When you visit a doctor, you expect them to listen. But in today’s fast-paced health care system, real listening — the kind that makes you feel seen, heard and understood — can be the first thing to go.
A new article, co-authored by Dr. Leonard…
Chinese astronomers may have discovered a never-before-seen triple black hole system.
The team identified this triplet, which is locked in a complex “waltz,” after spotting a hidden supermassive black hole lurking in the background of a peculiar…
KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN – JUNE 24, 2010: U.S. Army medical staff carry a critically wounded American soldier to an awaiting MEDEVAC helicopter from the 101st Airborne Combat Aviation Brigade (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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A rare supernova let scientists glimpse a star’s interior, revealing a dense silicon-sulphur shell and unexpected helium that should have vanished earlier.
The diamonds formed under extreme pressure and heat deep in the Earth’s mantle. If you find one, it will most likely look like a metallic or glassy pebble rather than a sparkly cut gem that you might picture in your mind. The volcanic soil also…
Alzheimer’s and stroke may begin at the brain’s outer defenses—not within neurons. A new study reveals how immune and vascular cells at the blood-brain barrier play a surprising and pivotal role in disease risk. The Brain’s Hidden Defenders…
Around 1.1 billion years ago, the oldest and most tectonically stable part of North America — called Laurentia — was rapidly heading south toward the equator. Laurentia eventually slammed into Earth’s other landmasses during the Grenville…
The simulation made it possible to appreciate how a human embryo does not merely adhere to the uterine lining, but actively inserts itself. “We observe that the embryo pulls on the uterine matrix, moving and reorganizing it,” explained…
Russia’s nuclear-powered battlecruiser Admiral Nakhimov has returned to sea trials for the first time since 1997, marking a milestone in one of the country’s longest and most ambitious warship modernization projects.
The 28,000-ton…