Excessive sitting isn’t good for a person’s physical or mental health, but there’s a type of sedentary activity that may not shrink our brains or cost our cognition to the same extent.
A systematic review of 85 studies has now found good…
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Scientists may be approaching a ‘fundamental breakthrough in cosmology and particle physics’ — if dark matter and ‘ghost particles’ can interact
Two of the universe’s most mysterious particles may be colliding invisibly throughout the cosmos — a discovery that could solve one of the biggest lingering problems in our standard model of cosmology.
Those two elusive components — dark…
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Wobbling exoplanet hints at a hidden exomoon so massive it could redefine the word ‘moon’ altogether
A gas giant planet beyond the solar that wobbles as it circles its star, hinting to astronomers that it is orbited by its own moon. To make this suspected discovery even more remarkable, if this moon exists it would be absolutely massive,…
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Scientist Michael Guillen claims to have found the ‘exact location of Heaven’
For centuries, the existence of ‘heaven’ has proven to be a polarising debate, with scientists and theologists alike rarely seeing eye to eye.
Yet while popular culture and art throughout the ages has often depicted it as a fluffy white…
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Night sky tonight: See the moon shine next to Saturn after sunset on Jan. 22
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Thursday, Jan. 22: Waxing crescent moon and Saturn (after dark)
See a waxing crescent moon and Saturn on Jan. 22. (Image credit: Starry Night.) Tonight, the moon has moved on in its orbit and appears to…
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The Real AI Risk Isn’t Mass Unemployment, Economist Warns : ScienceAlert
People have become used to living with AI fairly quickly. ChatGPT is barely three years old, but it has changed the way many of us communicate or deal with large amounts of information.
It has also led to serious concerns about jobs. For if…
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Shingles Vaccine Linked to Slower Biological Aging, Study Finds : ScienceAlert
Vaccines may do far more than prevent infections.
The way that some inoculations train your immune system could also reduce the risk of cancer, stroke, or heart attacks, and possibly guard against dementia.
New evidence shows that the shingles…
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Astronauts Reveal Critical Medical Tool Used in ISS Health Crisis : ScienceAlert
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – The astronauts evacuated last week from the International Space Station say a portable ultrasound machine came in “super handy” during the medical crisis.
During their first public appearance since returning to…
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Cause of vision loss discovered in overlooked genes
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Non-protein-coding genes have been linked to a…
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Microplastic levels in the air have been overestimated, but are still a big concern
Microplastics are ubiquitous, but studies disagree on how much of the pollutants are in the atmosphere.Credit: Milos Bicanski/Getty
The amount of microplastic particles in the atmosphere might be lower than some studies have suggested, possibly…
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