Stress and Snacks: How Fatty Foods Hinder Recovery

Summary: Consuming fatty foods during stressful times can hinder the body’s recovery from stress effects. Researchers found that high-fat meals, like butter croissants, consumed before a stressful event, reduced vascular…

Glyphosate, the active ingredient in the weedkiller Roundup, is showing up in pregnant women living near farm fields – that raises health concerns

Living near farmland can significantly increase people’s exposure to glyphosate, the active ingredient in the widely used herbicide Roundup, new research shows. This chemical has been connected to health concerns,…

GHSA Supports Automated Traffic Cameras for Better Road Safety

A highway safety group released a report Tuesday urging communities to deploy automated enforcement programs using traffic cameras. The report by the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) maintained that such…

Could a monthly treatment prevent fentanyl overdoses? Scientists are working on it

Anti-opioid efficacy of CSX-1004 in mice. Credit: Nature Communications (2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-43126-0 Scientists have developed an antibody treatment that shows promise in blocking the potentially deadly effects of fentanyl for…

Musk’s AI startup seeks to raise $1 bn

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Elon Musk is seeking to raise a billion dollars for his xAI artificial intelligence company that he hopes will compete with ChatGPT’s Open AI. An official…

Iran says it sent a capsule with animals into orbit as it prepares for human missions

This photo released by the Iranian Defense Ministry on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, claims to show a rocket with a capsule carrying animals is launched from an undisclosed location into…

Fossil fuel phase-out language takes shape

Sign up to get our weekly newsletter straight to your inbox, plus breaking news, investigations and extra bulletins from key events Negotiators are locked in feverish marathon talks to hammer out…

Young age at first menstrual cycle linked to heightened diabetes risk in mid-life

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Starting menstrual cycles at a young age—before the age of 13—is linked to a heightened risk of developing type 2 diabetes in midlife, finds US research…

Making table tennis accessible for blind players

Motion tracking cameras and an array of linked speakers give real-time audio feedback to table tennis players with low vision. Credit: Phoebe Peng Table tennis has been played for decades…

Brain Cell Genetics Illuminate Alzheimer’s Disease Pathways

Summary: Researchers made a significant advance in understanding Alzheimer’s disease (AD) by pinpointing how specific brain cells contribute to different stages of the disease. Employing single nucleus RNA sequencing, they…