William Hintz likes to think of the complex connections making up our environment as a series of dominoes. “You push one domino and many other dominos fall — even though you didn't push them,” Hintz,

South Australia has launched a world-first programme to reduce premature births by testing omega-3 levels during pregnancy and giving supplements when they are low Omega-3 fish oil can be taken as da

In the first millionths of a second after the Big Bang, the universe was a roiling, trillion-degree plasma of quarks and gluons — elementary particles that briefly glommed together in countless combin

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a neurodegenerative tauopathy caused by repetitive head injury.1 Although it has chiefly been studied in contact sport participants, anyone who experiences re

The present study investigated and directly compared acute effects of LSD and psilocybin using well-defined doses in healthy participants. Previous recent studies only investigated either LSD or psilo

A new report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says that up to 3.6 billion people are highly vulnerable to climate change, largely from extreme heat, heavy rainfall, drought and fire P

Bootsma , Martin C. Ferguson , Neil M. The Effect of Public Health Measures on the 1918 Influenza Pandemic in U.S. Cities Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104 18 2007 7588 J., a

Hundreds of thousands of modern human genomes and thousands of ancient human genomes have been generated to date. However, different methods and data quality can make comparisons among them difficult.

Vaccination remains highly effective against hospitalisation, but vaccine effectiveness declined after 200 days, particularly for older patients or those with specific comorbidities. Additional protec

Each year, an estimated 11 million tons of plastic waste enter the ocean, equivalent to a cargo ship’s worth every day. The rising tide—in the oceans and beyond—is just a symptom of much wider problem

Statistics Statistical tests are two-sided Welch’s t-tests unless otherwise specified. Enrichment analyses were performed using the phyper function for hypergeometric tests in R. Multiple testing cor

Description of the skull and its pathologies This paper focuses on the finding of a skull from the Dolmen of El Pendón in July 2018. Its chronostratigraphic context corresponds to the second phase of

A research team in Korea has synthesized metal nanoparticles that can drastically improve the performance of hydrogen fuel cell catalysts by using the semiconductor manufacturing technology. The Korea

Abstract Abstract. Love typically decreases over time, sometimes leading to divorces. We tested whether positively reappraising the spouse and/or up-regulating positive emotions unrelated to the spou

Head direction cells in the brains of streaked shearwater chicks might act like internal compasses to help the birds navigate during their initial migratory flight How migratory animals find their wa

Winter began in spring for many animals during the final year of the age of dinosaurs. Palaeontologists studying fossilized fish suggest that spring was in full bloom in the Northern Hemisphere when a

A new study published in Frontiers in Neural Circuits is the first to analyze the structural connectivity changes that happen in the brain after long-duration spaceflight. The results show significant

Masks impair the recognition of six basic facial expressions, according to new research published in the journal Social Psychology. The findings suggests that visual information from lower portions of

In a collaborative study by the Universities of Surrey and Brighton, researchers investigated the impact of vitamin D supplements – D2 and D3 – taken daily over a 12-week period on the activity of gen

A new study finds that switching to a no-meat or low-meat diet can lead to a lower risk of developing certain types of cancer. iStock A group of researchers from Oxford University decided to study i

Abstract Background The benefits of treatment with testosterone (T) in women with loss of desire suggest that low androgens may distinguish women with sexual dysfunction (SD) from others; however, ev

Introduction Life expectancy at birth is the measure synthetically describing mortality in a population. It is estimated that 20–30% of human life expectancy is determined by genetic factors, and 70–

Source: Pexels/Pixabay Think about the single people you know well. Now group them into voluntary and involuntary singles: The involuntary singles would be individuals who often feel lonely and wish

The loss of a loved one can have a profound impact on humans, affecting everything from sleep patterns to appetite. Now researchers say they have found similar behaviour changes in dogs who have lost

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FOCUS A Quantum Solution to an 18th-Century Puzzle A mathematical problem with no classical solution turns out to be solvable using quantum rules. et al. [1] S. A. Rather On a roll. Quantum dice ca

Durham University astronomer collaborating with a team of international scientists have mapped more than a quarter of the northern sky using the Low Frequency Array (LOFAR), a pan-European radio teles

ADHD linked to hoarding behaviour - new study Published: 25 February 2022 at 08:52 As many as 1 in 5 adults with ADHD could have significant hoarding symptoms New research has found that people wit

Roughly a decade ago, a team of biologists glued audio recording devices onto the backs of a handful of elephant seals on the California coast. They wanted to know if the seals — identified as males b

Researchers have engineered a common soil bacteria to steadily secrete ammonia and successfully fertilize rice crops. One day, these novel engineered microbes could replace the chemical fertilizers th

Not all black holes are born equal , and some were cursed with cosmic misfortunes since their formation. Astronomers recently discovered a misaligned black hole spinning off of its axis by about 40 d

From a human perspective, mountains stand stoic and still, massive symbols of quiet endurance and immovability. But new research reveals that mountains are, in fact, moving all the time, swaying gent

In the movie Inception, Leonardo DiCaprio enters into other people's dreams to interact with them and steal secrets from their subconscious. Now, it seems this science fiction plot is one baby step cl

Republican and Democratic partisans tend to disparage each other’s intelligence more than each other’s morality, according to new research to be published in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

(CNN) At least 5.2 million children globally have lost a parent, grandparent or family member who helped care for them to Covid-19, a new study says. The study, published Thursday in the medical jour

There's nothing more clarifying than looking out over the ocean. And no, we're not just talking about how the salt water seems to magically clear up our skin and sinuses. Something about vast water ma