Science and Technolgy blog
An analysis of Norway’s primary healthcare records revealed that 12% of patient encounters between 2006 and 2019 were for mental health conditions. This is comparable to the volume of primary care encounters for infections, cardiovascular, or respiratory conditions. The research…
Sheep that eat death camas plants record the toxic meal in their earwax, a goopy health data repository that researchers are increasingly exploring.
Licking a lollipop-shaped device can let you taste and smell nine flavors in VR.
Researchers at Duke Health have uncovered a connection between an immune system gene regulator, STAT1, and hyperactive behaviors in mice. Their study, published in the journal Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, demonstrates how prolonged activation of this gene regulator in dopamine…
President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Federal Communications Commission, Brendan Carr, wants the FCC to crack down on news broadcasters that he perceives as being unfair to Trump or Republicans in general. Carr’s stated goals would appear to mark…
Octopuses are about as strange as any fictional aliens we might dream up. Each of these soft-bodied cephalopods has eight arms attached to its head. And each of those arms is lined with hundreds of suckers that taste what they…
A 2018 satellite photo shows the aptly named Deception Island, which was formed by a massive eruption 4,000 years ago and remains volcanically active today.
A new study published in Nature has identified brain cells that act like “map makers,” helping animals track their position within sequences of behaviors. These neurons, located in the medial frontal cortex, can encode abstract patterns of progress, enabling the…
The first batch of internet satellites for China’s Guowang megaconstellation launched Monday on the country’s heavy-lift Long March 5B rocket. The satellites are the first of up to 13,000 spacecraft a consortium of Chinese companies plans to build and launch…
Editors of the environmental chemistry journal Chemosphere have posted an eye-catching correction to a study reporting toxic flame retardants from electronics wind up in some household products made of black plastic, including kitchen utensils. The study sparked a flurry of…
