Hidden Dopamine Neurons Balance Brain Functions and Behavior

Summary: Researchers identified a small group of dopamine neurons in the striatum that play a crucial role in balancing essential brain functions such as reward, cognition, and movement. This discovery…

What Your Movie Preferences Reveal About Your Brain’s Emotions

Summary: A new study reveals that your favorite film genre may indicate how your brain processes emotions. Action and comedy lovers show strong brain reactions to negative stimuli, while those…

The next pandemic? How a familiar virus exploits new hosts

Influenza A boasts a wide range of natural hosts, with different strains established in different species. This wide network gives it an extra evolutionary advantage, turning it into a perennial…

Xianbei tombs discovered in Kazakhstan

Archaeologists from the Margulan Institute of Archaeology, a department of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan, have discovered 13 pit tombs in the East…

Metal baseball bats still help Little Leaguers hit a little better

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain While meant to simulate wood bats, regulation USA Baseball metal bats are more forgiving than wood for young players who might not connect with the ball…

Modified information ratio reveals network effects behind long-term initial coin offering success

by KeAi Communications Co., Ltd.

Scientists create ultracompact polarization-entangled photon sources for miniaturized quantum devices

by Light Publishing Center, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics And Physics, CAS

How can national governments address loss and damage?

Comment: As host of the board of the new UN L&D fund, the Philippines can set an example with its pioneering climate accountability bill  John Leo Algo is the national…

Children’s Curiosity or Memory Gaps? Why Kids Over-Explore Tasks

Summary: Children often gather more information than needed to complete a task, even when they know the solution. A new study suggests this “over-exploration” might stem from either natural curiosity…

Geologists discover hidden magmatism at the Chang’e-6 lunar landing site

Chang’e-6 landing site locates to the southern Apollo basin in the northeast of the South Pole-Aitken basin, lunar farside. Credit: Y. Qian Lunar igneous activities, including intrusive and extrusive magmatism,…