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In the frantic hours after Charlie Kirk’s assassination, investigators discovered a gun in a wooded area near the scene in northern Utah. The federal agents seeking to trace the weapon faced a daunting task. It was a decades-old, German-made rifle built for use by the military in both World Wars, according to multiple law enforcement sources familiar with the investigation. …

A trace mineral may help guard the brain against Alzheimer’s, new study suggests  PsyPost 4 things to know about a new study on lithium and Alzheimer’s disease  PBS Health Tip of the Week, sponsored by Baton Rouge General: Lithium and the brain—could this mineral be the missing link in Alzheimer’s?  Baton Rouge Business Report Lithium deficiency may be the hidden spark behind Alzheimer’s  ScienceDaily …

Oxford scientists have found that sleep may be triggered by tiny energy leaks in brain cell mitochondria, suggesting our nightly rest is a vital safety mechanism for the body’s power supply. Credit: Stock A new study reveals that a buildup of metabolism in specialized brain cells is what triggers the need for sleep. Sleep may serve as more than rest …

The European Space Agency (ESA) is breathing easier after communications with Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) were restored – the spacecraft is currently barreling toward Venus for a gravity-assist flyby on August 31. ESA backs five rockets in Launcher Challenge – only some have exploded READ MORE The probe, which was launched in April 2023, began giving controllers the silent …

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. An X-ray jet blasts through wreckage surrounding a supernova. | Credit: NASA/Swift/Cruz deWilde Astronomers have used a newly discovered and still mysterious class of cosmic explosions to better understand the process of stellar life and death in the distant universe. The blasts in …

Astronomers have used a newly discovered and still mysterious class of cosmic explosions to better understand the process of stellar life and death in the distant universe. The blasts in question are Fast X-ray Transients (FXTs), recently discovered outbursts of X-rays that last for just a few minutes. The source of FXTs has been shrouded in mystery. Now, with the …

Imagine falling prey to a chronic disease where the body either doesn’t produce enough insulin or can’t effectively use the insulin it produces, leading to high blood sugar levels. Now, insulin, a hormone, is crucial for allowing glucose (sugar) to enter cells for energy. When this process is disrupted, glucose builds up in the bloodstream, potentially causing damage to various …

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will be a discovery machine, thanks to its wide field of view and resulting torrent of data. Scheduled to launch no later than May 2027, with the team working toward launch as early as fall 2026, its near-infrared Wide Field Instrument will capture an area 200 times larger than the Hubble Space Telescope’s infrared …

But Whitehouse presented a third line of evidence to dispute the 3.95 billion-year date: isotopes of hafnium in the same zombie zircon crystals. The technique relies on radioactive decay of lutetium–176 to hafnium–176. If the 2.8-billion-year age resulted from rejuvenation by later heating, it would have had to have formed from material with a hafnium isotope ratio incompatible with the …

A meteorite fragment that tore through the roof of a Georgia home last June has been found to be older than Earth itself, according to scientists at the University of Georgia.Geologist Scott Harris told Fox News Digital that the rock, which fell on June 26 near Atlanta, originated from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Analysis shows it formed …