Fossil fuel phaseout is on the table

Sign up to get our weekly newsletter straight to your inbox, plus breaking news, investigations and extra bulletins from key events In the early hours of Friday in Dubai, a city surrounded…

Vitamin D supplements do not prevent bone fractures in children, finds study

Credit: CC0 Public Domain A major clinical trial led by Queen Mary University of London and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health has found that vitamin D supplements…

How Imagination Fuels Empathy and Prosocial Behavior

Summary: A new study highlights the significant role of imagination in evoking empathy and driving prosocial behavior. While empathy is multifaceted, this research focuses on two aspects: personal distress and…

Dopamine’s Role in Learning from Rewards and Penalties

Summary: Dopamine, a neurotransmitter, plays a vital role in encoding both reward and punishment prediction errors in the human brain. This study suggests that dopamine is essential for learning from…

Taste-Driven AI Algorithms Enhance Wine Selections

Summary: Wine apps like Vivino and Hello Vino are utilizing AI algorithms to help wine enthusiasts select the perfect bottle. Researchers have taken it a step further by incorporating people’s…

Peptide PACAP’s Key Role in Alcohol Addiction

Summary: Alcohol, the world’s most common addictive substance, leads to $249 billion in annual costs and 88,000 deaths in the U.S. Alcohol use disorder affects millions but is under-treated. Researchers…

16,800-year-old Palaeolithic dwelling found in La Garma cave

Archaeologists have discovered a 16,800-year-old Palaeolithic dwelling in the La Garma cave complex, located in the municipality of Ribamontán al Monte in Spain’s Cantabria province. The La Garma cave complex…

Polish NGO decries lack of sex education as HIV cases soar

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A Polish NGO on Friday hit out at the government for restricting sex education as the devoutly Catholic country grapples with a spike in HIV cases.…

Pfizer to rethink weight loss pill after high side effect rate

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain US drugmaker Pfizer on Friday said it would end a clinical trial of its developmental weight loss pill after high side effect rates caused most participants…

First trailer for “Grand Theft Auto VI” on December 5

The Grand Theft Auto video game franchise has never been free of controversy, due to its sulfurous mix of violence, sex and gangster life. Rockstar Games said it will release…