On nutrition: Why kids love sweets

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain My nine-year-old grandson recently told me the bits of spinach in my tortellini soup were his “worst nightmare.” A bit over-dramatic, don’t you think? This same…

A strategy for the spin-acoustic control of silicon vacancies in a 4H silicon carbide-based bulk acoustic resonator

the Frenchman taking on US big tech

Thierry Breton’s star is in the ascendant as the EU’s powerful legal weaponry against tech titans comes into force. The European Union’s self-styled digital enforcer, Thierry Breton, doesn’t mince his…

Intense Jet Stream in Jupiter’s Atmosphere Discovered by Webb

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has discovered a fast-moving jet stream in Jupiter’s atmosphere blowing twice as fast as the visible cloud layers below it, creating wind shears that far…

How effective and safe are current-generation pesticides?

Fast radio burst sets record, paving the way to weigh the Universe.

Newswise — In a paper published today in Science, a global team led by Macquarie University’s Dr Stuart Ryder and Swinburne University of Technology’s Associate Professor Ryan Shannon, report on their discovery…

Consistent lack of sleep related to future depressive symptoms, genetic study finds

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Consistently sleeping less than five hours a night might raise the risk of developing depressive symptoms, according to a new genetic study led by UCL (University…

The Risky Brain: Unraveling the Neural Codes of Lottery Choices

Summary: Researchers pinpointed a key brain region in rats that determines their economic decisions when facing lottery-like uncertainties. The frontal orienting field (FOF) was identified as a major player in…

Microbiome and Diet Could Mitigate PTSD Symptoms

Summary: Researchers explored the potential link between the Mediterranean diet, the gut microbiome, and PTSD symptoms. Their study, involving 191 participants, revealed that those following a Mediterranean diet exhibited fewer…

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft preparing for its first asteroid flyby

A size comparison of (152830) Dinkinesh (shown in blue in the artist concept) to the main belt asteroid (2867) Steins and the near-Earth asteroid (101955) Bennu. Steins is currently the…