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Scientists discover a key to staying mentally sharp in old age
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (1013+ words) (CNN) " People who have razor-sharp minds in their 80s and 90s " known as "Super Agers" " produce twice the number of young neurons as cognitively healthy adults and 2. 5 times as many as people with Alzheimer's disease, a new study found. "This shows the…...
Bug's "mind-boggling' ability to create heat to avoid freezing to death
3+ week, 6+ day ago (903+ words) New research finds the snow fly (Chionea alexandriana) counteracts subzero temperature by creating bursts of body heat and producing antifreeze proteins. (H'kan S'derholm via SWNS) An insect has the "mind-boggling" ability to generate its own heat to avoid freezing to…...
What the Tech: App of the day - Partiful
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (339+ words) SHREVEPORT, La. - Facebook might still be the easiest way to send digital party invites, but it has one big problem: not everyone you want to invite is on Facebook anymore. That's why a growing number of people are switching to…...
Blue Origin launches rocket with used booster for first time
12+ hour, 56+ min ago (355+ words) Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket at Launch Complex 36 at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 12, 2026 Blue Origin, the US space company of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, successfully reused and recovered a booster for its New Glenn rocket on…...
Artemis mission shares office space -- and physics -- with Apollo
2+ week, 2+ day ago (671+ words) Engineers and technicians monitor the Artemis 2 mission from the Lyndon B Johnson Space Center in Houston The NASA control room is at the same facility used in the Apollo missions of the 1960s and 70s As the Orion spacecraft whips around the…...
Scientists link melting Arctic sea ice melt to cloud formation
6+ day, 15+ hour ago (772+ words) Cloud cover seen from the ground. (Colorado State University / Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering via SWNS) Tiny particles bubbling up from melting Arctic sea ice play a key role in cloud formation, suggests new research. The discovery may explain…...
Beached whale frees itself from German coast
3+ week, 3+ day ago (368+ words) The humpback whale, which was stranded for days on Germany's Baltic Sea coast, seen in an image by Sea Shepherd Deutschland A humpback whale stranded on a sandbank off Germany's Baltic coast had freed itself -- before becoming stranded again A…...
Germany halts rescue efforts for stranded whale
2+ week, 4+ day ago (339+ words) The plight of a whale stranded off the Baltic Sea coast has captured the hearts of the German public Experts said Wednesday they were halting rescue efforts for a humpback whale struggling in shallow waters off the German coast and…...
Global warming causes Colombian glacier to disappear
3+ day, 37+ min ago (300+ words) Where once there was ice, only rock remains. One of the glaciers in a chain of snow-capped mountains in the Colombian Andes has vanished due to high temperatures driven by climate change." Satellite images show how the ice sheet covering…...
Nominations now open for the 60th Annual Conservation Achievement Awards
5+ mon, 6+ day ago (226+ words) BATON ROUGE, La. " The Louisiana Wildlife Federation is now accepting nominations for the 60th Annual Conservation Achievement Awards. Since 1965, this prestigious program has honored individuals, businesses, and organizations that have made significant contributions to conserving Louisiana's natural resources and improving the…...