Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In sports such as wrestling, boxing, rowing, weight lifting and the martial arts, athletes are grouped by weight to make things fairer. It wouldn’t make sense…
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Build social ties through live events
If your social life has been lived out in Zoom calls since the height of the pandemic, Labor Day weekend is prime time for a reboot. Attending live events builds…
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…
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.…
