Summary: Researchers found that Buddhist jhāna meditation and Christian speaking in tongues, despite their differences, share a common cognitive feedback loop. This process, called the Attention, Arousal, and Release Spiral,…
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Rare discovery of two-handed medieval sword
Detectorists from the GRYF – Biskupieckie Stowarzyszenie Detektorystyczne have uncovered a two-handed medieval sword during a licensed rally near the village of Wielka Tymawa in Poland’s Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship. The sword…
Blood test could identify expectant mothers at risk of preterm delivery
Credit: MART PRODUCTION from Pexels A research team from Sinai Health and the University of Toronto has identified a way to determine which mothers are more likely to deliver a…
Leaving Pluto in the dust: New Horizons probe gearing up for epic crossing of ‘termination shock’
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft conducted the first and only flyby of the Pluto system, culminating at the closest approach of that distant world in July 2015. Sailing onward, the probe…
Japan disregarded calls to raise its 2035 emissions goal
Japan missed a UN deadline by submitting its new 2035 emissions reduction target a week late, reportedly because the government had received so many public comments on the 60% cut…
A new way to observe electrons in motion
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Electrons oscillate around the nucleus of an atom on extremely short timescales, typically completing a cycle in just a few hundred attoseconds. Because of their ultrafast…
Unlocking the future of satellite navigation with smart techniques
RMSE of the stepwise and centralized dynamic OD. (a) RMSE of the Stepwise OD (b) RMSE of centralized OD. Credit: Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences A new…
War study in Ukraine suggests hydrodissection may reduce pain, opioid use in post-amputation pain
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A reliable method to treat post-amputation pain remains elusive, but a new Northwestern Medicine study conducted in collaboration with Ukrainian physicians suggests that hydrodissection—a simple procedure…
15 Key Motives Drive Human Behavior
Summary: Researchers analyzed human motivation from an evolutionary perspective, identifying 15 key motives that drive behavior. These motives, grouped into five categories—environmental, physiological, reproductive, psychological, and social—reflect adaptations that helped…
