Archaeologists in Denmark have uncovered a 4,000-year-old monument that closely resembles England’s Woodhenge timber circle. The monument was discovered during construction works for a new housing estate in the Danish…
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How parenthood may help keep your brain young
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Parents’ brains may be getting an unexpected benefit from raising children: protection against some effects of aging, according to a new study of nearly 37,000 adults.…
Hormone FGF21 found to influence brain’s food reward system in response to protein restriction
Protein restriction increases preference and motivation for whey protein in WT but not Fgf21-KO mice. Credit: Molecular Metabolism (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.molmet.2024.102068 When faced with multiple food options and ultimately choosing…
First female runner could soon break the 4-minute-mile barrier
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain On May 6, 1954, Roger Bannister pushed through the finishing tape at Iffley Road track in Oxford, England, and collapsed into the arms of friends after…
Medieval church discovered beneath Eschwege car park
Construction works to transform a former car park into a public space has revealed the remains of a medieval church. Situated near the Nikolaiturm in Eschwege, Germany, the structure’s massive…
USAID’s apparent demise and the US withdrawal from WHO put millions of lives worldwide at risk and imperil US national security
On his first day in office, Jan. 20, 2025, President Donald Trump began a drastic reshaping of the United States’ role in global health as part of the first 26…
Archaeologists reveal a 3,000-year-old gold processing complex
Archaeologists from the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) have completed a two-year project to uncover a 3,000-year-old gold processing complex at Jabal Sukari, southwest of Marsa Alam City in Egypt’s…
How Nutriset, a French company, has helped alleviate hunger and create jobs in some of the world’s poorest places
About 19 million children under 5 around the world suffer from severe acute malnutrition every year. This life-threatening condition kills 400,000 of them – that’s one child every 10 seconds.…
Novel bone marrow transplant shows high success in curing sickle cell disease
Normal blood cells next to a sickle-blood cell, colored scanning electron microscope image. Credit: Wikipedia/Illustration from Anatomy & Physiology A bone marrow transplant process co-developed by investigators at the Johns…
SSRIs May Speed Up Cognitive Decline
Summary: A new study based on data from 18,740 dementia patients suggests that antidepressants may accelerate cognitive decline. Researchers found that patients taking antidepressants, particularly SSRIs like escitalopram, citalopram, and…
