AI Tool Reveals Long COVID May Affect 23% of People

Summary: A new AI tool identified long COVID in 22.8% of patients, a much higher rate than previously diagnosed. By analyzing extensive health records from nearly 300,000 patients, the algorithm…

Why Human Culture Never Stops Evolving

Summary: A new study proposes that human culture’s unique power lies not in its ability to accumulate knowledge, as once thought, but in its “open-endedness.” Unlike animal cultures that reach…

Childhood Stress Disrupts Attention, Sleep, and Dopamine Balance in Adults

Summary: New research links childhood adversity with later attention deficits, sleep disruptions, and specific dopamine imbalances in the brain. Focusing on critical developmental windows, scientists found that disrupted care early…

Switzerland edges towards embracing gene edited foods

[After a 20-year moratorium on genetically modified crops], the Swiss parliament asked the government to prepare a draft act for consultation [to introduce] a risk-based approval system for plants and…

Brain Struggle with Conflicting Information in Schizophrenia

Summary: Researchers have developed a potential diagnostic tool for schizophrenia by observing how patients process conflicting information. By analyzing neural activity between the cortex and thalamus, they found distinct patterns…

Bees flying near cars are dying by the millions, a roadkill study suggests

Tens of millions of bees are likely being killed each day by vehicles — and that’s just in the western United States, a new study finds. The paper, published online…

Dra. Daniela Boanares (Español) – Functional Ecologists

Ciencia, Resiliencia y Conservación: El Viaje de una Ecóloga Negra En trabajo de campo, recopilando datos para analizar las características funcionales de las especies vegetales del Campo Rupestre, con énfasis…

Viewpoint: Understanding risk—Why parts per trillion (or smaller) trace of pesticides sparks intense fear?

At speaking engagements, I would often remind audiences of Bruce Ames’ quote on coffee and pesticides. In an attempt to reassure us on relative toxicity, Ames noted how there are…

Putting vampire bats on treadmills reveals an unusual metabolism

Vampire bats have become such specialized bloodsuckers that they metabolize their food more like some blood-feeding flies than like other known mammals, a new experiment shows. The common vampire bat…

Gut Bacteria Modulate Stress Responses Over Time

Summary: New research has unveiled how gut bacteria play a key role in regulating stress by interacting with circadian rhythms, opening possibilities for microbiome-based therapies for mental health. Researchers found…