Meta agrees to pay Trump $25 mn to settle account ban lawsuit

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has expressed support for US President Donald Trump. Meta has agreed to pay President Donald Trump $25 million to settle a 2021 lawsuit he filed claiming…

Next-generation gene-editing tool offers enhanced capabilities for cancer and medical research

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Australian cancer researchers are the first to establish a next-generation gene-editing tool for modeling and interrogating human disease. A novel pre-clinical model expressing an enhanced version…

Review confirms that antidepressants reduce anxiety, but long-term impact remains unclear

Credit: Liza Summer from Pexels A new Cochrane review confirms that antidepressants effectively reduce symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) under trial conditions, although there is limited data on long-term…

NASA X-ray telescope discovers black holes ‘blow’ on their food to cool it down

Anyone who has experienced the blistering pain associated with biting into a fresh apple pastry or taking a swig of hot coffee can attest to the importance of blowing on…

Machine learning-based method enhances accuracy of measuring dip angles and directions in rock facets

Researchers developed a methodology that autonomously filters unnecessary data from 3D point clouds of rock faces to accurately determine dip angles and directions-critical parameters in geological and structural engineering. Credit:…

Coins depicting King of the Britons among hoard discovery in Netherlands

In the autumn of 2023, while conducting a metal detecting survey in the municipality of Bunnik, Gert-Jan Messelaar and Reinier Koelink discovered a significant hoard of Roman-era coins. Upon notifying…

How well could Earth life survive on exoplanets?

This table from the research shows the planetary and stellar characteristics used in the GCM simulations. Credit: arXiv (2025). DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2501.05297 Next, they considered whether Earth microbes could survive in…

Parents with unemployed children show more signs of depression than those with working children

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Can the unemployment of adult children also affect the health of parents? The research “The Impact of Job Insecurity on the Depressive Symptoms of Parents” of…

Uber, Lyft or transit? The answer appears to align with how people value their time

Many riders prefer the convenience of ride-sharing services over the lower fares of public transportation. New research led by the University of Michigan helps show why modest surcharges to shared…

How Large Social Circles Foster Trust

Summary: A new study challenges the belief that larger groups reduce cooperation, showing instead that flexible social connections enhance teamwork. Researchers found that in a prisoner’s dilemma game, participants in…