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Happy new year! If you’re a redhead, the pigments in your hair are protecting you from cellular damage. A post-stroke injection comprising regenerative nanomaterial can protect the brain. And researchers have developed a method to extract rare earth elements from…
Crystals hidden in Australia’s oldest rocks have revealed new clues about how Earth and the Moon formed. The study suggests Earth’s continents didn’t begin growing until hundreds of millions of years after the planet itself formed. When scientists compared the…
Although the gut renews itself constantly, its stem cells accumulate age-related molecular changes that quietly alter how genes are switched on and off. Scientists found that this “epigenetic drift” follows a clear pattern and appears in both aging intestines and…
The Washington Monument lit up on New Year’s Eve in celebration of the Artemis 2 moon mission as well as the 250th anniversary year of the Declaration of Independence.
NASA is returning four astronauts to Earth early from the International Space Station due to a medical concern with one of the Crew-11 astronauts. Here’s the latest news.
The old saying goes: Money can’t buy happiness. But it sure can make or break a relationship.
Kimiya Yui released the timelapse footage to celebrate his 300th cumulative day spent orbiting Earth.
Sleep isn’t just about feeling rested—it may be one of the strongest predictors of how long you live. Researchers analyzing nationwide data found that insufficient sleep was more closely tied to shorter life expectancy than diet, exercise, or loneliness. The…
SpaceX launched 29 Starlink broadband satellites to orbit from Florida’s Space Coast on Friday (Jan. 9), acing its third mission of 2026.
Both Moon and Sun create beautiful