Beneath the ice of Saturn’s moon Enceladus lies an ocean that seems an unlikely home for life. Its water is highly alkaline, ...

A forested mountain stream can be far from busy roads and still receive plastic pollution from the air. A study in western ...

Every morning, a gigantic cloud stretches across the Martian sky, reaching up to 1,800 kilometres before vanishing just hours ...

Microplastics are everywhere—in our water, food, and even the air we breathe. A new scientific review highlights a growing concern: microplastics and nanoplastics are accumulating in human brain ...

Thinking of astronaut food we often imagine floating packets of pre-cooked meals. But as our aim for space missions becomes longer and humans plan to stay on the Moon or even Mars, having access to ...

Have you ever asked yourself why nearly all familiar planets have a round shape and not, say, the shape of a cylinder or a cube? Interesting fact: planets appear perfectly round to the eye, but in ...

Ever wonder why, despite getting enough sleep, you still feel exhausted, moody, or unfocused? Research suggests the issue might be your exposure to artificial light at night, such as screens from ...

The human brain, our most complicated organ, has gone through several growth spurts throughout the eons. But about 3000 years ago, something remarkable happened. Instead of the typical continued ...

A few of the deeper returning questions people engage with in conversations and discussions about cosmology relate to what happened before the big bang and what instigated the big bang in the first ...

Most of us think of sitting as one big category. Too much of it is bad, and that is the end of the story. But new research suggests the picture may be more complicated than that. The real question may ...

Eating more processed red meat increases the risk of cognitive decline and dementia, according to a study published in the peer-reviewed science journal Neurology. The research highlights a connection ...

How old are the stars and planets that light up our universe? Age is more than just a number in the world of astrophysics; it unravels the history, evolution, and potential for life in faraway worlds.