For Years We Searched for Alzheimer’s in the Brain. Now, Researchers Suggest It May Begin Elsewhere

Click Here to Read: For Years We Searched for Alzheimer’s in the Brain. Now, Researchers Suggest It May Begin Elsewhere. A large-scale genetic study suggests some of the processes driving Alzheimer’s disease may begin in the lungs, gut, and blood, years before reaching the brain by Rakefet Tavor on the Epoch News website on  July 6, 2026.

An illustration of the neuropathology of Alzheimer’s disease Image: BruceBlaus.  Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

Action! NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory begins capturing the greatest cosmic movie ever made

Click Here to Read: Action! NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory begins capturing the greatest cosmic movie ever made: The 10-year Legacy Survey of Space and Time has officially started, marking the beginning of a new era in astronomy and astrophysics on the US National Science Foundation website on  June 30, 2026.

Rubin Observatory and Its Target. Image: Rubin Observatory/NSF/AURA/B. Quint,  Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

How to spot these electric-blue clouds that form at the edge of space

Click Here to Read: How to spot these electric-blue clouds that form at the edge of space Forming 50 miles above Earth’s surface, noctilucent clouds offer a rare glimpse into one of the least-understood layers of the atmosphere By  Stefanie Waldek on the National  Geographic website on June 11, 2026.

Noctilucent clouds, Kuresoo bog, Soomaa National Park, Estonia. Image: Martin Koitmäe. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.