October 1, 2024A new study suggests that regular participation in choir singing can improve brain health by enhancing the structure of white matter, the part of the brain responsible for communication between different regions. Science
October 1, 2024Dutch researchers have developed the ‘first-ever’ method to monitor infections in lettuce in real-time, without the need to destroy them Science
October 1, 2024Non-news website expose people to more political content than news websites | A study conducted across the Netherlands, the United States, and Poland found that approximately 66% of the political content people are exposed to comes from non-news websites. Science
October 1, 2024Conversion therapy targeting both sexuality and gender identity have worse mental health outcomes than being exposed to just one of these conversion therapy types. People who experienced both had the worst symptoms of depression, PTSD and suicidal thoughts/attempts. Science
October 1, 2024Researchers at the University of Tokyo have published a paper in the journal Nature that describes a new laser technique that is capable of cooling a gas of positronium atoms to temperatures as low as 1 K. Science
October 1, 2024Dad’s age may influence Down syndrome risk. Fathers aged over 40 or under 20 had an especially high likelihood of conceiving a child with Down syndrome, according to a study that analyzed over 2 million pregnancies in China. Science
September 30, 2024Evidence for seasonal migration by a cryptic top predator of the deep sea, the sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) Science
September 30, 2024Red team hacker on how she ‘breaks into buildings and pretends to be the bad guy’ Science
September 30, 2024Inflated Jupiter-sized planet has a uniquely uneven atmosphere, study finds Science
September 30, 2024NASA’s solar sail mission is finally flying after deployment glitch: « The microwave-oven-sized cubesat unfurled its massive sail to test a novel way of traveling through space. » Science