Tobacco is still one of the world’s top killers – here are the key obstacles to enacting generational smoking bans

Smoking is really bad for you. Most people know that. Even smokers think smoking is bad for one’s health. But most people don’t know just how bad it is. More…

Health care sticker shock has become the norm, but talking to your doctor about costs can help you rein it in

As health care costs rise, patients aren’t just shouldering higher bills. They’re bearing more and more responsibility for getting information. Americans are facing a health care affordability crunch on multiple…

Eta Factory Ratchets Up Efforts to Catch Light from Dark Matter

Newswise — When astronomers point their telescopes to the heavens, they tend to look toward the light. They may search for the pin pricks of shining stars, the billowing of…

WWII Japanese Shiden Kai fighter raised from seabed after 81 years

A Japanese fighter aircraft dating from the Second World War has been recovered from coastal waters in Kagoshima Prefecture, more than 80 years after it was lost in combat. The…

The Artemis 2 astronauts got a private ‘Project Hail Mary’ screening before launch. Here’s their verdict

NASA’s Orion spacecraft and Artemis 2 crew just completed their awe-inspiring loop around the moon on Monday, April 6, as the world watched this historic record-breaking endeavor. Now Reid Wiseman,…

How the Brain Replays Sight to Create Mental Images

Summary: Have you ever wondered why a memory can feel as vivid as a photograph? A groundbreaking study has finally cracked the “neural code” behind visual imagination. By recording the…

How Trauma Changes a Child’s Sense of Touch and Sound

Summary: For young survivors of the October 7, 2023, attacks, the trauma of war has moved beyond the mind and into the nervous system. A new study reveals that nearly…

Psilocybin mushrooms are going mainstream, but scientific research and regulation lag behind

Amid a renaissance in the science of psychedelics, public interest in psilocybin – or magic mushrooms, as they’ve long been known – is surging. One study found that rates of…

Elizabeth Telford | What 10,000 Nodules Taught Me About Savanna Trees…. and Myself  – Functional Ecologists

In this Behind the Paper blog post, author Elizabeth Telford – a postdoc at the the University of Sheffield – explores her research article N2 fixation is linked to the…

10th-century treasure discovery reveals Europe-wide trade links

A large hoard of jewellery discovered in the Russian city of Veliky Novgorod is providing new insights into long-distance trade and cultural exchange in medieval Europe. Veliky Novgorod is one…