How the Brain Decodes Social Emotions and Anxiety

Summary: The anterior temporal lobe (ATL) plays a key role in interpreting social hierarchies and facial emotions, offering insight into anxiety and mood disorders. A research project used advanced imaging…

How prison affects Black men’s mental health long after they’ve been released

Mike returned home to Philadelphia after a 15-year prison sentence and suffered an emotional breakdown. “I just couldn’t stop crying … I don’t know. It was the anxiety. It was…

An open-source tool for simulating material fracture and fatigue

Miguel Castillón has developed the PhaseFieldX tool while completing his Ph.D. at IMDEA Materials Institute. Credit: IMDEA Materials Institute The Python package PhaseFieldX, developed by researcher Miguel Castillón at IMDEA…

Asymmetric metasurface allows precise control of photon entanglement

About a third of pregnant women in the US lack sufficient vitamin D to support healthy pregnancies − new research

Children whose mothers had higher vitamin D levels during pregnancy scored better on tests of memory, attention and problem-solving skills at ages 7 to 12 compared with those whose mothers…

Brazil offers COP30 cruise ship rooms and cap on costs

The Brazilian government says it has offered accommodation for COP30 costing no more than $220 a night to representatives of some of the world’s poorest countries after African and Pacific…

Surprising finding could pave way for universal cancer vaccine

Credit: CC0 Public Domain An experimental mRNA vaccine has boosted the tumor-fighting effects of immunotherapy in a mouse-model study, bringing researchers one step closer to their goal of developing a…

US House passes landmark crypto measures in win for Trump

Member of the Trump administration, including Vice President JD Vance, have been bullish on cryptocurrencies, leading to the US Congress advancing landmark measures on digital assets. The US House of…

Video: Nuclear energy will destroy us? Global warming is an existential threat? Chemicals are massacring bees? Donate to the Green Industrial Complex!

In an eye-opening exchange, John Stossel sits down with Jon Entine, an award-winning journalist and Executive Director of the Genetic Literacy Project, to debunk what they call the media‑driven “bee‑pocalypse.”…

Scar tissue in athletes’ hearts tied to higher risk of dangerous cardiac rhythms

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Scar tissue in the heart was associated with abnormal heart rhythms among healthy, long-time male endurance athletes aged 50 or older, potentially increasing their risk of…