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These Red Light Therapy Tools Will Give Your Skin a Holiday Glow Up
Red light therapy devices boast major benefits. We rounded up 12 options to up your at-home beauty routine before you spend a ton of holiday face time with family and friends. There are tons of skincare products on the market that promise to fight aging, acne, and dull, uneven skin, but if you’re really looking…
Review – Green Lantern Dark #7: The Light Shines Again
Ray: The Tangent Universe has been one of my favorite little corners of the DCU for the longest time. An alternate universe where a nuclear World War III created a whole new wave of heroes, it combines sci-fi, fantasy, and so much more to reinvent its heroes with only the original names. We hadn’t kept…
Review – Green Lantern Corps #9: The Light Shines Again
Ray: The Starbreaker Supremacy concludes this issue, and if there’s one word that describes this era of Green Lantern, it’s “Big”. Since Jeremy Adams took over the line, he’s set the Lanterns up against one cosmic invasion after another, a United Planets takeover, and now an army of energy vampires. But as of last issue,…
How Can Galaxies Recede from Us Faster Than the Speed of Light?
The UniverseFridays Faster-Than-Light Galaxies Are a Fact of Life in Our Expanding Universe When space itself expands, weird things can happen—like galaxies breaking the universe’s ultimate speed limit By Phil Plait edited by Lee Billings The most distant galaxies in this deep field image from the James Webb Space Telescope appear as small, faint dots—and…
China remembers ‘guiding light’ Jane Goodall’s wildlife conservation work
Jane Goodall has been remembered as a “guiding light” in China, with hundreds of millions of people paying tribute online to the conservationist who died this week, aged 91. Her institute’s flagship Roots and Shoots environmental education programme worked with more than 1,000 schools across the country, and over nearly 30 years it trained 10,000…
What Are Light Echoes, and Why Do They Matter?
The UniverseFridays Echoes of Light Illuminate the Cosmos Bizarre phenomena called light echoes create strange, shifting shapes seen in some telescopic images, and help astronomers chart the heavens above By Phil Plait edited by Lee Billings Captured by the Hubble Space Telescope in February 2004, this image is part of a sequence showing the celestial…
Starlink and Astronomers Are in a Light Pollution Standoff
Can Astronomers and Satellite Operators Learn to Share the Sky? Satellite streaks are ruining astronomical images. Can scientists and space companies find solutions before it’s too late? By Emma R. Hasson edited by Lee Billings Sunlight reflecting off a pair of communications satellites creates two bright flares in this time-lapse photograph of the night sky.…
How to Reduce Wrinkles with Red Light Therapy, According to an Expert
We interviewed Dr. Samantha Ellis because we think you’ll like her picks at these prices. E! has affiliate relationships, so we may get a commission if you purchase something through our links. Items are sold by the retailer, not E!. Prices are accurate as of publish time. If you’re like me, you may have started to notice more…
Tiny, Injectable Pacemaker Runs on Light and then Dissolves
Tiny, Injectable Pacemaker Runs on Light and then Dissolves This temporary pacemaker, smaller than a grain of rice, could regulate the heart less invasively By Payal Dhar edited by Sarah Lewin Frasier A pacemaker uses electricity to regulate heartbeats. Join Our Community of Science Lovers! Temporary pacemakers can be used as a stopgap measure to…
‘Heck of a light show’: spectacular bloom of bioluminescence returns to Tasmania’s coastline
Phenomenon known as ‘sea sparkles’ or ‘red tide’ is caused by masses of noctiluca scintillans, a pink-coloured algae Masses of glittering algae have returned to Tasmania’s coastline in a spectacular bloom of bioluminescence that experts say is the largest seen in years. The phenomenon, known as “sea sparkles” or “red tide”, was caused by masses…
World of dance mourns death of ‘brilliant light’ Dada Masilo at age of 39
South African dancer and choreographer died unexpectedly after a brief illness, her family says The dance world is mourning the internationally acclaimed South African dancer and choreographer Dada Masilo, who died in hospital at the weekend aged 39. Masilo died unexpectedly on Sunday after a brief illness, a spokesperson for her family said in a…
Auroras May Light Up New Year’s Sky after Solar Outbursts
Auroras May Light Up New Year’s Sky after Solar Outbursts Will still more auroras ring out 2024, a year marked by the celestial displays? By Meghan Bartels edited by Lee Billings The northern lights seen over Lindisfarne Castle in England on October 10, 2024. The sun is bidding farewell to 2024 with a bang—or rather…