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Spaceflight Temporarily Changes the Position and Shape of Astronauts’ Brains, MRI Data Suggests

The biggest changes happen in brain regions involved with processing sensory information and coordinating movement, according ...

It Shouldn’t Exist: Scientists Find Signs of Ancient Life in the Most Unlikely Place

Deep-sea sediment layers show rare microbial wrinkle structures that formed in environments far beyond the reach of sunlight. Dr. Rowan Martindale, a paleoecologist and geobiologist at the University ...