Quote of the Week
"The depressing thing about tennis is that no matter how much I play, I’ll never be as good as a wall. I played a wall once. They’re relentless."
Mitch HedbergTODAY'S BRIGHTER SIDE NEWS
Fast-aging fish reveals how kidneys age and how a common drug protects them
A tiny fish that ages in months is helping scientists uncover how kidneys fail over time and why a common drug can slow that decline.
What Olympic Coverage Reveals About Who Belongs in America
A new study shows how U.S. media praised Chloe Kim and criticized Eileen Gu, revealing how American identity is treated as conditional.
Earth’s core may hold 45 oceans worth of hydrogen, study finds
Scientists report direct evidence that Earth’s iron core may contain vast amounts of hydrogen, equal to dozens of oceans, changing how water’s origin is understood.
Scientists discover how life began before Earth’s first universal ancestor
A new study shows rare duplicated genes called universal paralogs can reveal what life looked like before Earth’s first universal ancestor, LUCA.