Recent research has uncovered a link between diet, blood sugar control, and brain health in aging adults. The study, conducted as part of the DIRECT PLUS trial and published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, found that dietary interventions,…

A study of young, healthy women found that they tend to display stronger depression-like patterns of cognitive processing when actively taking oral contraceptives. This effect was particularly pronounced among women with generally higher levels of depressive symptoms. The findings were…

New research has uncovered a connection between Alzheimer’s disease and alcohol use disorder, suggesting that alcohol consumption might accelerate the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. The study, conducted by scientists at Scripps Research and published in eNeuro, found that both conditions…

With the holiday release of the biopic A Complete Unknown, Bob Dylan is once again in the national spotlight. For me, the film provided a welcome excuse to read up on Dylan, who has always been a reputable source of…

A new study published in The Journal of Sexual Medicine provides new insights into female sexual attraction, revealing a striking discrepancy between implicit and explicit measures of gynephilia—the sexual preference for women. Scientists discovered that while only a small percentage…

The US government finally got its metaphorical hands on Do Hyeong Kwon, the 33-year-old Korean national who built a financial empire on the cryptocurrency Luna and the “stablecoin” TerraUSD, only to see it all come crashing down in a wipeout…

It’s difficult to comprehend what 1,000 cubic kilometers of rock would look like. It’s even more difficult to imagine it being violently flung into the air. Yet the Yellowstone volcanic system blasted more than twice that amount of rock into…

Last September, faulty door handle hardware caused Volkswagen to take the rather drastic steps of suspending sales and production of the electric crossover, as well as recalling almost 100,000 customer cars. Now, it says it has new parts that will…

A recent case study published in BJPsych Open sheds light on the complex and sometimes contradictory outcomes of psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy for treatment-resistant depression. The case describes a participant in a clinical trial who experienced increased suicidal thoughts and severe eating…

A little over a year ago, Meta created Facebook and Instagram profiles for “28 AIs with unique interests and personalities for you to interact with and dive deeper into your interests.” Today, the last of those profiles is being taken…

With Valve’s impressive work on the Proton tool for Linux and the Mac’s Game Porting Toolkit and CrossOver options, few games are truly “Windows only” these days. The exceptions are those with aggressive, Windows-based anti-cheating tools baked in, something that…

Nvidia is reportedly gearing up to launch the first few cards in its RTX 50-series at CES next week, including an RTX 5090, RTX 5080, RTX 5070 Ti, and RTX 5070. The 5090 will be of particular interest to performance-obsessed,…

A recent study of young adults found that individuals with a high propensity for compulsive shopping exhibit greater difficulties in executive functioning. Further analysis indicated that these individuals struggle with inhibitory control, which fully explains the observed link. The research…

Although SpaceX founder Elon Musk is known for outspokenness and controversial comments on his social media site X, he has been relatively restrained when it comes to US space policy in recent years. For example, he has rarely criticized NASA…

When Honda gave the 11th-generation Civic Hatchback a refresh late last year, among the changes were the addition of a hybrid option to the lineup. There was already a lot to like about Honda’s compact, which eschews lamentable trends like…

High-speed video of experiments on a robotic hula hooper, whose hourglass form holds the hoop up and in place. Some version of the hula hoop has been around for millennia, but the popular plastic version was introduced by Wham-O in…

On Thursday, music publishers got a small win in a copyright fight alleging that Anthropic’s Claude chatbot regurgitates song lyrics without paying licensing fees to rights holders. In an order, US district judge Eumi Lee outlined the terms of a…

A recent study published in Behavioral Sciences has shed light on how consumer desires for products are influenced by environmental conditions. The findings show that perceived environmental harshness generally reduces product desire, though the extent of this effect depends on…

A new study published in PLOS One suggests that humor can strengthen parent-child relationships and enhance the effectiveness of parenting strategies. This research is among the first to delve deeply into how humor could serve as a parenting tool, with…

When fast radio bursts (FRBs) were first detected in 2007, they were a complete enigma. As their name implies, these events involve a very brief eruption of radio emissions and then typically silence, though a few objects appear to be…

A recent study published in PLOS Computational Biology found that people with stronger autistic traits, particularly those with a preference for predictability, tend to exhibit unique curiosity-driven behaviors. These individuals showed persistence in tasks requiring sustained attention, often leading to…

Welcome to Edition 7.25 of the Rocket Report! Happy New Year! It’s a shorter edition of the newsletter this week because most companies (not named Blue Origin, this holiday season) took things easier over the last 10 days. But after…

As many of us celebrated the year-end holidays, a small group of researchers worked overtime tracking a startling discovery: At least 33 browser extensions hosted in Google’s Chrome Web Store, some for as long as 18 months, were surreptitiously siphoning…