Summary: Mindfulness exercises paired with music were found to engage both neural and cardiac systems, potentially reducing symptoms of anxiety and depression. A recent study showed that live and virtual…
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Meta fighting Nigerian fines, warns could shut Facebook, Instagram
Meta says it ‘may be forced to effectively shut down the Facebook and Instagram services in Nigeria’ Meta on Saturday vowed to fight Nigerian fines for various consumer data violations,…
China denies accessing data after TikTok hit with huge EU fine
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain China on Saturday denied it required companies to hand over data after TikTok was hit with a massive fine in the European Union for its handling…
Shared Brain Circuit Links Insomnia, Anxiety, and Depression
Summary: A large brain imaging study suggests that insomnia, depression, and anxiety, often co-occurring, share overlapping brain abnormalities. Researchers found reduced cortical surface area, smaller thalamic volume, and weaker brain connectivity…
Brain-Body Links in Emotion and Health
Summary: Researchers have developed D-PSCAN, a novel imaging technique that enables high-resolution, minimally invasive observation of the brainstem’s nucleus tractus solitarii (NTS) in living animals. The NTS, a vital relay…
US asks judge to break up Google’s ad tech business
Google is facing a demand by the US government to break up its hugely profitable ad technology business after a judge found the tech giant was commanding an illegal monopoly.…
Happiness Is as Unique as You Are
Summary: A large international study shows that happiness does not stem solely from either external circumstances or internal attitudes, but varies widely between individuals. Some people’s happiness is shaped mostly…
How digital twins enhance design and control of off-road autonomy
Mechanical engineering PhD student Ted Sender configures the physical MRZR vehicle platform, interfaced with a synthetic off-road environment in the Digital Engineering (DE) lab of the Automotive Research Center. A…
