Long-term melatonin use linked to 90% higher heart failure risk
People with chronic insomnia who used melatonin long term had a roughly 90% higher risk of developing heart failure over five years, according to a large prelim…
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Dogs may hold surprising clues to human longevity
Dogs and humans may have more in common when it comes to aging than scientists realized. Researchers with the Dog Aging Project found that patterns of small mol…
2,600 silver coins found in outskirts of Moscow may have been buried by a medieval plague victim
A hoard of silver coins has been unearthed near Moscow, revealing new information about money minting in the 15th century.…
Keto diet cut liver fat by 67% in a clinical trial
A ketogenic diet outperformed Mediterranean and low-fat diets in several measures of metabolic health during a clinical trial involving people with obesity, pre…
'Everything is connected': Readers share their concerns about extreme heat's health impacts
Earth's temperatures are steadily rising, with the past decade experiencing all 10 of the warmest years on record. As heat waves become more frequent and intens…
The universe is still speeding up, but nobody knows why
A major new analysis challenges recent claims that the universe's expansion is slowing, finding that the evidence for cosmic acceleration remains strong. The fi…
New kind of AI uses a fresh approach to reasoning — researchers say it costs up to 11 times less to run than a leading OpenAI model
Scientists say that a new vector-based approach to cognition is dramatically cheaper than standard methods and signal the start of the "post-transformer" era of…
Scientists discover why damaged nerves struggle to heal
Scientists have identified a protein that acts like a brake on the nervous system’s ability to repair damaged connections. Blocking AHR helped injured nerve fib…
Does water drain in different directions in the Northern and Southern hemispheres?
Earth's rotation can influence a draining vortex. So does that mean water in a drain spirals in opposite directions in different parts of the world?…
Your sleep may be hiding an early clue to Alzheimer’s
Frequent micro-awakenings during sleep were linked to higher genetic risk for Alzheimer’s in healthy middle-aged adults who had no symptoms. The discovery raise…
'It's kind of the holy grail of what is memory': Neuroscientist Steve Ramirez studies the physical basis of memory in a quest to manipulate it
Steve Ramirez, a neuroscientist and author of "How to Change a Memory," tells editor Hannah Osborne about the science and ethics of memory manipulation, and the…
NASA's Roman Space Telescope is ready for launch aboard SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket is poised to lift off with the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope on Aug. 30. This observatory is on a mission to usher in a new wav…
This Week In Space podcast: Episode 225 — Get a Grip!
On Episode 225 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by Adam Kall of KMI to discuss their work on the ISS may provide answers for orbital d…
When is the next lunar eclipse?
August's "almost Blood Moon" partial lunar eclipse has come and gone, delighting stargazers with a gorgeous natural light show as light filtered by our planet's…
President Donald J. Trump Calls the International Space Station Crew
On this day in space! Aug. 29, 1965: NASA's Gemini 5 breaks spaceflight duration record after 2 astronauts spent '8 days in a garbage can'
On Aug. 29, 1965, two NASA astronauts returned to Earth after spending eight days in space on the record-setting Gemini 5 mission, setting the stage for longer …
IETF email infrastructure transition planned for 11 September
A transition to a new modern, modular, and containerized infrastructure for email services provided for ietf.org, iab.org, irtf.org, rfc-editor.org (including e…
SpaceX test-fires Starship Super Heavy booster ahead of critical Flight 14 (video)
SpaceX fired up all 33 engines of its Super Heavy booster to gear up for the next Starship test flight, which will mark the first time the vehicle goes orbital.…
Meeting Nancy Grace Roman: What was the 'mother of Hubble' really like?
Nearly a decade ago, I found myself laughing alongside one of the most iconic women in astronomy. This week, a telescope bearing her name launches to the stars.…
Who was Nancy Grace Roman? NASA's next big space telescope is named after the 'Mother of Hubble'
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is about to launch on an incredible adventure to help scientists explore the great mysteries of the universe. But who was …





