Archaeologists from the State Office for Monument Preservation and Archaeology of Saxony-Anhalt have discovered a menhir during excavations near Halberstadt in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. Menhirs, meaning “long stones”…
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Submerged Roman villa emerges in Lake Fusaro
The remains of a Roman village complex have started to emerge from the waters of Lake Fusaro due to a process of geological uplift known as bradysism. Lake Fusaro is…
For cancer patients, oncologists often have the final word
Credit: Tima Miroshnichenko from Pexels For terminally ill cancer patients, the final days of life are immensely personal, having the choice to continue cancer treatments, or to stop treatments and…
Immune ‘fingerprints’ aid diagnosis of complex diseases
Immune cells (top) generate highly variable receptors by shuffling DNA segments (second panel) to recognize threats like bacteria (green in third). Identifying ‘successful’ receptors (fourth) can help diagnose complex diseases.…
Blood metabolites tied to childhood growth and cognitive milestones
Directed acyclic graph (DAG) of the association between child serum metabolome and early childhood development. Credit: eLife (2025). DOI: 10.7554/eLife.97982 McMaster University researchers have identified small molecules in the blood…
Ignoring Your Better Judgment Increases Regret and Self-Blame
Summary: A new study reveals that people feel more culpable when they follow bad advice than when they make poor decisions independently. Researchers found that going against one’s better judgment…
A better way to compare images taken at different institutions
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an essential tool for medical clinicians, providing detailed views of the interior of the human body as well as valuable information…
Scientists solve mystery of how the drug retinoic acid works to treat neuroblastoma
(L to R) Co-first and co-corresponding author Min Pan, Ph.D., co-first author Yinwen Zhang, Ph.D., St. Jude Department of Computational Biology, co-corresponding author John Easton, Ph.D., St. Jude Computational Biology…
Researchers urge preventing effects of traumatic experiences
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) affects approximately 10% of road accident participants and as many as half of people who have experienced war, and victims of rape…
Texas records first US measles death in 10 years – a medical epidemiologist explains how to protect yourself and your community from this deadly, preventable disease
On Feb. 26, 2025, Texas health officials announced the death of a child in a measles outbreak – the first measles death in the United States since 2015. The outbreak…
