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Shining a deep red light for three minutes a day on your eye, even through the eyelid, can significantly improve vision decline, a new study led by University College London finds, the first of its kind in humans. Scientists believe the discovery, published this week in the Gerontology magazinesIt could …

A new study shows that giant mineral deposits are strongly distributed above where the rigid rocks that comprise the cores of the ancient continents begin to thin out, well below the surface (white areas). Redder areas indicate thinner rocks beyond the boundary; the bluest, the thickest. The circles, triangles, and …

Olympic gold medalist Shawn Johnson East has detailed her struggles with body image, weight-loss medications, and nutrition after the 2008 Bejing Olympics. Johnson, 28, shared a nearly 25-minute video on her family’s YouTube page, “The East Fam,” which she updates with her husband Andrew East, a former NFL player. In …

The illustration shows how the planet KELT-9 b sees its host star. Over the course of a single orbit, the planet twice experiences heating and cooling cycles caused by the unusual pattern of temperatures on the star’s surface. Between the star’s hot poles and the cold equator, temperatures vary by …

PARIS – The coronavirus pandemic continued to wreak havoc on global aviation when aerospace giant Airbus announced Tuesday that it would cut nearly 15,000 jobs in its global workforce, the largest reduction in the company’s history. Citing a 40 percent drop in commercial jet business activity and an “unprecedented crisis” …