Should aliens ever encounter NASA’s Voyager spacecraft, they’ll find the Golden Record (left, cover shown right), which is packed with sounds and images of Earth. JPL-Caltech/NASA By Erin Garcia de Jesús February 24, 2023 at 7:00 am The chances of contacting...

A new biomaterial, pictured in a University of California, San Diego laboratory, can be injected through the veins to heal tissue after a heart attack. David Baillot/University of California, San Diego By Allison Gasparini February 24, 2023 at 9:00 am A new...

Trauma can interfere with a person’s sense of time, shattering the continuity of their life story. KATTY HUERTAS By Sujata Gupta February 24, 2023 at 11:00 am Trish Tran narrates her life in staccato notes. “I remember carrying my little sister on my back because...

Claude Monet’s 1899 painting “Charing Cross Bridge” has a visibility of less than five kilometers, researchers estimate. That’s similar to the visibility in modern-day megacities such as Delhi and Beijing on smoggy days. Heritage Image Partnership Ltd/Alamy Stock...

The maternal brain doesn’t get the credit it deserves for the new skills it quickly learns in order to care for a new baby, neuroscientists argue. Fuse/Corbis/Getty Images By Aimee Cunningham 8 hours ago Pregnancy shrinks parts of the brain. That sounds bad. Throw in...