12,638 MRI Scans Confirm Men’s Brains Shrink Faster in PNAS Study
A large-scale analysis of brain scans taken over time has found that men's brains shrink faster than women's across a...
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When Sperm Meets Egg, a Flash of Light Reveals Success
When a sperm cell penetrates an egg, the event is far less quiet than textbooks once suggested. Within seconds, billions...
Taste for Starch In Rats
Recent research has illuminated a lesser-known aspect of their palate: a distinct affinity for starch-derived polysaccharides. This revelation challenges conventional...
Why Axons of Mammalian CNS Exhibit Limited Regeneration
The mammals possess a lot of benefits against other vertebrates, mainly in the areas of cognitive capacity and behavioral flexibility...
Scientists Say Babies May Learn to Yawn Before Birth
Mothers can spread yawns to their yet-to-be-born offspring during pregnancy, researchers report May 5 in Current Biology the first empirical evidence...
Most Poisoning Birds In The World
Spur-winged Goose: A Poisoned Fowl The Spur-winged Goose is a species of bird that is native to sub-Saharan Africa. It...
Yelling Isn’t Just Yelling: How a Hostile Home Rewires a Child’s Brain for Constant Alert
To a parent in the heat of the moment, a raised voice may feel like simple frustration. To a child...
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How Human And AI Judgements Differs
A series of experiments comparing how people and large language models respond to the same judgment tasks found that the...
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Chewing gum releases thousands of microplastic particles directly into your mouth with every piece you chew
Microplastics are turning up in places researchers never expected: deep-sea sediments, Arctic ice, and human blood. Now, a UCLA pilot...
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Gen Z intelligence decline is emerging as a serious concern among neuroscientists and education researchers. For over a century, each...
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Functional Lab-Grown Esophagus Successfully Implanted in Growing Pigs
Researchers implanted autologous, cell-seeded esophageal segments into growing minipigs. The grafts integrated with host tissue. They showed contractility, remodeling, and...
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Cycling Linked to Lower Dementia Risk in Study of Nearly 480,000 Adults
Dementia affects tens of millions of people worldwide, and projections suggest that number could nearly triple by 2050. Physical activity...
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Pig Semen-Derived Exosomes Deliver Cancer Treatment to Mouse Retinas via Eye Drops
A research team in China has engineered eye drops using exosomes extracted from pig semen to deliver a targeted drug...
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Trauma Shrinks the Brain But Science Shows Exercise Can Rebuild It from the Inside Out
The relationship between psychological trauma and the physical structure of the brain is one of the most striking discoveries in...
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Stanford Geneticist Warned Humans Are Getting Dumber
Gerald Crabtree, a prominent geneticist at Stanford University, made a startling claim. If an average citizen from Athens around 1000 ...
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