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New research has linked levels of vitamin D in midlife with toxic tangles of tau protein that accumulate in the brains of those with Alzheimer’s disease.

A statistical analysis of blood samples and brain scans from 793 adults showed that the…

Why bombing Iran’s nuclear power plant could cause an environmental disaster

In 2034 NASA scientists will be flying around Titan.

Remotely, of course—Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, is more than a billion kilometers away from Earth, a journey no human can yet make. It’s also deathly cold, being so far from the sun. But…

Today, April 10, NASA’s Artemis 2 astronauts are set to return to Earth from the moon, bringing their historic 10-day mission to a close.

When you get up out of a chair, your blood pressure instantly increases to compensate for the movement and keep you from fainting. For decades researchers thought neurons called baroreceptors in arteries controlled this process by signaling the…

A bit more darkness, then, is welcome. Still, Hewton says, sleeping outside can take some getting used to. “The first couple of nights of camping, you’re a bit more conscious of unusual noises that you wouldn’t have at home,” she says. “I…

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

Most of us know the story of Moby-Dick, the 1851 novel by Herman Melville that dots many a high school required-reading list. That…

After an epic trip to the moon and back, it’s landing day for the four astronauts of NASA’s Artemis 2 mission. For the first time in over 53 years, astronauts are returning to Earth from the moon.

But returning from deep space is no easy feat,…

Between 280 and 200 million years ago, a group of animals evolved which would eventually give rise to mammals, including humans: the therapsids. They were first described more than 150 years ago, based on fossils from South Africa. Since…