Neuroscie
Alzheimer Genetic Risk Scores Do Not Explain SuperAging
Summary: A new study reveals that exceptional memory in older adults is not driven simply by low inherited Alzheimer’s disease risk. The multi-center study evaluated 142 SuperAgers (adults in their…
Recall-By-Genotype for Precision Psychiatry – Neuroscience News
Summary: A new study provides a practical framework for recall-by-genotype (RbG) research within large, diverse healthcare system biobanks to advance precision psychiatry. Researchers utilized Mount Sinai’s BioMe biobank to identify…
Detailed Robot Feedback Can Overload Human Learners
Summary: Researchers tracked 90 adult learners attempting to decipher Swahili object placement instructions given by a robot. The findings demonstrate a distinct temporal trade-off: highly detailed, personalized error feedback slowed…
Study Maps Motor Abnormalities Across Mental Health Spectrums
Summary: Researchers utilized the Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiToP) framework to analyze self-reported motor symptoms and psychological dimensions in nearly 3,500 participants without prior formal diagnoses. The team evaluated motor…
Life
Nature
Newfound bat skeletons are the oldest on record
Two fossilized bat skeletons unearthed in western Wyoming represent a new species and are the oldest set of bat bones yet discovered, researchers say. The incredibly complete fossils of Icaronycteris…
Astronomy
Asteroid 2024 YR4 was Earth’s first real-life defense test
Artist’s depiction of an asteroid floating in space. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, N. Bartmann (ESA/Webb), Martin Kornmesser (ESA), Serge Brunier (ESO), Nick Risinger (Photopic Sky Survey) At this point in…
How do you fire someone into the sun?
Firing our villain straight at the Sun results in a big miss. Credit: Michael Brown, CC BY To point a rocket directly at the sun and hit would require great…
Cosmic ray puzzle resolved as scientists link ‘knee’ formation to black holes
LHAASO experiment. Credit: LHAASO Collaboration Milestone results released by the Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO) on November 16 have solved a decades-old mystery about the cosmic ray energy…
If the supernova standard candle is wrong, it could solve the Hubble tension
An illustration showing how Baryon Acoustic Oscillations (BAOs) expand with the universe. Credit: Gabriela Secara, Perimeter Institute CC-BY-4.0 Last time I wrote about new data that overturns the standard cosmological…
