried-up lakebed paved with what appears to be a yellow brick road. The exploration vessel Nautilus discovered the eerie scene while…...

18+ hour, 41+ min ago  (624+ words) Alien megastructures built to harvest stellar energy or alter the orbits of stars may be physically feasible, according to a new analysis " satisfying both our sci-fi fancies and our innate yearning to not feel so alone in a large, cold…...

22+ hour, 41+ min ago  (902+ words) Push-ups can be a challenge for the best of us. But many women struggle to do them, even after months of training in the gym. So when a so-called "women's push-up hack" started trending on social media, it's hardly surprising…...

1+ day, 39+ min ago  (612+ words) Carrying one or two copies of the APOE4 gene variant significantly increases the risk of developing Alzheimer's, and a new study reveals how APOE4 can change neuron activity " potentially many years before symptoms such as memory loss start showing. In young mice…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (846+ words) It's easy to take our eyes for granted. But our recent research shows they took an incredible evolutionary journey to reach their current familiar form. It has long been known that our (vertebrate) eyes differ fundamentally from the ones of…...