A vial of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine is on display at the Lubbock Health Department Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025, in Lubbock, Texas. Credit: AP Photo/Mary Conlon, File There…
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Wasting too much time on social media apps? Tips and tricks to curb smartphone use
Women look at a phone while sitting on the pedestal of statue on International Women’s Day in downtown Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, March 8, 2025. Credit: AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda If you’ve…
Age of “climate whiplash” puts residents of Africa’s cities in danger
Climate change is intensifying rainfall in Southern Africa, where rapid urbanisation and poor drainage made recent flooding in Botswana and South Africa deadly, a group of scientists said, while a…
Errors in attention adaptively impact spatial working memory, study finds
Attention error and spatial working memory experimental paradigm. Credit: Nature Human Behaviour (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41562-025-02109-5 Humans are known to rapidly adapt their mental processes and behavior based on feedback they…
A total lunar eclipse comes to North America tonight — Here’s everything you need to know about the ‘Blood Worm Moon’
The moon will turn red tonight for skywatchers across the U.S., but to see this total lunar eclipse unfold, you need to be in the right place at the right…
DeepSeek dims shine of AI stars
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain China-based DeepSeek shook up the world of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) early this year with a low-cost but high-performance model that challenges the hegemony of OpenAI…
Red-breasted nuthatches smear sap around their nest entrances to protect against predators – Functional Ecologists
James and team tap into the behavioural dynamics of red-breasted nuthatches and their use of conifer resin (sap). In their paper “Behavioural co-option of plant secondary compounds by a cavity-nesting…
More than 1.2 million medical device side-effect reports not submitted within legal timeframe, analysis finds
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain More than 1.2 million medical device adverse event reports were not submitted to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) within the deadline set by federal…
Boost Brain Health by Following Your Heart: Simple Steps for Longevity
Summary: New research highlights that optimal brain health, crucial for maintaining cognitive function as we age, is strongly linked to cardiovascular wellness. The study underscores that dementia and cognitive decline…
