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During a House Committee on Space, Science and Technology hearing, experts discussed the state of NASA's planetary defense capabilities.

Scientists may have discovered the most powerful particle colliders in the universe -- and they're strewn throughout our galaxy just waiting to blow.

Environmental factors such as lifestyle and the medications you take influence the effects your genes have on your body -- and can clarify how diseases develop.

The speed of light is the fastest anything can travel. What happens to a photon from a galaxy 25 million light years away on its journey toward Earth?

New research reveals that nostalgic memories don't remain emotionally static, they evolve over time. While these memories are typically rich in positive feelings at the time they occur, those feelings tend to fade, makin...

Boredom, often seen as a negative state to avoid, may actually serve an important role in emotional regulation and brain health. When we're bored, the brain shifts away from external attention networks and activates intr...

Chronic stress is increasingly recognized as a contributor to stroke risk by intensifying conditions like high blood pressure, inflammation, and unhealthy lifestyle habits. While stress isn't as easily measured as choles...

A new study of over 25 million Medicare recipients found that while dementia incidence in the U.S. is declining, more older adults are living longer with the condition. From 2015 to 2021, new diagnoses dropped from 3.5% ...

Kirigami is a traditional Japanese art form that entails cutting and folding paper to produce complex three-dimensional (3D) structures or objects. Over the past decades, this creative practice has also been applied in t...

The new image shows one galaxy piercing another with intense quasar radiation. Astronomers likened the violent galaxy collision to a medieval joust.

It's a myth that sperm die upon contact with oxygen. In fact, their resilience might surprise you.

The decades-long struggle to find a permanent place to dispose of nuclear waste will continue, probably for many years to come.