Neuroscie

False Memories Are Harder to Create Than Once Thought

Summary: A new analysis challenges long-standing claims about the ease of implanting false memories, often cited in court cases to discredit witnesses. Researchers re-evaluated data from a 2023 replication of…

The Genetic Impact of Forever Chemicals on Brain Function

Summary: Researchers have found that per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) alter the expression of specific genes in brain-like cells, potentially contributing to neurotoxicity. Among six tested compounds, perfluorooctanoic acid…

Social Connections Key to Borderline Personality Disorder Therapy

Summary: Loneliness plays a central role in borderline personality disorder (BPD) and often persists even when clinical symptoms subside. Current treatments, such as dialectical behavior therapy, fail to fully address…

New Insight into Genetic Disease Variability

Summary: New research reveals that certain cells inactivate one parent’s copy of a gene, leading to a bias in gene activity that may explain why some individuals with disease-causing mutations…

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

Coordinating risk assessments for radiation in outer space

In the next few decades, crewed missions to the moon and Mars will likely become frequent. One of the main challenges faced by these future missions will be the need…

Relativistic electron beam could propel probe to Alpha Centauri, study suggests

Bezos’s Blue Origin poised for first orbital launch next week

In this handout photo courtesy of Blue Origin the New Glenn rocket is seen during a hot-fire test at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida on…

NASA’s LEXI will provide X-ray vision of Earth’s magnetosphere

In this visualization, the LEXI instrument is shown onboard Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1, which will deliver 10 Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) payloads to the moon. Credit: Firefly…