A shipwreck is generally defined as a sunken or damaged ship, however, sometimes the term can also be applied to the sunken remains of a ship’s cargo. This is the…
Category: Humans
Why We Learn Better From People We Like
Summary: Our brains favor learning from individuals we like over those we dislike, a phenomenon crucial for memory integration. Through experiments involving everyday objects, the study demonstrated that our ability…
Emotional Processing Influenced by Culture and Language
Summary: Recent research reveals that recognizing emotions through body language is not purely instinctual but culturally learned. Scientists in the US discovered that emotion category words like ‘disgust’ influence how…
Researchers identify potential ‘missing link’ for why South Asians have higher rates of heart disease
Credit: Journal of the American College of Cardiology (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2023.12.012 A new study led by researchers at St. Michael’s Hospital has found that South Asians with either heart disease…
Israeli siege has placed Gazans at risk of starvation − prewar policies made them vulnerable in the first place
The stories of hunger emerging from war-ravaged Gaza are stark: People resorting to grinding barely edible cattle feed to make flour; desperate residents eating grass; reports of cats being hunted…
Nitazenes are a powerful class of street drugs emerging across the US
Two deaths in Boulder County, Colorado, in 2023 are the latest in the U.S. to be blamed on the powerful class of synthetic opioids called nitazenes. Most health systems cannot…
New sepsis test provides faster and reliable results
Flow chart describing the overall number of positive BCs, monomicrobial vs polymicrobial BCs and off-panel vs in-panel BCID detection profiles. *One or more microbes not detected. Credit: APMIS (2024). DOI:…
School uniform policies linked to students getting less exercise
Credit: Gustavo Fring from Pexels School uniform policies could be restricting young people from being active, particularly primary school-aged girls, new research suggests. The University of Cambridge study used data…
Rare depiction of Romulus and Remus found in Vilanova d’Alcolea
The Department of Culture of the Generalitat Valenciana has announced the discovery of a rare silver brooch depicting Romulus and Remus. In Roman mythology, Romulus and Remus were twin brothers,…
