This year’s Nobel laureates in Economics affirm that the future of growth models will be driven by innovation. This is both a challenge and an opportunity, and resonates deeply with…
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Trucked-in honeybees may edge out bigger bumblebee foragers
Even in the face of vast fields of flowers, local bumblebees may face the sting of competition when people bring their honeybees to the floral feast. When beekeepers truck their…
Reading Habits Predict Hidden Biases Toward Autism
Summary: A new study shows that the newspapers people read are strong predictors of their automatic, unconscious biases toward autism—even after accounting for age, education, political views, and personal experience.…
1st human missions to Mars should hunt for signs of life, report says
The first astronauts to set foot on Mars should hunt for signs of past or present Red Planet life. That’s the overarching conclusion of an in-depth report about human Mars…
Archaeologists use lasers to locate ancient settlements on Greek Islands
A multi-national team of archaeologists are using LIDAR laser scanning and magnetometry to locate settlements and artefacts buried beneath the surface across Greece’s Cyclades islands. The “Small Cycladic Islands Project”…
Versailles excavation reveals new insights into the Queen’s and Dauphin’s courts
Archaeological excavations at the Palace of Versailles have revealed the complex architectural evolution of the Queen’s and Dauphin’s Courts. The Palace of Versailles was commissioned by King Louis XIV, in…
PFAS in pregnant women’s drinking water puts their babies at higher risk, study finds
When pregnant women drink water that comes from wells downstream of sites contaminated with PFAS, known as “forever chemicals,” the risks to their babies’ health substantially increase, a new study…
Huge relatives of white sharks lived earlier than thought
Some 115 million years ago, a veritable fleet of giant predators prowled the waters near Australia. There were long-necked plesiosaurs, snaggletoothed pliosaurs with massive heads, dolphinlike ichthyosaurs, and now —…
Nicotine Withdrawal Makes Smokers More Sensitive to Pain
Summary: A new study shows that abstinent smokers experience heightened pain sensitivity linked to altered activity in specific brain regions. Compared to nonsmokers, abstinent smokers required more postoperative pain relief—especially…
PTSD Linked to Accelerated Brain Aging
Summary: A new study using advanced deep-learning brain age estimation shows that World Trade Center responders with PTSD exhibit signs of accelerated brain aging. Using BrainAgeNeXt, a model trained on…
