Neuroscie
Pregnancy Cannabis Abuse Triples Postpartum Psychosis Risk
Summary: A massive population-level epidemiological study of more than 2 million California hospital deliveries reveals that women diagnosed with cannabis use disorder during pregnancy face a threefold higher risk of…
Psychedelics Linked to Lower Anxiety and Depression in Young Adults
Summary: An epidemiological investigation from Durham University reveals that the mental health benefits linked to classic psychedelics, such as psilocybin and LSD, vary significantly across human lifespans. Published in Scientific…
Selfless Deed Paradox: Why Doing Good Matters More Than Pure Motives
Summary: A positive psychology and linguistic investigation from The Ohio State University challenges the popular assumption that good deeds lose moral value if the giver gains personal satisfaction or social…
Looksmaxxing Trend Poses Health Risks for Young Men
Summary: A clinical commentary published in the Journal of Adolescent Health warns that the viral online trend known as “looksmaxxing” exposes adolescent boys and young men to severe psychological and…
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…
