Life
Doctor’s orders: Eat ice cream, and other tips for a long and healthy life
It may not sound like a New Year's resolution, but Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel is serving up some unusual advice as you start out 2026: Eat your ice cream. "Ice cream will make you happy, and...
Space
New Research Reveals how Gravitational Waves Could be Used to Decode Dark Matter
The discovery of Gravitational Waves (GWs) in 2015 confirmed a prediction made by Einstein's Theory of General Relativity and led to a revolution in astronomy. These waves are produced when massive,...
Life
Wellbeing in 2026: Recovery, JOMO and brain boosters
Ruth Clegg Health and wellbeing reporter Getty ImagesWellbeing has become such a priceless (or in many cases pricey) endeavour that we can't seem to get enough of it.Last year, we were mainlining magnesium, consuming creatine - a muscle boosting...
Environment
Was our earliest ancestor a knuckle-dragger, or did it walk upright?
A long-running and bitterly fought dispute over whether the earliest known hominin had a knuckle-walking gait, like chimpanzees, or...
Life
I Finally Figured Out What Productivity Hack Helps Me Crush My New Year’s Resolutions
There are a lot of ways I trick myself into meeting my goals, like coming up with various rewards and punishments for myself...
Life
This Rally Orbital Massager Is My Tech Upgrade of the Week
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Space
Northern lights may be visible in 18 states tonight
Heads up aurora chasers! The northern lights may light up skies across the northern U.S. tonight (Jan. 2-3) according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC).An incoming coronal mass ejection (CME) — a...
Space
Hubble Glimpses Galactic Gas Making a Getaway – NASA
A sideways spiral galaxy shines in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image. Located about 60 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo (the Maiden), NGC 4388 is a resident of the Virgo galaxy cluster. This enormous cluster of galaxies contains more...
Science
These scientific discoveries brought us joy in 2025
At its heart, science is about the joy of discovery — extending the boundaries of what we know and learning more about the world and our place in it. Research over the last year was no exception, delighting us...