You probably underestimate your own brain every single day. You forget where you left your keys, you blank on a name, you open the fridge and then wonder what you came for, and you quietly conclude that your brain just isn’t that great. But under those ordinary, slightly chaotic moments is a physical and mental ...
A lost galaxy called ‘Loki’ may be hiding inside the Milky Way – Image for illustrative purposes only (Image credits: Unsplash) In the bustling disk of the Milky Way, just a few thousand light-years from the Sun, a cluster of exceptionally ancient stars orbits in unexpected ways. These 20 very metal-poor stars, with iron contents ...
‘We can no longer ignore diseases in the deep human past’: Malaria influenced early humans’ migrations across Africa, study suggests – Image for illustrative purposes only (Image credits: Unsplash) A new study has uncovered how the threat of malaria steered prehistoric humans away from danger zones in sub-Saharan Africa for more than 70,000 years. Researchers ...
The universe may end trillions of years sooner than we thought – Image for illustrative purposes only (Image credits: Pexels) Researchers have unveiled a model that challenges the prevailing view of an eternally expanding universe. Their analysis points to a potential Big Crunch, where cosmic expansion reverses and the universe collapses back on itself in ...
New AI algorithms are 95% better at showing how the universe changes over time – Image for illustrative purposes only (Image credits: Flickr) Astrophysicists have developed a novel set of AI algorithms that dramatically improve the precision of modeling how the universe evolves over time. Known as GAME, or Genetic Algorithms with Marginalised Ensembles, this ...
You live in a universe where entire stars, planets, and even light itself can be swallowed whole, never to return. Black holes are not just distant, abstract monsters from science documentaries; they are real objects shaping the galaxies you see in the night sky and even influencing the future of the cosmos itself. The more ...
Used SpaceX rocket could crash into the moon’s Einstein crater this summer, report predicts – Image for illustrative purposes only (Image credits: Pexels) A discarded upper stage from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched earlier this year is expected to slam into the moon’s Einstein crater on August 5. Trajectory analysts predict the impact will ...
You hear a lot about polar bears and pandas, but some of the most threatened animals on Earth are a lot closer to your backyard than you might think. Across the United States, a handful of rare species are hanging on by a thread, surviving in shrinking pockets of habitat, dodging cars, disease, and climate ...
If you have ever walked into a room and forgotten why you went there, you might think your memory is terrible. But beneath those everyday slip‑ups, your brain is quietly performing memory feats that are almost impossible to replicate with technology. You are constantly recording, sorting, updating, and deleting information, often without even realizing it. ...
You grow up with a simple timeline in your head: first came the great cities of Mesopotamia and Egypt, then, much later, the civilizations of the Americas finally appeared on the stage. Then you stumble across one desert valley in Peru, or one windswept creek in Chile, or a quiet bluff in North America, and ...
