Russia’s Zond 5 spacecraft carried two steppe tortoises on the first successful flight around the moon. The tortoises lived through their splash down in the Indian Ocean and were returned safely to Moscow, proving life could survive the trip around the moon. (Credit: S.P. Korolev RSC Energia/Courtesy of NASA)
Anders. Borman. Lovell. The names of the first three humans to journey around the moon will echo throughout eternity. But these brave Apollo 8 astronauts were actually not the first ...read more
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It’s no secret that stress is bad for your health.
Everybody knows that “life stress events” — things like loss of a job, death of a loved one and getting divorced (or married) raise the risk of getting sick.
All sorts of other life events also generate stress, with possible negative health effects ranging from catching a cold to major depression to a fatal heart attack.
Of course, knowing about the link between stress and sickness ju ...read more
An artist’s illustration shows the Epsilon Indi system, with two brown dwarfs at the forefront and a main sequence star off in the distance. (Credit: Roberto Molar Candanosa and Sergio Dieterich, courtesy of the Carnegie Institution for Science)
The universe is filled with billions of massive celestials objects, from stars to planets to comets to asteroids. But what happens when lines start to blur between these classifications, and we just can’t place an object in any major catego ...read more
Irritable bowel Disease is a painful syndrome that affects the intestines. Scientists say they’ve discovered a major driver of the disease. (Credit: RomarioIen/shutterstock)
Researchers have identified a prime culprit behind inflammatory bowel disease, or IBD, an incurable disorder that causes abdominal pain, diarrhea and weight loss from malnutrition. The discovery also reveals a pathway to treatment, scientists report today in the journal Cell Reports.
“We were able to block ...read more
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