Hourly data reveal Alpine 100-year floods could arrive every 45 to 80 years

There’s a bit of a historical mystery surrounding the star Theta Eridani. Ptolemy in the 2nd century AD and al-Sufi in 964 AD both recorded Theta Eridani as one of the thirteen brightest stars in the sky. Hipparchus may have said the same. But there’s a problem. For it to be one of the thirteen…

LONDON — An experimental drug can sweep tangles of tau from the brain, raising hopes that the treatment could help Alzheimer’s disease patients, according to clinical trial data released July 14. The compound, called diranersen and developed by pharma giant Biogen, reduced tau levels in patients’ cerebrospinal fluid by between 50 and 65 percent as…

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If potted plants always seem to die under your care, you can take solace in knowing that plantkind as a whole will probably survive for a very long time. In fact, they might still be around when the Sun boils the oceans off the surface of Earth. That’s according to a new paper from two…

NASA’s Perseverance rover has reached a remarkable milestone on Mars, completing the equivalent of a full marathon (26.2 miles, or 42.195 kilometers) across the Red Planet. A new image captured on June 13, 2026, shows the rover as a tiny green speck against the Martian landscape, just one day before it officially reached the distance…

A colorful pet gecko that is unusually prone to developing cancer could become an important new tool for researchers studying how tumors form and spread. Scientists say the animal’s naturally occurring cancers may offer valuable insights into why some species are highly vulnerable to the disease while others are remarkably resistant. The research, led by…