When President Donald Trump adamantly proclaimed in a press conference on Sept. 22, 2025, that pregnant women should not take Tylenol, I immediately thought about my own experiences during my…
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Mysterious molecule found on brown dwarf casts further doubt on potential signs of life on Venus
Brown dwarfs: too small to be stars, too big to be planets. Only discovered in the 1990s, these in-between cosmic objects aren’t big enough to burn as hot and bright…
Is the Holy Grail for treating chronic back pain within reach? Q&A with neurologist
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Whether it’s a dull, underlying ache in your spine or a piercing stab, chronic back pain affects roughly one in four Americans. UC San Francisco’s Prasad…
Densifying argyrodite could prevent dendrite formation in all-solid-state batteries
Critical currents for dendrite formation, with 3D reconstructions and FIB-SEM cross sections showing how CCDs increase with densification. a, CCD for dendrite formation versus relative density of Li6PS5Cl solid electrolytes…
Trump’s wacky science: He’s now blaming mothers for autism
The Trump administration’s targeting of women’s behavior as the basis for autism evokes the disgraceful mid-20th-century era of so-called refrigerator mothers, when the medical establishment widely believed and falsely claimed that…
Early medical abortion at home up to 12 weeks found to be safe, effective, comparable to hospital care
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Early medical abortion at home up to 12 weeks of pregnancy is safe, effective, and comparable to hospital care, finds a five-year review of cases in…
Molecular qubits can communicate at telecom frequencies
Ph.D. students Leah Weiss (left) and Grant Smith work in the lab of Professor David Awschalom. (Photo by John Zich). Credit: John Zich A team of scientists from the University…
The importance of a leader–follower relationship for performing tasks
Left image shows the paired condition where two people try to keep the rod horizontal in virtual space by operating a robot arm. Right shows the solo condition where one…
Psilocybin Rewire Brain Circuits Tied to Pain and Mood
Summary: New research shows that psilocybin, the active compound in psychedelic mushrooms, can reduce both chronic pain and pain-related depression by modulating brain circuits rather than acting at the site…
Why many stroke survivors struggle with numbers
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Numbers are all around us. In the morning, we wake up to an alarm that tells us it’s time to get out of bed. When deciding…
