Reduced Brain Network Flexibility Across Psychiatric Conditions

Summary: Researchers reveal that reduced dynamic brain flexibility, or “flattened” network dynamics, not only distinguishes psychiatric patients from healthy controls, but tracks individual symptom fingerprints far more accurately than standard…

Risk Genes for Borderline Personality Disorder Discovered

Summary: Researchers identified 11 independent genomic risk regions (loci) and 9 specific candidate genes linked to BPD development. The study establishes that common genetic variants account for 17.3% of the…

Deep-sea snails ride surface currents to reach distant hydrothermal vents

The ocean is giving up one of its secrets: how members of the same species can turn up at far-flung deep-sea hydrothermal vents. An epic migration up to — and…

Energy transition policymaking must evolve to fit an age of rupture

Andreas Sieber is head of political strategy at 350.0g. Cat Abreu is director of the International Climate Politics Hub. From the US abduction of Venezuela’s president at the start of…

I’m a Philly neonatologist, and every time I discharge a baby from the NICU, I worry about the air they’ll breathe at home

Discharge day in the neonatal intensive care unit, or NICU, should feel like a finish line. After weeks or months of monitors, alarms, oxygen, feeding tubes, blood tests and waiting,…

Time for a clock change? Congress considers daylight saving time … again

In the 108-year history of daylight saving time in the United States, the country has three times moved to institute it year-round: during each of the two world wars and…

Are we edging closer to precisely, and safely, editing human embryos?

On June 1, an international group of industry and academic collaborators, led by geneticist Dieter Egli at Columbia University, released a preprint on bioRxiv demonstrating the use of base editing in human embryos (2026,…

More testosterone won’t make a better soldier or a tougher man – aggression and strength drive T levels, not the other way around

How low is too low when it comes to testosterone levels? When Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced in July 2026 that U.S. service members ages 30 and older will have…

The 1st ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ trailer is here, and it’s stuffed to bursting with superheroes

Avengers: Doomsday | Official Trailer | In Theaters December 18 – YouTube Watch On One thing is for certain: there will absolutely be no shortage of superheroes in Marvel Studios’…

Rare Hellenistic ritual complex revealed at Gradište

Archaeologists excavating the ancient site of Gradište near Mlado Nagoričane in North Macedonia have uncovered what they believe was a ritual dining complex associated with a sacred precinct, revealing fresh…