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A Billion-Year-Old Piece of Sky Locked Within Ancient Salt Crystals

Here’s what was in the air during the so-called “Boring Billion”

January 12, 2026

Astronaut Brains Change Shape in Space

New research reveals spaceflight is literally mind-bending

January 12, 2026

Space Exploration Speaks to the Core of Who We Are

Astrobiologist Caleb Scharf’s 3 greatest revelations while writing his latest book, <i>The Giant Leap</i>

January 12, 2026

We’re Evolving Beyond This Rock Right Now

Life is already busy making its transition to being interplanetary

January 12, 2026

How Brain Waves Shape Your Sense of Self

It’s all a matter of timing

January 12, 2026

Take a Look at the Hairy Mouthparts of a Queen Bee

They’re actually what sets her apart from her worker bees

January 12, 2026

When Fake Nuclear Disaster Fallout Reached Los Angeles

A 1965 test revealed how people would fare if a nuclear rocket launch went wrong

January 12, 2026

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

January 12, 2026

The Trick to Studying Dolphins Without Stressing Them Out

Cameras attached to drones appear to be as reliable as hands-on monitoring methods

January 9, 2026

Why Finding Motivation Is Often Such a Struggle

The brains of macaques offer some clues

January 9, 2026

Rogue Planet Weighed for the First Time

“The galaxy may be teeming with rogue planets”

January 9, 2026

When We Learned Our Universe Is Speeding Up

Violent star blasts pointed to a huge cosmological surprise

January 9, 2026