Summary: A new study reveals that listening to music immediately after an experience can enhance memory—if the emotional response is just right. Researchers found that volunteers who experienced moderate arousal…
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Stele discovered with a carved eagle and Greek inscription
Archaeologists have unearthed a heavy black basalt stele in Manbij, a town east of Aleppo, Syria. The stone stele is decorated with a carved eagle and a Greek inscription, which…
Why losing weight or cutting alcohol isn’t always best after illness strikes
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The health advice that keeps you from getting sick might actually harm you once you’re already ill. This counterintuitive medical reality has a new name: “Cuomo’s…
NZ children see marketing for unhealthy products 76 times a day
Credit: Tima Miroshnichenko from Pexels Media headlines, industry figures and research confirm what many parents suspect: marketing to children has not only grown in scale but also in sophistication. It…
New immunotherapy approved in England for people with severe birch pollen allergies
Credit: Andrea Piacquadio from Pexels Around 25% of hay fever sufferers in the UK are allergic to birch tree pollen. This means that for a good chunk of the population,…
The rise of effortless exercise
Credit: cottonbro studio from Pexels It can look almost too easy: athletes gliding along on a bike, runners shuffling at a pace slower than most people’s warm-up, or someone strolling…
Diagnosing diabetes may soon be as easy as breathing into a bag
A team led by a researcher at Penn State has developed a sensor that can help diagnose diabetes and prediabetes on-site in a few minutes using just a breath sample. Credit:…
Brain Study Reveals Circuit Controlling Depression and Anxiety
Summary: A new study identifies brain area 46 in the marmoset dorsolateral prefrontal cortex as a key regulator of mood-related behavior. When this region was inactivated, the animals showed less…
End-of-life care missing a key player: The psychologist
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Psychologists could play a vital role in helping Australians navigate voluntary assisted dying (VAD), but new Edith Cowan University (ECU) research shows there are significant barriers…
How lymphoma rewires the human genome
Engineered mantle cell lymphoma cells. Credit: Roser Zaurin/Centro de Regulación Genómica Translocations are chromosomal “cut and paste” errors that drive many lymphomas, a type of blood cancer and the sixth…
