An international study of more than a million adults over a decade found exercise still saves lives, but its benefits drop by nearly half in areas with heavy air pollution; what happens to the body on high-pollution days, and how can people keep training safely?

After the sudden death of Russian fitness trainer Dmitry Nuyanzin, who consumed 10,000 calories a day in an online challenge, experts warn that extreme metabolic strain can cause organ failure and fatal arrhythmias, even in healthy young adults

Pick describes nearly turning down the role to stay with her children, rehearsing at home with recordings of Tarantino reading lines, remaining in Israel through the war and enduring grief over death of her father, music icon Svika Pick

Vote, held by secret ballot as part of a broader approval of new contest rules, followed months of debate over Israel’s participation amid the war in Gaza and public pressure from several European broadcasters

Israel’s delegation mounted an intensive lobbying effort in Geneva, backed by a special team formed by President Herzog, as the EBU advanced new rules critics said targeted Israel

Physicists at NIST have calculated exactly how time diverges on Mars, showing clocks there run hundreds of microseconds faster each day due to weaker gravity and the planet’s eccentric orbit — a key step toward future navigation and communication across planets