July 2026
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Science & Space Digest — Jul 24, 2026
Neurons are generalists, not specialists — A study in mice found that most neurons (brain cells) respond to a wide range of stimuli rather than being narrowly tuned to one task, challenging a…
Science & Space Digest — Jul 17, 2026
Oldest known Mars rock reveals a watery past — A meteorite called Teghaza, the oldest known piece of Mars, shows the Red Planet had a granitelike crust and was already losing its water 4.1 billion…
Science & Space Digest — Jul 10, 2026
Special relativity warps chemical bonds in a bismuth molecule — For the first time, researchers directly observed how Einstein's special relativity distorts the shape of a chemical bond, using a…
Science & Space Digest — Jul 3, 2026
Webb reveals how a planet survived its star's death — The James Webb Space Telescope observed a Jupiter-like world orbiting a white dwarf (the dense, cooling remnant of a dead star), offering a…