A Japanese fighter aircraft dating from the Second World War has been recovered from coastal waters in Kagoshima Prefecture, more than 80 years after it was lost in combat. The…
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The Artemis 2 astronauts got a private ‘Project Hail Mary’ screening before launch. Here’s their verdict
NASA’s Orion spacecraft and Artemis 2 crew just completed their awe-inspiring loop around the moon on Monday, April 6, as the world watched this historic record-breaking endeavor. Now Reid Wiseman,…
How the Brain Replays Sight to Create Mental Images
Summary: Have you ever wondered why a memory can feel as vivid as a photograph? A groundbreaking study has finally cracked the “neural code” behind visual imagination. By recording the…
How Trauma Changes a Child’s Sense of Touch and Sound
Summary: For young survivors of the October 7, 2023, attacks, the trauma of war has moved beyond the mind and into the nervous system. A new study reveals that nearly…
Psilocybin mushrooms are going mainstream, but scientific research and regulation lag behind
Amid a renaissance in the science of psychedelics, public interest in psilocybin – or magic mushrooms, as they’ve long been known – is surging. One study found that rates of…
Elizabeth Telford | What 10,000 Nodules Taught Me About Savanna Trees…. and Myself – Functional Ecologists
In this Behind the Paper blog post, author Elizabeth Telford – a postdoc at the the University of Sheffield – explores her research article N2 fixation is linked to the…
10th-century treasure discovery reveals Europe-wide trade links
A large hoard of jewellery discovered in the Russian city of Veliky Novgorod is providing new insights into long-distance trade and cultural exchange in medieval Europe. Veliky Novgorod is one…
Large Hadron Collider gives scientists their best look yet at conditions right after the Big Bang
The world’s most powerful particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider, has given scientists their best look yet at quark-gluon plasma, the primordial matter that filled the universe moments after the…
Double Shifts Wreck the Body’s Stress Rhythm
Summary: For most people, the “stress hormone” cortisol hits its lowest point at midnight, allowing the body to recover and rest. However, new research reveals that for nurses working double…
Mummified reptile hints at the origins of how we breathe
The mummified remains of of a land-dwelling vertebrate are helping to reveal how early ancient reptiles began to take a breath with their whole chests — the breathing style used…
