Black holes sit on the cusp of the unknowable. Everything that crosses the threshold of a black hole is lost forever, trapped by extreme gravitation.…
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Although “green” burials are increasingly available in North America, some older, echo-conscious adults remain unaware of the option when planning their death, a small study…
An ancient bone of a dog, discovered in a cave in southeast Alaska, hints at when and how humans entered the Americas at the end…
Details GoryErika EngelhauptNational Geographic, $ 26 We tend to stray, physically or metaphorically, from things we find unpleasant: pathetic insects, body fluids, conversations about death.…
The upbeat song Sweet Caroline often asks listeners to sing and dance. But when music therapist Alaine Reschke-Hernandez played the song for an older person,…
And then there were three: a single-shot vaccine is the latest weapon to join the battle against COVID-19 in the United States. On February 27,…
Shaking memories A post-World War II data boom consolidated the unifying theory of plate tectonics after decades of debate over whether the Earth's crust was…
What do naked mole rats and ancient sea worms have in common? Pretty much, that’s why they share real estate in this number. One of…
Since December 2019, the sun has been moving towards a more active part of its cycle, when increasingly intense energy pulses can shoot in all…
Months before the first COVID-19 vaccine was approved, rich nations struggled to get hundreds of millions of advance doses for their citizens. By the end…