Lifestyle
Lifestyle trends and health tips
Mars Mission Radiation Linked to Persistent Heart Scarring in Rat Study
Rats exposed to simulated deep space radiation had twice as much heart vessel scarring after 360 days, raising questions about astronauts’ long-term health.
Bronze Age Burial Reveals Grape-Sized Stone Linked to Chronic Infection
A 5,300-year-old burial in southwestern Russia held a grape-sized urinary stone, offering evidence of a painful infection in a steppe herder’s life.
Why Blue Whales Vanished From Galápagos Waters During El Niño
A nine-month search found no blue whales near the Galápagos. Researchers suspect warm water disrupted feeding conditions and shifted their route south.
DSM-6 May Add Biological Context to Mental Health Diagnoses
DSM-6 is expected to bring genetics and immune system research into psychiatric diagnosis, while clinical symptoms remain central to identifying disorders.
AI Assistance Raises Questions About Motivation and Skill Retention
A study found people struggled more after AI support was removed, while reader responses split over whether AI weakens motivation or simply acts as a tool.
Lumina Simulation Reconstructs the Universe’s First 2 Billion Years
Lumina models the first galaxies, cosmic reionization and the spread of radiation across 2 billion years of early cosmic history.
AI Assistance May Undermine Persistence When Tasks Get Difficult
A 2026 study found that people who used AI for math and reading struggled more when its help was removed, raising questions about persistence.
Tiger Footage Reveals Rare Family Care and Challenges Solitary Behavior Assumptions
New footage captures a male tiger greeting cubs and a female caring for another tigress’s young, complicating ideas about tiger social behavior.
Ancient DNA Reveals East-West Connections Across Ice Age Europe
A 30,000-year-old woman from southwestern France carried ancestry linking her to Eastern and Central Europeans, revising the picture of Gravettian mobility.
Hepatitis B Vaccine Modeling Study Projects More Chronic Infections Under Proposed CDC Guidance
A modeling study projects more chronic hepatitis B infections among young people if newborns no longer routinely receive a birth dose.
DNA Study Links Native Hawaiians and Easter Islanders to a Shared Polynesian Voyaging Group
Genome analysis links Native Hawaiians and Rapa Nui to a shared Mangareva-rooted group and finds unusually strong founder effects in Polynesian populations.
Glucose-Removing Implant Shows Promise in Mice With Diabetes and Obesity
A phone-controlled implant kept blood sugar steadier and reduced weight in mice, but its safety and effectiveness in larger animals and people remain untested.
Orca Boat Attacks May Reflect Goal-Directed Action, Psychologist Suggests
A cognitive psychologist proposes that orcas may damage rudders to produce an effect they’ve learned to anticipate, adding a new framework to the debate.
Why Multiple Sclerosis Can Be Difficult to Diagnose, Even With Modern Scans
MS diagnosis depends on symptoms, imaging and specialist judgment. New protein tests may help, but no single definitive test is on the horizon.
Artemis II Commander Recalls the Moment He Feared the Crew Wouldn’t Come Home
Reid Wiseman feared Artemis II had overshot its return point—until the Orion capsule’s distance counter began to fall.
Crows Make Fast Visual Decisions Using Brain Processes Seen in Primates
Two carrion crows judged moving dots in 235 milliseconds on average, with brain recordings pointing to decision processes shared with primates.
Brain Scans Show Fractions and Whole Numbers Share a Mental Number Line
A brain imaging study found that fractions and whole numbers map onto a shared neural scale, organized by value rather than by the digits they contain.
How Plants Survived the Great Dying—and What Their Adaptations Mean for Climate Change
Ancient plant survival depended on flexible growth, seed banks and rapid evolution. Those same traits may help species face climate stress today.
ESA’s Earth Observation Network Expands as Global Climate Cooperation Shifts
ESA now manages more than 20 Earth observation missions as political strains test climate cooperation and satellite growth raises collision concerns.
Sentinel-3B Image Maps Record Heat Across Southern Europe and the Mediterranean
ESA’s Sentinel-3B captured extreme land and sea temperatures during Europe’s record-setting summer, while agency director Simonetta Cheli points to satellite data as a tool for understanding heat.