For over two centuries, we have watched the red giant R Leonis dim and brighten with regularity, but this 'heartbeat' is beginning to speed up near the end of the star's life.

We may be witnessing the messy death of a star in real time

Astronauts on the International Space Station were not only treated to a sight from Earth's atmosphere recently but also caught a glimpse of one of the Milky Way's nearest galactic neighbors.

ISS astronauts spy airglow and dwarf galaxy | Space photo of the day for Jan. 13, 2026

Jan 13 () - Gene sequencing company Illumina on Tuesday introduced a dataset that maps genetic changes to help ​accelerate drug discovery through artificial intelligence. The company said ‌it was partnering with drugmakers AstraZeneca, Merck and Eli Lilly for its Billion ‌Cell Atlas, which will train advanced AI models at scale and advance research into fundamental disease mechanisms that have previously been out of reach.

Illumina unveils dataset to speed up AI-powered drug discovery

Researchers who focus on one specialty are more likely to rise through the academic ranks, even though wicked societal problems require crosscutting work to solve.

Research institutions tout the value of scholarship that crosses disciplines – but academia pushes interdisciplinary researchers out

Space apparently changes your frame of mind in more ways than one.

'Backward and upward and tilted': Spaceflight causes astronauts' brains to shift inside their skulls

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