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Tennis star Naomi Osaka also stepped away from the 2021 French Open to protect her mental health.
Athletes are increasingly training their minds to handle pressure, mistakes and stress in competition.
Amyn Bhaiupda
A new study suggests that briefly summarizing events with keywords can strengthen memory and help counter age-related memory decline.
HealthScientists are creating a much broader picture of the aging brainMac Oliveau
Dimorphos streaks offer first direct evidence that binary asteroids can exchange debris through slow impacts.
SpaceNASA DART Mission data reshapes understanding of how near-Earth asteroids evolve over timeJoshua Shavit
PhD student Elle Miller (left) and Professor Sethu Vijayakumar (right) with the NASA Valkyrie robot
InnovationsNASA robot completes 10-year missionShy Cohen
PFAS have been used in a range of products, including non-stick cookware, cosmetics and fire extinguisher foam.
Green ImpactNew carbon-based catalyst breaks down forever chemicals using lightJoseph Shavit
A newly found giant virus from Lake Ushiku shows unusual spikes and a distinct way of disrupting a host nucleus, fueling debates on cell evolution.
HealthDiscover Ushikuvirus, a giant DNA virus that could reshape cellular evolutionRebecca Shavit
One experimental injection helped mice and pigs heal after heart attack by boosting a protective heart hormone.
HealthBreakthrough intramuscular injection speeds heart attack recoveryMac Oliveau
Study finds Earth-sun distance helps drive the Pacific cold tongue, a key player in El Niño and global weather.
SpaceEarth’s distance from the Sun found to dramatically alter seasonsJoshua Shavit
James Webb observations confirm asteroid 2024 YR4 will safely pass the Moon in 2032, eliminating a previous collision risk.
SpaceAsteroid 2024 YR4 once feared to strike the Moon now appears harmlessJoseph Shavit
Scientists grew chickpeas in simulated moon soil, offering a possible step toward feeding future lunar astronauts.
Green ImpactResearchers successfully grow chickpeas in ‘moon dirt’Rebecca Shavit
Scientists report creating pure hexagonal diamond, resolving a long debate about the rare meteorite mineral lonsdaleite.
InnovationsResearchers create pure hexagonal diamonds that are harder than natural diamondsJoshua Shavit
Dr Pratyush Ghosh at the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge.
Green ImpactCambridge scientists capture electrons leaping across solar materials in 18 femtosecondsShy Cohen
A two-year Pitt trial found low-dose lithium was safe and hinted at slower verbal memory decline in some older adults.
HealthLow doses of lithium may slow verbal memory decline from Alzheimer’sMac Oliveau
Horses whinny with two pitches at once, by vibrating vocal folds and whistling inside the larynx.
DiscoveriesResearchers discover a hidden whistle inside a horse’s whinnyHannah Shavit-Weiner
The oldest stars in the Milky Way provide information about the age of the universe.
SpaceAncient Milky Way stars challenge the age of the universe and the Hubble tensionJoseph Shavit
Engineers develop magnetic cloaks for complex shapes using superconductors and ferromagnets.
InnovationsResearchers create an invisibility cloak by bending magnetic fields around real-world objectsShy Cohen
Section of the Line Intensity Map created by charting the distribution and concentration of excited hydrogen via the Lyman alpha wavelength in the universe 10 billion years ago.
SpaceAstronomers built the largest and most accurate 3D map of the ultraviolet universeJoshua Shavit