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A Father’s Touch in Infancy Can Shape a Child’s Health for Years, New Science Explains Why
A study from Penn State University has revealed something startling beneath that simplicity those early interactions carry biological consequences that...
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...
For Future Space Missions, Molecular Ecology Finally Offers a Clear Biosignature Target
When the next generation of probes scoops up dust from the icy shell of Europa or the surface of Mars,...
Global Sperm Counts Have Dropped 50% in 50 Years Now 128 Men Are Racing Their Way to a $100,000 Prize to Prove the Point
A group of technology entrepreneurs is staging a competitive event in San Francisco in which semen samples from 128 men...
How Seeing Someone Sick Boosts Your Immune System: Study Says
According to a new study, healthy individuals experienced a measurable change in immune cell activity after viewing virtual reality avatars...
Recent Study Indicates Constant Praise May Actually Lower a Child’s Academic Risk-Taking.
Recent studies on types of praise and children's academic motivation show that constantly praising a child's fixed traits, such as their intelligence...
Scientists Find Molecule That Wipes Out Liver Cancer
Researchers investigated this question because metastasis causes most cancer deaths, and the liver is a frequent site of spread for...
Colossal Biosciences Announces De-Extinction of Bluebuck Antelope, 226 Years After Its Extinction
It has been 226 years since humans last saw a living bluebuck, an elegant antelope species native to South Africa...
Critically Endangered Blue Tarantula Surveyed in India’s Largest Tiger Reserve
A new conservation survey has begun for the Peacock Tarantula (Poecilotheria metallica) inside the Nagarjunasagar Srisailam Tiger Reserve (NSTR). This...
Mesothermic fish face rising energy stress and overheating risk in warming oceans
A new study estimates routine energy use across nearly the full size range of living fish species and finds that...
POPULAR NEWS
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...
New Studys Says Gen Z is the least sexually active young cohort in modern recorded history
A generation that grew up with dating apps in their pockets, pornography a tap away, and sex discussed more openly...
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...
Is Gen Z the First Generation Less Intelligent Than Their Parents?
Gen Z intelligence decline is emerging as a serious concern among neuroscientists and education researchers. For over a century, each...
Whole Brain Emulation Achieved: Scientists Run a Fruit Fly Brain in Simulation
Scientists have copied an entire biological brain neuron by neuron and synapse by synapse and made it control a simulated...
EDITOR CHOICE‘S
Step-Synchronized Brain Stimulation Reduces Falls in Small Parkinson’s Trial
Researchers have reported encouraging results from a small feasibility study testing a new form of adaptive deep brain stimulation (aDBS)...
A Father’s Touch in Infancy Can Shape a Child’s Health for Years, New Science Explains Why
A study from Penn State University has revealed something startling beneath that simplicity those early interactions carry biological consequences that...
South Asian Patients Have Been Left Out of Cancer Genomics for Decades & MutExpress-India Is Changing That
The databases that underpin modern cancer genomics have a geography problem. The gnomAD database the gold standard for allele frequency...
Biodiversity Loss Could Bankrupt Nations And Wall Street Hasn’t Noticed Yet
Every year, governments borrow trillions of dollars to function. The interest rate they pay depends almost entirely on their credit...
