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A recent review of animal research suggests that caffeine might help ease symptoms of anxiety and depression by reducing inflammation in the brain. The researchers analyzed multiple experiments and found that the widely consumed stimulant...

Science Focus

Whether you're pondering a chess move, thinking up a high-scoring word in Scrabble or deciding on your investment strategy in Monopoly, board games are great for getting you thinking. Playing them not only involves a wide range of...

SciTech Daily

Exercise may protect memory by sealing the aging brain’s defenses from the outside in. Researchers at UC San Francisco have identified a biological process that helps explain why regular exercise benefits memory and thinking skills. Their...

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Dim indoor light and prolonged close focus may be quietly fueling the global rise in nearsightedness. For many years, the sharp rise in myopia — or nearsightedness — has largely been blamed on growing screen use, especially among children...

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A recent study published in Consciousness and Cognition suggests that people with a unique perceptual trait called synesthesia tend to experience different thematic patterns in their dreams compared to those without the trait. The findings...

Science Focus

I used to love walking. When I was younger, my ideal afternoon was heading off into the woods and seeing where my feet took me. But now that I'm nearing 40, my knees aren't what they used to be and I find myself making that 'oompf' noise...

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A long-term study of Brazilian adults found that higher intake of several widely used artificial sweeteners was linked to faster cognitive decline, especially in people under 60 and those with diabetes. Swapping sugar for artificial...

PsyPost

A recent study has revealed how the psychedelic brew ayahuasca alters brain waves to induce profound mystical experiences and vivid, spontaneous thoughts. By recording electrical brain activity before and during the substance’s active...

Popular Science

Great white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) are often unfairly the stuff of marine nightmares. But these infamously fearsome creatures are sometimes eaten by an animal even higher on the food chain—orca whales (Orcinus orca), also known as...

SciTech Daily

A 125-million-year-old dinosaur discovered in China had hollow, porcupine-like spikes never before seen in dinosaurs. For more than 200 years, paleontologists have studied a major group of plant-eating dinosaurs known as Iguanodontia....

SciTech Daily

The alarming claim that we make 200 daily food decisions isn’t exposing hidden habits, it’s exposing a misleading number. Numbers often drive health advice. They are meant to inform, motivate, and guide behavior. But not every widely...

Scientific American

Federal freezes to foreign assistance are affecting grants for investigative reporters everywhere—but especially in poorer countries

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Incels capture extraordinary public attention not because they are especially numerous or violent, but because their stories tap into deep-rooted psychological biases that make them unusually memorable and shareable, according to a review...

Popular Science

When you take your retriever out for a walk, they will strut around as if they own the place. But your neighbor’s Chihuahua might be shaking all over for no apparent reason, so much so that you get the urge to go comfort them.  ...

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Ancient DNA shows that hunter-gatherers in northwestern Europe endured for millennia, with women driving a gradual cultural shift toward farming. Researchers at the University of Huddersfield have analyzed ancient DNA to show that...

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If you search for the highest IQ on record, you will likely encounter the number 228, attributed to columnist Marilyn vos Savant, or the number 230, attributed to mathematician Terence Tao. However, psychometricians view these astronomical...

The Guardian

Hundreds of thousands of visitors expected for month-long display of 13th-century saint’s remains Saint Francis of Assisi’s skeleton is going on full public display from Sunday for the first time, in a move that is expected to draw...

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A recent study published in Psychological Reports suggests that experiencing abuse or neglect during childhood is linked to specific changes in cognitive skills during young adulthood. The findings indicate that while young adults with a...

Wired Science

Next month, the Earth will come between the sun and the moon, causing the moon to take on an eerie reddish hue.

SciTech Daily

Scientists may have uncovered the molecular switch that lets cancer hide in plain sight. Could this discovery change how scientists approach cancer treatment? Laboratory results suggest it might. An international team of researchers has...

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A rare dual heart and liver transplant gave an 11-year-old girl a new chance at life. Children’s Hospital Colorado (Children’s Colorado) has carried out its first combined heart and liver transplant, marking a major milestone for the...

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Getting a shingles vaccine is a standard recommendation for older adults looking to avoid a painful skin rash, yet new research suggests the benefits may extend much deeper into the body’s cells. A recent analysis indicates that receiving...

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A new animal study raises important questions about a little-known ingredient used in oral weight-loss medications. A pill can feel simpler than a shot, but it also changes what else your body is exposed to. Researchers at Adelaide...

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When interacting with highly realistic humanoid robots, the simple presence of eyes strongly shapes how humans perceive the machine’s mental abilities. A recent study published in Consciousness and Cognition provides evidence that people...

Ars Technica

A day after NASA officials expressed optimism that they could be ready to launch the Artemis II mission around the Moon next month, the space agency's administrator announced Saturday that a new problem will require the removal of the...

