Confronting the elephant in the human biodiversity room — the explosive issue of IQ

Evidence on higher rates of diabetes unclear in trans people, but data on higher rates of heart disease are clear

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The latest data on the metabolic problems faced by trans people are presented at a session at this year’s Annual Meeting of the European Association for…

Mapping the Amygdala Leads to New Hope For Cocaine Addiction

Summary: Researchers crafted a detailed atlas of the amygdala, revealing new insights into emotional responses and potential treatments for cocaine addiction. A cell-by-cell study of the amygdala, a brain structure…

Hubble captures starry Cetus constellation galaxy

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, ESA, R. Chandar (University of Toledo), and J. Lee (Space Telescope Science Institute); Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America) New and old stars alike twinkle…

Nonprofit service provider Blackbaud settles data breach case for $49.5M with states

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The fundraising software company Blackbaud agreed Thursday to pay $49.5 million to settle claims brought by the attorneys general of all 50 states related to a…

A cellulose-based thickener to reduce environmental risks of liquefied stabilized soil

The image shows how liquefied stabilized soil can find use as a backfill material at different locations on a construction site. Credit: Shinya Inazumi from Shibaura Institute of Technology, JapanImage…

Anthropologist discusses why we are so tempted to treat AI as ‘god-like’

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain As artificial intelligence apps such as ChatGPT have proliferated, so have chatbots with a religious bent. People facing a moral or ethical dilemma can submit their…

It’s more than being thirsty

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Water is essential to good health. Every cell, tissue and organ in your body needs water to work properly. Water is essential for maintaining your body…

Researchers find a new quantum ruler to explore exotic matter

Illustration depicts two bilayers (two double layers) of graphene that the NIST team employed in their experiments to investigate some of the exotic properties of moiré quantum material .  Inset…

A new qubit platform is created atom by atom

The STM tip (Fe) operates the sensor qubit and romote qubits which creates the new multiple qubit platform. Credit: Institute for Basic Science Researchers at the IBS Center for Quantum…