Neuroscie
Brain Cells That Thrive on Uncertainty Help Us Adapt and Learn
Summary: Scientists have discovered a group of brain cells in the orbitofrontal cortex that become more active when outcomes are uncertain, revealing how the brain adapts and learns from unpredictable…
Social Inference Could Be the Key to Healing Schizophrenia
Summary: Researchers have identified a brain function that could transform how schizophrenia is treated—by focusing on social inference, the ability to interpret social cues and intentions. The study found that…
Reelin Shows Promise for Healing Both Gut and Depression
Summary: A new study reveals that the protein Reelin may hold the key to treating both “leaky gut” and major depressive disorder. Chronic stress lowers Reelin levels in the gut,…
Five Sleep Types Revealed: How Your Brain Wiring Reflects Rest
Summary: A new study has identified five distinct “sleep-biopsychosocial” profiles that connect how we sleep with our brain networks, mental health, cognition, and lifestyle. Using data from over 700 participants,…
Life
Nature
Newfound bat skeletons are the oldest on record
Two fossilized bat skeletons unearthed in western Wyoming represent a new species and are the oldest set of bat bones yet discovered, researchers say. The incredibly complete fossils of Icaronycteris…
Astronomy
Simulations unveil the electrodynamic nature of black hole mergers and other spacetime collisions
Spinning black hole with gravitational electric (top) and magnetic fields (bottom). Shown in color is the gravitational electric charge density. Credit: Boyeneni, Wu & Most. Gravitational waves are energy-carrying waves…
Astronomers discover the most ‘pristine’ star in the known universe
Kinematic properties. The past orbit of J0715 − 7334 and the LMC in Galactic coordinates on-sky, overlaid on the distribution of all stars observed by Gaia. Not all stars are…
Physicists detect water’s ultraviolet fingerprint in interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS
NASA’s Swift Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope (UVOT) observed interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS during two visits in July and August 2025. The panels show visible-light (left) and ultraviolet (right) images, where the faint glow…
With new analysis, Apollo samples brought to Earth in 1972 reveal exotic sulfur hidden in moon’s mantle
Commander Eugene Cernan retrieves a drive tube from the Lunar Roving Vehicle during an Apollo 17 EVA. Samples from one of the Apollo 17 drive tubes was recently opened and…
