Menstrual cycle found to affect women’s reaction time, but not as much as being active

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Women performed best on cognitive tests during ovulation but physical activity level had a stronger influence on brain function, according to a new study from researchers…

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…

SpaceX targets nighttime launch of competitor Amazon’s satellites

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain SpaceX is set to finish up its third of three contracted launches of competitor Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellites on Thursday night. A Falcon 9 on the…

Dutch study identifies trends driven by socioeconomic factors

Credit: CC0 Public Domain In the Netherlands, the National Immunization Programme (NIP) was established in 1957. This program provides free and voluntary vaccinations against 13 serious infectious diseases and has…

Experts explain how to build AI infrastructure correctly

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain To fast-track the buildout of data centers that power artificial intelligence (AI), tech giants like Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Oracle, and OpenAI are pouring money into…

Complex decisions still require human skills as AI supports public decision-making, says researcher

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Today, AI technologies are being used in the public sector for administrative cases and as support in the various steps that lead up to a decision.…

Individual electrons trapped and controlled above 1 K, easing cooling limits for quantum computing

Mic’d bats reveal midnight songbird attacks

Vampire bats are a Halloween staple, and now they’ve got company. Another bat species snatches birds out of the air for a gruesome midnight feast. Songbird DNA has previously shown…

FCC announces ‘Space Month’ push to streamline space regulations

We’re about a quarter of the way through “Space Month.” That’s the nickname that Brendan Carr, chairman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), has given to October 2025. The…

A Denver MD has spent 2 decades working with hospitalized patients experiencing homelessness − here’s what she fears and what gives her hope

On a recent early fall morning, hope was in short supply. My first patient was a regular. Mr. D was a man in his 50s with diabetes. He had been…