Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In the complex landscape of mental health research, a new viewpoint offers a critical examination of how genes and environment conspire to influence schizophrenia risk. Published…
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Brazil’s shutdown of X fans debate over free speech curbs
Supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro (2019-2022) hold a sign thanking X social media platform owner Elon Musk, during an Independence day rally in Sao Paulo, Brazil on September…
Biopiracy? Are pharmaceutical companies stealing the genetic information in the developing world’s flora and fauna?
Low-income countries – where much of the world’s biodiversity remains – hope it could funnel billions into conserving the rainforests, lakes and oceans where such organisms live. Examples of what…
Off-label drugs prescribed for breathlessness may do more harm than good, warn scientists
Credit: Puwadon Sang-ngern from Pexels A new study from King’s College London shows that off-label prescriptions of a common antidepressant doesn’t help breathlessness in patients with respiratory disease—and may cause…
5th century millefiori glass plaques discovered in Antalya
Archaeologists from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, working in collaboration with Akdeniz University, have discovered millefiori glass plaques during excavations of ancient Andriake. Andriake was an ancient port in…
How online crowds wield power, for good and bad
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain How do online crowds form, grow and behave? How do they wield influence? What distinguishes desirable crowd activism from mob harassment? In the summer of 2022,…
