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The universe is exploding.

Or parts of it are. The night sky may seem calm, even serene, but that masks events of a catastrophic and nearly unimaginable scale. Across the galaxy and even the cosmos itself, immense outbursts of energy occur that…

Interest in human hibernation has intensified in recent years, driven by the convergence of long-duration space travel requirements and advances in metabolic science. Space agencies, academic researchers, and clinical specialists are…

High blood sugar spikes after meals could be a contributing factor to Alzheimer’s risk, according to a new study that gives us more insight into the relationship between diabetes, insulin resistance, and dementia.

Previous studies have found…

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman.

It’s been more than 500 years since Leonardo da Vinci died. Yet, in those intervening centuries interest in the Italian polymath,…

Jupiter’s icy moon Europa may have a previously unrecognized way of delivering life-supporting chemicals to its vast subsurface ocean, according to new research.

Europa, one of the dozens of moons orbiting Jupiter, has long intrigued scientists…

New evidence of ancient rivers suggests Mars may have been a “blue planet,” thanks to an ocean spanning its entire northern hemisphere.

Cameras from several Mars orbiters captured the dusty remnants of apparent river deltas, which were described…

When someone is affected by a stroke, the standard treatment to restore blood flow to the brain can both save their life and cause additional damage – damage which a new, injectable nanomaterial promises to protect against.

The regenerative…

Public health authorities in Guinea-Bissau say that they have suspended a controversial…