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Humans in space: Are astronauts obsolete?

Astronaut Ed White. NASA  View 21 Images – By David Szondy 2026 Feb 15 – The Artemis II mission, which will return US astronauts to lunar space, has run into problems that have critics demanding NASA remove the crew from the flight for safety …

 

8,000-year-old pottery suggests math predates writing

The pottery fragments are some of the earliest botanical depictions ever recorded and also point to prehistoric mathematical cognition.  Photos courtesy of Yosef Garfinkel  View 5 Images – By Jay Kakade 2026 Feb 07 – We generally associate the origins of mathematical thinking with …

What if multiple sclerosis isn’t just one disease?

The findings indicate MS could have two distinct degenerative pathways, one fast and the other slow. And this knowledge could help better inform patients and doctors. Depositphotos – By Chelsea Haney 2026 Feb 04 – For decades, multiple sclerosis (MS) has been defined primarily …

Is the whole universe just a simulation?

Could the Earth and everything on it – and even the whole universe – be a simulation running on a giant computer? OsakaWayne Studios/Moment via Getty Images – By Zeb Rocklin, Associate Professor of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology Published: 2026 Feb 02 …