Daily Archives: Dec 13, 2025

James Thompson

Nine Surprising Ways Spaceflight and Cosmic Radiation Threaten Astronauts’ Kidneys on...

What if the greatest obstacle to traveling to Mars is not a glitch in the technology, but the gradual, unseen failure of the human kidney? For decades, engineers have worked on rockets and on habitats, but more recent studies have shed light on a new, subtle danger hidden in...
James Thompson

Nine Surprising Ways Our Understanding of Ice Ages and Climate Tipping...

Forget all you ever believed about ice ages surprise, Earth's frozen ages may be more like a cosmic game of improv rather than a clockwork routine. For years, textbooks have attributed the glacial advance and retreat to Earth's slow, stately dance through space. But a whirlwind of new finds...
James Thompson

Nine Astonishing Revelations About Mars’ Missing Water and the Future of...

If all the hidden water below Mars' surface were let out, it would flood the planet in an ocean a mile deep." This isn't science fiction, but the latest word from planetary scientists who have spent decades tracking the Red Planet's disappeared seas. For decades, Mars has teased scientists...