Key Questions Answered Q: Why do young children struggle to recognize adult emotions?A: Young children rely heavily on facial perception and haven’t yet developed the conceptual knowledge needed to fully…
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Brazil launches COP30 accommodation platform after pressure from UN committee
The Brazilian government launched a long-awaited official accommodation platform for COP30 last Friday after a UN committee had urged the summit’s hosts to find urgent solutions for the mounting logistical…
The mystery of melting sea stars may finally be solved
A mysterious disease has been turning sea stars into goo since 2013. Now, there’s a leading suspect behind the killings — a bacterium called Vibrio pectenicida, researchers report August 4 in Nature Ecology &…
Sunrise hits SpaceX’s Crew-11 rocket on the pad photo of the day for August 4, 2025
Crew-11 was the eleventh operational crewed mission that SpaceX has launched for NASA under the agency’s Commercial Crew Program (CCP), a partnership launched in the 2010s to return astronaut launches…
Fetal autopsies could help prevent stillbirths, but too often they are used to blame mothers for pregnancy loss
About 60 pregnancies per day in the U.S. end in stillbirth. The best way to find out why a stillbirth occurred is a fetal autopsy – yet these procedures are…
Psychedelics and non-hallucinogenic analogs work through the same receptor—up to a point
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Understanding exactly how psychedelics promote new connections in the brain is critical to developing targeted, non-hallucinogenic therapeutics that can treat neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric diseases. To achieve…
AI search pushing an already weakened media ecosystem to the brink
Generative artificial intelligence assistants like ChatGPT are cutting into traditional online search traffic, depriving news sites of visitors and impacting the advertising revenue they desperately need. Generative artificial intelligence assistants like…
Plastic pollution is an underrecognized threat to health, experts warn
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Ahead of the expected finalization of a UN global plastics treaty, a group of international experts calls for a greater focus on health impacts when considering…
Hindu idols and Shiva Lingams found in submerged structure
A collection of ancient Hindu idols and Shiva Lingams were unearthed during restoration works of a sacred spring in the Karkoot Nag area of Aishmuqam, South Kashmir. The water level…
Brain Reward Signals Blunted by Genetic Depression Risk
Key Questions Answered Q: How does genetic risk for depression affect the brain?A: Young adults with a higher genetic predisposition to depression showed reduced brain activity in key areas linked…
