A new study, published in the journal Antiquity, has found traces of nicotine in ceramic vessels discovered at the ancient city of Cotzumalhuapa. Cotzumalhuapa was a Maya polity located near…
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Pioneering research reveals empathetic communication can help overcome vaccine hesitancy
Credit: CC0 Public Domain An international study has shown for the first time how empathetic correction of misinformation among vaccine-hesitant patients can significantly improve attitudes towards vaccination—and potentially boost vaccine…
Facebook won’t keep paying Australian media outlets for their content. Are we about to get another news ban?
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Facebook’s parent company, Meta, has announced it will stop paying for news content in Australia when the current deals it has expire. Meta will also cease…
Long COVID may harm cognition
In a finding that unearths yet another way Long COVID can harm health, new research finds the condition may trigger thinking declines. Published Thursday in the New England Journal of…
Optimal shipping carton utilization
With the help of the CASTN optimization software, shipping companies can select the optimal carton set for each item and order structure. Credit: Fraunhofer IML Products ordered online are often…
More than one billion now afflicted by obesity: Lancet
Credit: CC0 Public Domain More than one billion people around the world are now suffering from obesity with the number having more than quadrupled since 1990, according to a study…
Meet Bifidobacterium breve, keeping babies healthy
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Bifidobacterium breve, or B breve for short, is a bacterial species that’s found in the human intestine. It’s especially relevant in early life, being one of…
Major tomb discovery at El Caño Archaeological Park
Archaeologists have discovered a high status tomb containing funerary offerings of ceramic and gold artefacts during excavations at the El Caño Archaeological Park. El Caño Archaeological Park is one of…
COVID-19 rapid tests still work against new variants—researchers keep ‘testing the tests,’ and they pass
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain By September 2020, just six months after COVID-19 triggered shutdowns across the U.S., it was clear that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, had mutated from…
What ended the ‘dark ages’ in the early universe? New Webb data just brought us closer to solving the mystery
Credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / Ivo Labbe (Swinburne) / Rachel Bezanson (University of Pittsburgh) / Alyssa Pagan (STScI) About 400,000 years after the Big Bang, the cosmos was…
