Stubborn high blood pressure drops with an experimental drug that targets hormone imbalance

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A new treatment has been shown to significantly lower blood pressure in people whose levels stay dangerously high, despite taking several existing medicines, according to the…

Music Sparks Social Imagination and Eases Loneliness

Summary: A large-scale study with 600 participants shows that music can genuinely evoke feelings of companionship by sparking social imagination. When participants listened to folk music, they imagined vivid social…

Warrior vessel discovered in ancient solar observatory

Archaeologists have discovered a sculptural vessel depicting warriors in combat at the ancient Chankillo Archaeoastronomical Complex. The Chankillo Archaeoastronomical Complex is a prehistoric site constructed by the Casma/Sechin culture, located…

Hormonal Contraceptives Influence Memory of Emotional Events

Summary: A new study reveals that hormonal contraceptives may shape both emotional responses and memory processing in women. Compared with naturally cycling women, users of hormonal birth control had stronger…

Sex-selective abortion bans harm maternal and infant health, according to study

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Sex-selective abortion bans (SSABs)—which prohibit the seeking of abortions based on the fetus’ sex—increase the likelihood of low birth weight and preterm births among infants born…

Scientists create realistic brain-wide connection maps through digital modeling

Comparison of 65 reconstructed (blue) and 65 of the 1695 synthesized axons (red) of MOp5 pyramidal cells. Credit: Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-62030-3 EPFL researchers have developed a powerful method…

CDC scales back foodborne illness tracking

by I. Edwards Federal health officials have cut back a long-running program that tracks foodborne illnesses in the United States. The Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network, known as FoodNet, will…

Balancing kratom’s potential benefits and risks − new legislation in Colorado seeks to minimize harm

David Bregger had never heard of kratom before his son, Daniel, 33, died in Denver in 2021 from using what he thought was a natural and safe remedy for anxiety.…

Around 90% of middle-aged and older autistic adults are undiagnosed in the UK, review finds

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Some 89–97% of autistic adults aged 40+ years are undiagnosed in the UK, according to the largest review of its kind which was conducted at the…

Surgery to treat chronic sinus disease more effective than antibiotics, clinical trial finds

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Sinus surgery is more effective than antibiotics at treating chronic rhinosinusitis, according to a major clinical trial led by University College London (UCL) along with academics…