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Biological secrets of world's oldest woman, Maria Branyas Morera, revealed after deathA study of a woman who died in 2024 as the oldest person on Earth attempts to untangle the factors that enable some people to ward off disease in old age.
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NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore were carried away on stretchers after return from space. Here's why that's normal.When astronauts return from a prolonged visit to space, they are often carried out of their capsules and placed on stretchers. The 'stranded' astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore were no exception. Here's why.
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'Let's just study males and keep it simple': How excluding female animals from research held neuroscience back, and could do so againNeuroscience research has only recently begun to prioritize the inclusion of both male and female lab animals in studies. Could we see that shift reverse?
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Thutmose II tomb discovery raises new mysteries: Where is his mummy, and why wasn't he buried in the Valley of the Kings?Why did Hatshepsut have her husband buried to the west of the Valley of the Kings, while she was buried in the valley itself?
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'Plastics are there and seem to be getting worse': Viral study of microplastics in human brains shows worrisome trend, but has flawsA close-up shot of microplastics resting on a human finger.
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Man nearly guaranteed to get early Alzheimer's is still disease-free in his 70s — how?A man who should have developed early-onset Alzheimer's disease due to a genetic mutation is still symptom-free in his 70s. Scientists are trying to understand why.
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Lasers reveal 15th-century fortified Zapotec city in MexicoLidar has fully revealed a 600-year-old Zapotec city in southern Mexico.
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Hims & Hers Super Bowl controversy: What the ad left out about its 'alternative' weight-loss drugsThe telehealth company Hims & Hers put out a Super Bowl ad that skimped on clarifying that its compounded semaglutide medications aren't FDA-approved.
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The existence of intelligent aliens is 'highly likely' — and they could await in our own galaxyAccording to astronomers, there are approximately 200 billion trillion stars in our observable universe — chances are, there’s life out there somewhere.
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