$71 billion for the U.S. Space Force is now part of a wider debate over how America should prepare for conflict in orbit. Researchers at the Mitchell Institute have warned that the United States still lacks a shared framework for deciding when hostile behavior in space becomes the opening phase of armed conflict. The finding…
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Researchers at Oklahoma State University have reported that Tyrannosaurus rex may have needed about 40 years to reach its full adult size. The finding comes from a 2026 study in PeerJ that analyzed growth records preserved inside fossilized leg bones from 17 tyrannosaur specimens. The result changes the life story of one of the most…
A study in Science has revealed that NASA’s Lucy spacecraft found a far stranger asteroid than telescopes on Earth could see. During its April 20, 2025 flyby, Lucy showed that asteroid Donaldjohanson is a wobbling, peanut-shaped body with a complicated spin and minerals that point to a brief ancient encounter with liquid water. The asteroid…
Twelve mice, two low-fat diets and 16 weeks of feeding revealed an unexpected biological pattern. A study in Frontiers in Immunology found that mice eating a sucrose-free low-fat diet developed changes in gut bacteria, blood sugar control, intestinal inflammation and liver health. The work was led by researchers primarily affiliated with Dasman Diabetes Institute in…
