Summary: Neuroscientists at Northwestern University have pinpointed a specific population of neurons that drives acute anxiety following exposure to cannabinoid compounds under stressful conditions. Published in Nature Communications, the preclinical…
Category: Humans
Can an AI Ever Truly Be “Conscious” in the Eyes of Humans?
Humans refuse to attribute consciousness to AI even when it acts identically to a human.
Comparing Current Appearance to Past Selves Harms Body Image
Summary: A new psychometric study from The Ohio State University reveals that comparing our current body to former versions of ourselves is just as harmful to mental health as comparing…
Archaeologists uncover extensive Bronze Age settlement on Hungary’s Somló Hill
Archaeologists from the Hungarian National Museum have uncovered evidence of an extensive Bronze Age settlement on Somló Hill, revealing a sophisticated community that flourished more than 3,000 years ago. Somló…
Why Past Trauma Amplifies Future Stress
Summary: Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have uncovered an overlooked neural circuit in the anterior hypothalamic nucleus (AHN) that dictates how past trauma primes the…
Making Music May Rewire the Addicted Brain
Summary: A pilot neuroimaging study from Anglia Ruskin University reveals that music therapy directly modulates brain wave dynamics linked to emotional regulation and craving suppression in individuals recovering from drug…
Global health research makes America richer and healthier
Recently, a middle-aged woman came to see me in my ophthalmology clinic because her eyes felt gritty and uncomfortable. She had seen another doctor a month earlier who diagnosed her…
Rare Samanid-Era ganch panels with Kufic inscriptions discovered in Bukhara
Archaeologists excavating the Shahristan archaeological site in Bukhara, Uzbekistan, have discovered fragments of an ornate ganch panel bearing Kufic inscriptions dating to the Samanid era. The discovery was made during…
Rare Roman sculptures discovered at vast ancient sanctuary in Chartres
Archaeologists excavating one of the largest religious complexes in Roman Gaul have uncovered an unusually rich collection of sculptures and reliefs, alongside new evidence of an elaborate water system that…
Lost Roman city discovered on the Danube frontier in Austria
Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of a previously unknown Roman town in Lower Austria, complete with a planned street network, extensive burial grounds and an amphitheatre capable of holding around…
