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The Barents Sea is tied to low Arctic sea ice – NASA Science

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To the south of the thin, broken sea ice near Franz Josef Land lies the dark open sea, and a thin layer of cloud covers parts of the landscape.

At the top of the Earth, the Arctic Ocean’s sea ice cap expands and contracts with the seasons, typically reaching its largest annual extent in March. In 2026, this peak occurred on March 15 and reached an area of ​​14.29 million square kilometers, coinciding with the lowest maximum observed since satellite monitoring began in 1979. … Read more

You can’t really “train” your brain. Here’s what you can do instead:

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You can't really "train" your brain. Here's what you can do instead:

Many people are looking for ways to improve, maintain, and prolong their brain health. Check out the seemingly endless self-help books, podcasts, phone apps, TikTok, and Instagram Reels dedicated to this subject. And frankly, it makes sense. Alzheimer’s disease and dementia are conditions that essentially involve a loss of one’s identity and sense of time … Read more

Scientists get first look at the evolution of early complex animals

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Scientists get first look at the evolution of early complex animals

Washington — Newly discovered fossils have given scientists their first glimpse of what happened when Earth made the decisive transition from plants and unrecognizably simple animals to the complex life that took over the world and eventually led to us. And it happened millions of years earlier than researchers thought. More than 700 fossils discovered … Read more