My research on wheelchair basketball challenges one of the biggest assumptions about sex differences in sports

Every March, millions of Americans fill out brackets and tune in to watch the NCAA college basketball tournaments known as March Madness. The men’s and women’s competitions unfold in parallel,…

Haldane Prize 2025 | Carolina Olguín-Jacobson: Recovery mode: Marine protected areas enhance resilience of invertebrate species from marine heatwave – Functional Ecologists

2025 HALDANE PRIZE SHORTLIST: Carolina Olguín Jacobson discusses her paper “Recovery mode: Marine protected areas enhance resilience of invertebrate species from marine heatwaves”, which has been shortlisted for Functional Ecology’s…

 ‘Mentor’ shipwreck study uncovers possible fragment of Parthenon

Image Credit : Ministry of Culture Archaeologists have released images and new findings from the latest phase of underwater excavations at the historic shipwreck of the brig Mentor off the…

How fast is the universe expanding? Astronomers may be one step closer to resolving ‘Hubble trouble’

The local universe may be expanding more slowly than previously thought, scientists have found. The discovery, made in two separate pieces of research, could relieve one of the most troubling…

Cocktail Party Problem Decoded: Sound Location Is Key to Hearing in a Crowd

Summary: For decades, neuroscientists have wondered how humans can isolate a single conversation in a loud room—a phenomenon known as the “cocktail party problem.” Neuroscientists have finally provided a computational…

In war-torn Iran, air pollution from burning oil depots and bombed buildings unleashes invisible health threats

The waves of U.S. and Israeli bomb strikes in Tehran and Beirut, and Iran’s missile and drone attacks on neighboring countries in response, are damaging more than buildings – they…

The Awake “Sleep” Loop: Why Attention Lapses Occur in ADHD

Summary: Have you ever felt your brain “flicker” off for a split second during a boring task? New researc reveals that these lapses are actually caused by sleep-like brain activity…

Wild monkeys invaded Florida. Should people protect them?

It was a typical Florida story. In January 2014, Missy Williams stood at the edge of a park-and-fly in Dania Beach near Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. She watched the boundary…

Anxiety and ADHD can overlap – here’s how to untangle these widespread mental health disorders

For decades, one of the greatest challenges to treating neurological disorders like attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder is that its symptoms often resemble those of several other conditions. Overlapping disorders are extremely common…

White House clamps down on RFK, Jr.’s vaccine rejectionism but reportedly retains Trump’s support

The White House is more tightly controlling the messaging and policies—including around vaccines—coming from the Department of Health and Human Services ahead of the midterm elections …. Aides close to…