Science

A Washington study linked sleep above 6.5 hours to cognitive decline Most of us worry about not sleeping enough, the bleary mornings, the heavy eyelids, the sense of running on fumes. What almost no one considers is the opposite problem: the idea that getting too much sleep might quietly work against your brain. It sounds…

With the launch of Sentinel-6B, a new environmental monitoring satellite developed as part of a multibillion-dollar worldwide program, NASA has made a major advancement in its long-term climate monitoring mission. Launched in mid-November atop a SpaceX rocket, the satellite is expected to provide highly precise data on sea-level rise and atmospheric conditions, letting scientists follow…

Doctors warn microsleep is the sleep they fear most, a 1–30 second blackout where your brain stops processing anything, often with your eyes still open. People often imagine danger creeping in when they stay awake too long, the nodding head, the heavy eyes, the drift into sleep they try to fight off. What they don’t…

For centuries, humanity has believed that life and death exist as two fixed states with nothing in between. Either the body functions, breathes and responds, or it stops forever. However, recent scientific discoveries are questioning this long-held view. Several researchers have found evidence that certain cells taken from a dead organism can continue to function…

Scientists’ understanding of Late Cretaceous ecosystems is changing as a result of an amazing finding made in the untamed centre of Bolivia. The biggest known concentration of dinosaur footprints ever discovered is found in a site called Carreras Pampa in Torotoro National Park. There are an astounding 16,600 tracks there, all of which were left…

Observations of the sky recorded thousands of years ago continue to play a remarkable role in modern science, demonstrating that careful human observation has long-lasting value. One particularly significant record comes from ancient China, which documented a total solar eclipse in 709 BCE with remarkable detail. These records include descriptions of the timing and duration…

Source: Earth via X (formerly Twitter) The night of 5 December 2025 offered sky watchers a final lunar spectacle as the full Moon rose into view under a widely recognised seasonal name and a striking orbital alignment. Known traditionally as the Cold Moon, this full Moon coincided with the last supermoon of the year and…

When The Matrix came out in the last year of the last century, it broke our minds. The perfect mix of occidental and oriental philosophy wrapped in Goth motifs with unimaginable kickass action made audiences everywhere question their reality. It became so ingrained in popular culture that when landlines started disappearing, people wondered if we…

More than 60,000 African penguins vanished from two of South Africa’s most important breeding islands in less than a decade, and scientists say they now understand why. A study published in the journal Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology has revealed that the collapse of sardine stocks triggered an unprecedented wave of starvation, wiping out more…

Observing the universe has always depended on dark skies, long exposures, and instruments designed to capture signals that are often barely distinguishable from background noise. This delicate balance is beginning to shift as satellite megaconstellations expand across low Earth orbit, increasing both in number and operational complexity. These networks support global communication services, navigation systems,…