A surprising new method has been discovered to help individuals transition from unhelpful rumination to relaxed and positive thinking. Many people seek therapy to address their tendency to overthink, expressing a desire to find ways ...
Earth is about to bust through a stream of dust and debris left in the inner solar system by Halley’s comet in 390 BC—and that could mean an outburst of “shooting stars” for some sky-watchers. ...
This week sees the peak of the Eta-Aqaurids meteor shower, an annual meteor shower caused by the world’s most famous comet—1P Halley. Halley’s comet—named after the English astronomer who plotted its orbit in the 17th ...
A severe geomagnetic storm on Sunday, April 23 saw aurora visible as far south as the border between the US and Mexico—and it’s expected to continue in some way tonight. While states close to the ...
A woman in China has become the first person in the world to die from a strain of bird flu rarely found in humans, the World Health Organization confirmed Wednesday, as concerns grow over the ...
After almost two years of waiting for Elon Musk’s Mars rocket to fly again, things are really starting to move quickly now, it seems. The Super Heavy first stage booster section of Starship was moved ...
It’s an iconic picture: whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) traveling vast distances to feed on plankton and other small prey, their white-and-blue spots often jutting out of the water due to their enormous size. And it’s ...
High blood pressure can damage the same regions of the brain that are linked to dementia and declines in mental processes, according to a study published Monday, directly tying the two serious medical conditions for ...
On Wednesday, startup Relativity Space successfully launched its Terran 1 rocket from its launch complex at Cape Canaveral, Florida, after two previous attempts had been scrubbed. However, the rocket failed to reach orbit due to ...
This week we discovered that all the water on Earth is older than the Sun, but we still don’t know where it came from. Not from “melted” meteorites, suggests a new study published today in ...
United Nations scientists warned Monday the world is on track to pass a critical temperature threshold believed to be essential to combat climate change by the early 2030s—as scientists resound the alarm for drastic cuts ...
In the 2016 science fiction drama Arrival about first contact with aliens, the movie’s two protagonists, a linguist and a physicist, meet in a military helicopter on their way to attempt to decipher and understand ...
Roads and bridges have been destroyed in the embattled eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, where smoke from Russian ordnance was visible to satellites Monday. The city lies on the front line of Ukraine’s year-long resistance ...
Our planet is a ocean world and we are water people. Precisely 70.8% of the surface area of Earth is oceans, which contain 97% of Earth’s water. About 55%-60% of our bodies consist of water. ...
Pentagon efforts to develop new missile propellants and explosives waned after the collapse of the Soviet Union, but the Chinese have made big strides. In1987, U.S. Navy researchers discovered a new explosive with fearsome capabilities. ...
Researchers on Monday announced promising results for a tuberculosis vaccine that can be freeze-dried and safely stored at higher temperatures for months, hailing a major breakthrough in the fight against one of humanity’s biggest killers ...
A new relationship can be exhilarating, but it’s also stressful. Many people come to therapy worried about whether their newfound love will withstand the test of time. They say things like: “I know she is ...
Jupiter now officially has 92 moons after astronomers observed 12 new natural satellites orbiting the solar system’s largest planet. That new total puts it nine ahead of Saturn, which has 83 moons. As reported by ...
If you are going to attend a religious gathering with around 20,000 people, don’t bring the measles virus with you. Just don’t. If you do bring such an unwanted guest, the Centers for Disease Control ...
When NASA launched its Saturn V “Moon rocket” in the 1960s and 1970s it was said to have been so loud that it melted concrete. In reality, it did nothing of the sort. So when ...
SpaceX launched a crew of four astronauts to the International Space Station early on Thursday, marking the company’s sixth operational mission for NASA’s Commercial Crew program, after a technical issue meant an earlier launch was ...
Overdose deaths from synthetic opioids soared during the time Donald Trump was president, raising questions about efforts to blame the Biden administration’s border policies for drug overdose deaths. Data show the Trump administration’s decision to ...
NFL players who reported experiencing symptoms of concussion during their careers showed problems with memory and cognition decades after retirement, according to a study published Thursday in the Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, bolstering troubling research ...
In a trend one VC calls “Harvard meets Hollywood,’’ investors and entrepreneurs are embracing the idea that education should be entertaining and delivered in small bites. Back in 1994, the bow-tie wearing star of Bill ...
The successful management of animals requires determining when and where animals give birth to protect their vulnerable life-stages (such as the newborn stage or throughout pregnancy) and specific places (like an estuary that acts like ...