Example pair of food and non-food (heart-shaped cake and heart-shaped cardboard storage box). Credit: Martin Binks Close your eyes and visualize the following: a decadent piece of chocolate cake, a…
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2,000-year-old Roman bridge found in Aegerten
Archaeologists from the Archaeological Service of the Canton of Bern have uncovered the remains of a 2,000-year-old Roman bridge during excavations near the River Zihl in Aegerten, Switzerland. The discovery…
Detectorist discovers perfectly preserved posnet
Malcolm Weale, a metal detectorist and self-described history detective, has discovered a perfectly preserved posnet during a survey near Thetford, England. A posnet is a small, tripod-legged pot used to…
Brain-wide activity map reveals decision-making at cellular resolution in mice
Brain-wide map showing 75,000 analyzed neurons, each dot is linearly scaled according to the raw average firing rate of that neuron up to a maximum size. Credit: Dan Birman, International…
Sex Shapes the Course of Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia
Summary: A large multicenter study has revealed that sex influences the course and characteristics of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Women with schizophrenia tended to begin treatment later, while men with…
Time capsule of prehistoric treasures discovered in Swedish bog
Archaeologists from Arkeologerna, part of the State Historical Museums (SHM), have discovered a time capsule of prehistoric treasures in a bog outside Järna in Gerstaberg. The finds date from around…
An individual’s sex may affect the course of bipolar disorder and schizophrenia
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are serious mental illnesses that affect both males and females, but research in Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica indicates that sex may influence the…
Dad’s childhood passive smoking may confer lifelong poor lung health onto his kids
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A father’s exposure to passive smoking as a child may impair the lifelong lung function of his children, putting them at risk of COPD—a risk that…
Evidence indicates that early humans braved Britain’s Ice Age
Archaeologists from the University of Cambridge have uncovered evidence that early humans not only lived in Britain more than 700,000 years ago, but braved Britain’s Ice Age 440,000 years ago.…
Rare ceramic discovery from time of the Castilian conquest
Archaeologists have unearthed a rare intact vessel from the time of the Castilian conquest during excavations in Tijarafe, located in the northwest of La Palma. La Palma is the most…
