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This Hidden Brain Region Could Help You Stay Resilient in Old Age
A surprising measure of frailty and grip strength -
Pompeii’s Early Baths Were Petri Dishes
Things improved with an impressive aqueduct system—if you don’t count lead contamination -
Delusions Are Often Not-So-Delusional After All
A radical shift in understanding psychosis -
How Jupiter and Saturn Dictate Earth’s Oil Deposits
Jurassic mudstones reveal how the heavens impact Earth -
An Asteroid Impact May Explain Our Lopsided Moon
The crash might have radically transformed the lunar interior -
What “Primate” and Other Slasher Monkey Movies Get Wrong
A primatologist explains why monkeys aren’t monsters -
A Billion-Year-Old Piece of Sky Locked Within Ancient Salt Crystals
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Astronaut Brains Change Shape in Space
New research reveals spaceflight is literally mind-bending -
Space Exploration Speaks to the Core of Who We Are
Astrobiologist Caleb Scharf’s 3 greatest revelations while writing his latest book, The Giant Leap -
We’re Evolving Beyond This Rock Right Now
Life is already busy making its transition to being interplanetary -
How Brain Waves Shape Your Sense of Self
It’s all a matter of timing -
Take a Look at the Hairy Mouthparts of a Queen Bee
They’re actually what sets her apart from her worker bees
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When Fake Nuclear Disaster Fallout Reached Los Angeles
A 1965 test revealed how people would fare if a nuclear rocket launch went wrong
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How Childbearing Leaves Its Imprint on Mothers’ Biological Age
The number of kids a woman has and when she has them may shape her later years
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The Trick to Studying Dolphins Without Stressing Them Out
Cameras attached to drones appear to be as reliable as hands-on monitoring methods
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When We Learned Our Universe Is Speeding Up
Violent star blasts pointed to a huge cosmological surprise
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Beer Could Be the Next Frontier in Lab-Grown Meat
Spent brewing yeast offers a meat-textured scaffold for your next burger -
Why Is That Monkey Giving Me a Dirty Look?
It’s intentionally sending a signal that it’s pissed off, so beware -
How Financial Hardship Shows Up in Baby Brains
Early financial strain can have a measurable impact on how infant brains develop -
These Pills Talk to Your Doctor
It’s tough to keep people on track with their medications, but a tiny radio antenna could help -
Your Face May Decide What You Like Before You Do
But it might depend on social cues