Summary: Researchers discovered an unexpected role for the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC), a region traditionally viewed as the executive driver of behavioral flexibility. The team demonstrated that the mPFC can…
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The SolarQuest mount is essential for tracking the sun with a telescope
Specifications Resolution: 2,073,600 counts/rev; 0.625 arc-second Slewing speeds: 16x and 1200x Payload capacity: 8.8 lbs/4kg Dovetail saddle: 45mm Vixen-style Controls: Power button and 8-way sliding switch Power: 8x AA batteries…
Roman altar dedicated to Jupiter recovered from the Danube
A fragment of a Roman altar dedicated to Jupiter has been recovered from the Danube near Dunaújváros, Hungary, after exceptionally low water levels exposed sections of the riverbed that are…
Etruscan votive offerings found in ritual well
Archaeologists excavating the ancient Etruscan city of Kainua near Marzabotto, northern Italy, have uncovered an exceptionally preserved ritual well containing bronze votive offerings and human remains. The discovery was made…
Exercise Shields Dopamine Neurons in Parkinson’s
Summary: Researchers synthesized evidence from 129 studies detailing how exercise-induced muscle signaling protects against Parkinson’s disease (PD) pathology. The authors examine the biological impact of sarcopenia, the progressive loss of…
Why Psychedelics Make Everything Feel Deeply Connected
Summary: Researchers introduce “apical hypercontextualisation”—a bottom-up neurobiological mechanism explaining how psychedelics (psilocybin, LSD, DMT, mescaline) transform perception and cognition. Moving beyond macro-scale whole-brain neuroimaging, the framework focuses on the cellular…
Receptor Density Shapes Whole-Brain Network Dynamics
Summary: Researchers developed a biologically grounded whole-brain computer model that bridges microscopic molecular chemistry with macroscopic neural activity. The team integrated detailed empirical maps of muscarinic acetylcholine receptor density across…
Early Stress Heightens Adult Anxiety
Summary: Researchers uncovered a fundamental epigenetic mechanism explaining how early-life adversity permanently alters the brain’s stress response networks. The study identified that childhood trauma increases levels of the enzyme SETD7…
How Overconfidence and Loss Aversion Co-Evolved
Summary: Researchers propose an evolutionary resolution to why human overconfidence persists despite causing costly decision-making errors. The study argues that overconfidence functions analogously to a peacock’s tail: a costly evolutionary…
DUNE Uses AI to Transform the Future of Neutrino Research
BYLINE: Caitlyn Buongiorno Newswise — The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment at the Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility recently began installing the structural elements of its massive neutrino detector modules. At the same time, the…
