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• Why Do Some 80 Year-Olds Have Extraordinary Memories?

  The human brain tends to slow down as we age — even healthy brains shrink. That can make learning and memory harder as people age. But some people’s brains shrink more slowly than their peers. This lucky group is called “SuperAgers.”...

  8 aug 2025 525 sec.

• Climate Change Could Alter Spidey Love

  Every September, the small town of La Junta, Colorado puts on a whole festival to celebrate a beloved local animal: the tarantula! Around this time of year, thousands of mature male tarantulas start to migrate en masse – but until...

  6 aug 2025 767 sec.

• 'Zombie' Cells Could Explain Aging — And Help Scientists Slow It

  It’s no secret that stress isn’t good for you. But just how bad is it? Well, in the last few decades, scientists have linked psychological stress to changes in our DNA that look a lot like what happens on the molecular level as we age....

  5 aug 2025 705 sec.

• The Giants Lurking In The Deep Sea

  The bathypelagic zone of the ocean is 1,000 to 4,000 meters below the surface. Sometimes it's called the midnight zone because it's too deep for sunlight to reach. Most animals here are much smaller than their shallow-water...

  4 aug 2025 800 sec.

• Climate Change Is Here For Your Chocolate

  Last year, we reported how extreme weather events may be dwindling the future of chocolate. Just last week, we saw an inkling of that: The Hershey Company announced it would significantly raise the cost of its candy in the face of...

  1 aug 2025 807 sec.

• Why Illusions Are A Brain Feature, Not A Bug

  A grayscale ballerina who appears to be moving. A human who can fit in a doll box. A black-and-white prism that appears to change shape when viewed from three different directions. Those are the top winners of the 2024 Best Illusion of...

  30 jul 2025 696 sec.

• Nature Quest: Are Summers Getting Hotter?

  Much of the country is deep in the middle of a heat wave right now. And every summer, Duane Stilwell's town in Arizona seems to get hotter. It has him worried — and he's not the only one. Since 1980, the average number of heat waves in...

  29 jul 2025 827 sec.

• Sea Camp: The Largest Daily Migration On Earth

  The twilight zone of the ocean is a mysterious place. At 200-1000 meters below the surface, it's a tough place to study. That's why, during World War II, people reading sonograms from this zone were perplexed when it looked as if the...

  28 jul 2025 767 sec.

• Did Spiders' Ancestors Come From The Ocean?

  Whether you love spiders or can't be within 10 feet of them, you probably think of them crawling around on land. Historically, most researchers would probably say the same thing: Based on the fossil record, they've thought the earliest...

  25 jul 2025 531 sec.

• Eating Disorder Recovery In A Diet Culture World

  Eating disorders are complicated illnesses that skyrocketed among teenagers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Pediatrician Eva Trujillo says they "literally rewire the brain," decrease brain size, and make it harder to concentrate and to...

  23 jul 2025 825 sec.

• Will Federal Budget Cuts Affect Space Science?

  Earlier this year, the White House proposed a nearly 24% cut to NASA's 2026 fiscal year budget — the largest in the agency's history. The trims are largely aimed at the NASA's fundamental science research and would halt science that has...

  22 jul 2025 785 sec.

• Sea Camp: Is Better Human Health Hidden In The Sea?

  For this week's Sea Camp , we're diving below the ocean's surface to explore the sunlight zone, the portion of ocean that's 0-200 meters deep. Here, we zoom in on some spineless inhabitants envied for their "superpowers." Marine...

  21 jul 2025 780 sec.