Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and the National Institute for Health and Care Research Biomedical Research Centre at UCLH have highlighted the importance of continued…
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Happiness Takes Practice – Neuroscience News
Summary: Happiness can indeed be learned through courses like their ‘Science of Happiness’, which educates students on evidence-informed habits for well-being. However, a follow-up study indicates that the initial boost…
Sculptured head and bust from Roman period discovered at Burghley House
A sculptured head and bust made from marble has been discovered during construction works on the car park at Burghley House. Burghley House is an English country house near Stamford,…
New research shows sexual minority adults more willing to use digital health tools for public health
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Little is known about the willingness of sexual minority adultsâpeople who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, or other nonheterosexual orientation identitiesâto use digital health tools. A…
Vaccine-skeptical mothers say bad health care experiences made them distrust the medical system
Why would a mother reject safe, potentially lifesaving vaccines for her child? Popular writing on vaccine skepticism often denigrates white and middle-class mothers who reject some or all recommended vaccines…
I’m a political scientist, and the Alabama Supreme Court’s IVF ruling turned me into a reproductive-rights refugee
The day before the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos created and used for in vitro fertilization are children, my wife, Gabby, and I were greenlighted by our doctors…
France’s Macron announces bill for assisted dying
Credit: CC0 Public Domain French President Emmanuel Macron will present a bill on assisted dying to go before parliament in May, he said in an interview published by French media…
11,000-year-old stone ornaments indicate early body perforation
Stone personal ornaments found in 11,000-year-old burials provide the earliest evidence of body perforation in South-west Asia. Archaeologists have uncovered 100 earring-like ornaments in 11,000-year-old adult burials at the early…
For people who speak many languages, there’s something special about their native tongue
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A new study of people who speak many languages has found that there is something special about how the brain processes their native language. In the…
Heart disease doesn’t have to keep you from donating blood
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain As blood centers and hospitals face critically low levels of blood supplies, many people with heart disease may wonder if they can help by donating. For…
