Rare Mesolithic timbers found 20 metres underwater could reveal previously unknown construction by Stone Age hunter-gatherers Archaeologists exploring Lake Arendsee in northern Germany have discovered remarkably well-preserved pieces of worked…
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Daily Steps Tied to Lower Teen Depression
Summary: A longitudinal study tracking more than 5,500 American adolescents reveals that higher daily step counts directly correlate with fewer mental health issues one year later. Led by researchers at…
2,100-year-old luxury tableware discovered in ancient shipwreck off Türkiye
Underwater archaeologists have discovered thousands of luxury ceramic vessels in a 2,100-year-old shipwreck off the Mediterranean coast of Türkiye. The shipwreck is located off Adrasan in Antalya Province, where underwater…
Why Cannabis Can Suddenly Trigger Panic
Summary: Neuroscientists at Northwestern University have pinpointed a specific population of neurons that drives acute anxiety following exposure to cannabinoid compounds under stressful conditions. Published in Nature Communications, the preclinical…
Can an AI Ever Truly Be “Conscious” in the Eyes of Humans?
Humans refuse to attribute consciousness to AI even when it acts identically to a human.
Young Yosemite toads survive winter, then emerge with a deadly fungus
A toad’s winter refuge could be a biohazard. Some young Yosemite toads emerge from their first winter underground infected with the deadly chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, or Bd, researchers report…
Banks backed net zero then kept funding coal companies
Several major banks that helped set up the UN’s now-defunct Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA) in 2021 have since continued to lend money to coal companies, a new report has revealed.…
As COP31 co-host, Australia should make its polluters pay for climate damage
Harjeet Singh is the global convenor of the Fill the Fund campaign and founding director of the Satat Sampada Climate Foundation. Julie-Anne Richards is strategic campaign lead for the Make…
Viewpoint: Died “with measles” vs. died “from measles”: RFK, Jr.’s dangerously subversive word games
The pandemic-era line “died with COVID, not from it” has come back, and this time it’s being used to leave measles deaths out of the national count. Writing for STAT…
