Can hummingbirds eat more than half their body weight per hour? In this week’s blog post, author Rosalee Elting answers that question for us! Based on their recent paper: “Foraging…
Category: Life
Modified FDA Drug Blocks Pediatric Brain Tumor Relapse
Summary: A precision pediatric oncology study unmasked a dual-targeting therapeutic strategy to stop the relapse of medulloblastoma, the most common malignant childhood brain tumor. While initial treatment survival rates are…
Even careful scuba divers can damage coral reefs
Scuba divers may be beating up coral reefs more than they think. Video analyses of divers show that more than 80 percent of damaging physical contact with the reef is…
Brain Region Discovered for Abstract Thought
Summary: Researchers discovered the first definitive neural evidence of how the brain creates and reuses abstract symbols to think creatively. The research tracks the neural substrates of “compositional generalization”, the…
Serotonin Proven to Reduce Cognitive Belief Stickiness in OCD
Summary: A new study has redefined the biological understanding of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) by discovering that serotonin directly reduces “belief stickiness”, the cognitive failure to abandon old ideas despite contradicting…
Heart Attacks Release Toxin That Damages Brain Function
Summary: Researchers cracked a critical hidden mechanism behind the “heart-brain axis,” revealing how a heart attack physically reshapes brain function to cause depression, anxiety, and cognitive decline. The research demonstrates…
Maria Vittoria Mazzamuto | When traits don’t translate: Rethinking success in city-dwelling squirrels – Functional Ecologists
In this week’s blog post, the old saying remains the same; we are products of our environments! From their paper: “Functional trait interactions in a human-dominated world: Urbanization and reproduction in Eurasian…
Machine Learning Doubles Depression Remission Rate
Summary: A pioneering, first-of-its-kind study demonstrated that a personalized, machine-learning-guided lifestyle coaching program can nearly double the remission rates of mild-to-moderate depression. The research tracks how individual behavioral factors uniquely…
Study Maps 175 Vicious Mental Health Loops
Summary: A pioneering public health study has delivered a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary mapping of the complex crises surrounding sleep deprivation, anxiety, and depression among young adults. The research moves past a…
