Wally Funk passed NASA’s 1961 astronaut tests but waited 60 years to fly to space, finally flying at 82. She died July 8, 2026, at 87 — here’s her story.
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Scientists Just Found Out Your Eyes Don’t Work Alone. Neither Were You.
New Yale research shows your eyes don’t run on separate channels — they’re wired to constantly cooperate. Here’s what that reveals about how you were built.
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Astronomers Just Watched a Magnetar Be Born — And It Came From Death
Astronomers just watched a magnetar being born for the first time — the universe’s most magnetically powerful object, forged from a dying star’s collapse.
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Scientists Just Found the Exact Moment Right Before a Continent Splits in Two — and Borrowed the Word From Childbirth
Scientists confirmed the exact geological stage right before a continent splits in two — and borrowed the word for it from childbirth. Here’s what they found.
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Archaeologists Just Found a Fragment of Homer’s Iliad Inside a 1,600-Year-Old Egyptian Mummy — And Nobody Knows Why
Archaeologists found a fragment of Homer’s Iliad tucked inside a 1,600-year-old Egyptian mummy — and they still don’t know exactly why it was placed there.
Scientists Think Alien Messages May Have Already Reached Earth — and the Bible Was Never Afraid of That Question
For 65 years, the silence has been interpreted as evidence: probably no one out there. A June 2026 SETI study suggests the silence was never evidence at all. And underneath the science question is a stranger, older question that’s been waiting.