Babysitting grandkids can boost brain health
From physical fitness to doing puzzles to going out with friends, thereâs a laundry list of advice out there to help protect our brains from cognitive decline as we age.…
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âWalking sharksâ lay eggs without breaking a sweat
Being pregnant and giving birth is hard work for any speciesâbut epaulette sharks (Hemiscyllium ocellatum) might disagree. These fish and a number of other species are known as âwalking sharksâ…
Snowed in? Watch albatrosses nest on a sunny Pacific island instead
While winter is raging in an unusually large swath of the United States, the weather is balmy for the birds nesting on the Pacific Oceanâs Midway Atoll. As many as…
Should you eat invasive species? We asked an ecologist.
âBy definition, invasive species are harmful in some regard,â says Jacob Barney, a professor of invasive plant ecology at Virginia Tech University. So when we eat them, he adds, âwe…
Perplexing blue button jelly looks like something out of âLord of the Ringsâ
At first glance, it looks like an alien eyeâa gorgeous blue iris around a carmel-colored pupil, thick eyelashes radiating out like sun rays. The reddish/orange center looks a bit like…
NASA Sets Briefings for SpaceX Crew-12 Mission to Space Station
NASAâs SpaceX Crew-12 crew, from left to right, is NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev. Credit: SpaceX…
NASA Awards Global Modeling, Assimilation Support Contract
Credit: NASA NASA has selected ADNET Systems, Inc. of Bethesda, Maryland, to provide global modeling and data assimilation support at the agencyâs Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. The…
Stingray-inspired robot cracks the mystery of how rays swim
To help figure out what makes stingrays such unique and unusual swimmers, a team of mechanical engineers at the University of California, Riverside (UCR) created a wavy robotic fin. After…
NASA Selects Participants to Track Artemis II Mission
4 Min Read NASA Selects Participants to Track Artemis II Mission A visual representation of NASAâs Artemis I mission. Credits: NASA NASA has selected 34 global volunteers to track the…
Halleyâs comet may need a new, medieval name
One of most recognizable comets in astronomy may require rebranding. But even if everyone continues to call the famed space rock Halleyâs comet, some researchers say an eccentric 11th century…