Ancient boomerang found in Polish cave stuns scientists

A study of a Palaeolithic boomerang found in Poland’s Obłazowa Cave has been dated to 42,000 years ago, making the discovery the oldest example in Europe and potentially the world.…

Left-Handed Creativity Myth Debunked – Neuroscience News

Summary: The long-standing belief that left-handed people are more creative has been challenged by a new meta-analysis of over a century of research. After reviewing nearly 1,000 studies, researchers found…

Widespread non-compliance found in loot box advertising disclosure rules in the UK and South Korea

Tiny RNA Mark Helps Explain Brain Wiring and Mental Disorders

Summary: New research reveals how a tiny chemical mark on RNA helps wire the brain during development. Scientists discovered that m6A methylation regulates the production of proteins essential for axon…

Brain Tracks Emotional Transitions Through Music

Summary: New research reveals how the brain navigates emotional transitions, using music as a tool to map changing neural patterns. Scientists found that emotional responses in the brain depend heavily…

People Prefer Human Empathy, Even When AI Says the Same Thing

Summary: A new study shows that people rate empathic responses as more supportive and emotionally satisfying when they believe they come from a human—even if the same response is AI-generated.…

Hubble captures an active galactic center

Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, M. J. Koss, A. J. Barth The light that the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope collected to create this image reached the telescope after a journey of…

The leg and foot injuries players need to watch out for

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain When Novak Djokovic limped out of the 2024 French Open with a torn meniscus in his knee, all eyes turned to whether he’d be fit for…

Ban left turns at intersections

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain More than 60% of traffic collisions at intersections involve left turns. Some U.S. cities—including San Francisco, Salt Lake City and Birmingham, Alabama—are restricting left turns. Dr.…

Growing evidence for evolving dark energy could inspire a new model of the universe

The Big Bang started around 13.8 billion years ago. Credit: NASA The birth, growth and future of our universe are eternally fascinating. In the last decades, telescopes have been able…