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…
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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…
Ghostlike dusty galaxy reappears in James Webb Space Telescope image
Color composite of galaxy AzTECC71 from multiple color filters in the NIRCam instrument on the James Webb Space Telescope. Credit: J. McKinney/M. Franco/C. Casey/University of Texas at Austin. It first…
New research suggests cellular stress in the placenta may be possible cause of preeclampsia
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Preeclampsia is a mysterious condition that occurs in about one of 10 pregnancies without any early warning signs. After 20 weeks or more of normal blood…
Mutualisms and Facilitation – Functional Ecologists
This blog post on ‘Mutualisms and facilitation’ is part of the BES ‘Key Concepts in Ecology’ series, designed to help ecologists in learning the key topics in ecology. See the…
Native American mothers whose children have been separated from them experience a raw and ongoing grief that has no end
Native American mothers whose children were separated from them – either through child removal for assimilation into residential boarding schools or through coerced adoption – experience the kind of grief…