PsyPost

A new study published in BMC Psychology has found that those who are highly sensitive to others’ reactions are more likely to experience anxiety, and that their levels of inner psychological resources play a key role in this link. Even...

SciTech Daily

A long-standing mystery about cell membrane behavior may finally be resolved. Cell membranes are the thin, flexible skins that surround living cells. They protect what is inside, control what gets in and out, and can even shape how a cell...

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A widely publicized killer whale attack once seemed to explain why white sharks disappeared from a key aggregation site. Long-term tracking now suggests the reality is more nuanced. Killer whales (Orcinus orca) are known to drive white...

Universe Today

Our solar system hosts almost 900 known moons, with more than 400 orbiting the eight planets while the remaining orbit dwarf planets, asteroids, and Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs). Of these, only a handful are targets for astrobiology and...

NPR Science

NASA says an "interrupted flow" of helium to the rocket system could require a rollback to the Vehicle Assembly Building. If it happens, NASA says the launch to the moon would be delayed until April. (Image credit: Gregg Newton)

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Scientists have uncovered an unexpected reason why some cancers return after initially responding to treatment. One of the toughest obstacles in modern cancer treatment is drug resistance. Tumors often respond at first, only to return...

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A new study published in Evolution & Human Behavior finds that men tend to underestimate how upset women would feel after sexual assault by an intimate partner, while women tend to overestimate how upset men would feel. Theory of mind...

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A recent study published in the journal Deviant Behavior reveals that people who endure negative treatment are more likely to express an intention to commit future crimes, even when they do not consciously recognize their mistreatment....

The Guardian

Following in the wake of the original Golden Records, a new deep-space delivery hopes to introduce a ‘mostly harmless’ humanity to alien life Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Do you have a message you want to...

Scientific American

Just a day after NASA set a March 6 target date for its upcoming moon mission, the agency’s head announced it will roll back the rocket from the pad entirely

Science Focus

You could get compensated for what you’ve posted online – as long as it’s been used to train AI. At least that’s according to Dr Margaret Mitchel, chief ethics scientist at US open source AI company Hugging Face, who’s calling for AI...

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A new theoretical approach aims to shed light on the complex behavior of many-body systems. Researchers have applied a machine learning technique to uncover unexpected features of the non-reciprocal forces that shape the behavior of a...

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A persistent asymmetry in fusion exhaust has challenged researchers for years. New simulations show that plasma core rotation, working together with cross-field drifts, determines where particles land inside a tokamak. Tokamaks are often...

Scientific American

A small design flaw in the medals for the Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina turned a durability promise into a very public stress test

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A medication currently used to treat diabetes and obesity may offer a new way to help people struggling with alcohol addiction. A recent study published in eBioMedicine found that the drug tirzepatide reduces alcohol consumption and...

Science Focus

Dolphins have been observed, on various occasions, holding pufferfish in their mouths. The terrified fish soon inflate with seawater until they look like a spiky tennis ball, which the dolphins then pass around and toss into the air. This...

SciTech Daily

A lightning-fast pulsar near our galaxy’s black hole could unlock new secrets about gravity and spacetime. Scientists at Columbia University working with Breakthrough Listen, a research initiative dedicated to searching for evidence of...

NPR Science

The Pentagon and the Energy Department have airlifted a small nuclear reactor from California to Utah, demonstrating what they say is potential for the U.S. to quickly deploy nuclear power for military and civilian use. (Image credit:...

Singularity Hub

Computing Microsoft’s Glass Chip Holds Terabytes of Data for 10,000 YearsGayoung Lee | Gizmodo “Our knowledge of the past comes from stone tablets and old parchment. But thousands of years from now, our descendants may learn of our lives...

Discover Magazine (Pay Wall)

Learn more about the microbes that consume plastic and how they could one day help clean up our environment. 

PsyPost

A recent analysis of thousands of social media posts reveals that losing a job alters the narrative landscape of a person’s dreams, stripping away elements of surprise and visual perception while increasing work-related themes. These...

Popular Science

For once, there’s good news in animal conservation. A population of Tonkin snub-nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus avunculus)—critically endangered primates with colorful faces and big lips—is stable.  This news is particularly welcome,...

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Scientists at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden have identified biological markers that appear at the very beginning of Parkinson’s disease, before extensive damage occurs in the brain. These early changes leave measurable traces...

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New research suggests that multiple sclerosis may begin influencing patients’ health far earlier than previously recognized. Multiple sclerosis (MS) is often recognized only after unmistakable neurological problems show up, such as changes...

Scientific American

Isomorphic Lab’s proprietary drug-discovery model is a major advance, but scientists developing open-source tools are left guessing how to achieve similar results