Scientists say they may be closer than ever to reversing aging | Raising SIRT6 in old mice restored youthful DNA organization in the liver and reduced inflammatory aging signals.
Scientists improve knowledge on sea level rise—and confirm it has been accelerating since 1960 | Sea level rise is a direct consequence of human-induced climate change: global warming. It is relentless and very hard to stop.
The origin of sex is a 567 million-year-old deep-sea creature | The fossil of a tube-shaped coral-like organism shows it was reproducing ten million years earlier than previously believed, scientists found in Canada
Where did Neptune's mysterious moon Nereid come from? It may be the only survivor of the planet's violent history | These findings solidify questions about the moon that stem back to its discovery in 1949.
Satellite launch pollution is becoming a major climate threat, on top of the huge space debris problem that already exists | A new study says this growing wave of satellites could create a serious environmental problem that most people still are not talking about.
Scientists Found A 66-million-year-old Dinosaur Bone With Collagen Still Intact | For decades, dinosaur bones were thought to be nothing more than stone. But one remarkable fossil is hinting at something far more extraordinary.
Antarctic Sea Ice Enters 'Shock' Decline as Ocean Heat Breaks Through | Antarctica was long considered a part of the climate system expected to change slowly. The speed of the recent sea ice decline has therefore come as a shock.
57 years and one day ago, the Soviet probe Venera 6 traversed the clouds of Venus for 51 minutes and stopped transmitting 10 km from the surface because the pressure of 60 bar and the heat of 320 degrees Celsius crushed its hull, and no space agency has managed to replicate the feat to this day.
Watch an asteroid the size of a blue whale hurtle towards Earth live online May 18 | The livestream will begin at 3:45 p.m. EDT on May 18, bringing near real time views of the asteroid from robotic telescopes in Italy, weather permitting.
Voyager 1 is still transmitting from beyond the heliosphere on 22 watts — less power than the bulb in your hallway — and the engineers who built it in the 1970s never expected we'd still be listening half a century later.
Scientists Dig Up A 90-foot Giant Dinosaur In Thailand That Could Crush Four Elephants | Scientists have stumbled upon a dinosaur of incredible size in Thailand, but the full excavation is far from complete.
Why is almost everyone right-handed? The answer may lie in how we learned to walk | About 90% of people across every human culture favor their right hand—with no other primate species showing a population-level preference on this scale.
Antarctica’s sudden sea ice loss is one of the most extreme and confusing events in the modern climate record. Scientists now know why it's happening. | In 2015, after decades of relative stability, Antarctica's sea ice suddenly began to disappear. Scientists have now figured out what happened.
NASA maps show Earth's brightest and darkest regions at night | New maps from NASA using nearly a decade's worth of data show how the use of artificial light has shifted over the years.
The surprising reason why T. rex had short arms | T. rex’s tiny arms may have shrunk to avoid bites during feeding frenzies, according to a new paleontology study.
NASA just put a 30-day clock on a $700 million Mars contract, and the deadline tells you everything about how scared the agency is of losing its relay orbiters before astronauts arrive | NASA's Mars relay infrastructure is dying, and the agency just put a 30-day clock on finding a replacement.
New study finds men may experience faster memory-related brain decline than women. Researchers at the University of Oslo analyzed more than 12,600 MRI scans from nearly 4,700 healthy people aged 17 to 95, revealing broader and quicker age-related changes across multiple brain regions in men.
How Far Has NASA’s Perseverance Rover Traveled on Mars? The Answer May Surprise You | After 5 years of exploring the Martian surface, Perseverance has logged some serious milage.