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An experiment on healthy young adults found that a single 200 mg oral dose of the antibiotic doxycycline slightly improved declarative learning and memory consolidation. It also very slightly reduced motor learning while improving long-term motor memory. The paper was…
From arachnid-like formations and mysterious blobs to an underground ocean and a giant volcano, here are our 10 favorite things scientists discovered on Mars this year.
Here’s Live Science’s 2024 quiz for archaeology fans. Do you know this year’s coolest archaeology stories?
A recent study published in Political Psychology challenges a popular theory: that heightened sensitivity to negative stimuli, known as negativity bias, drives people toward socially conservative political ideologies. While prior research suggested a strong link between physiological responses to threats…
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From fungi brewing alcohol in a person’s gut to parasitic brain infections, here are some of the oddest medical case reports we covered in 2024.
A new study published in JAMA Pediatrics investigated whether screen time in early childhood increases the risk of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) later in life. While initial analyses suggested a positive association between early screen time and ASD, the researchers…
Thanks to decades of conservation to restore private grasslands, numbers of the threatened insect are on the rise in the Loess Canyons.
New research found behaving superstitiously could benefit us psychologically, even if we know it has no real effect on the outcomes of our actions.
Research published in Personality & Individual Differences shows that narcissism is linked to higher fertility, while traits like psychopathy and Machiavellianism, mediated by criminal behavior, reduce reproductive success. Janko Međedović examined the intersection of the Dark Tetrad traits—psychopathy, narcissism, Machiavellianism,…
