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A recent study published in Psychoneuroendocrinology has uncovered a link between maternal stress, brain activity, and parenting behavior in new mothers. Researchers found that higher levels of cortisol were associated with more intrusive behaviors in mothers during interactions with their…
T-Mobile promised users who bought certain mobile plans that it would never raise their prices for as long as they lived—but then raised their prices this year. So it’s no surprise that 2,000 T-Mobile customers complained to the government about…
Spooky glows haunt the air above powerful thunderstorms. These include vibrant red lights called sprites, which are sometimes followed by eerie green ghosts. But these light shows are not paranormal. They arise naturally from the electricity of strong storms. And…
How old is Earth? Our planet’s age is known from a variety of sources, from rocks on our own planet to ones from the moon.
The first piece of the Euclid space telescope’s map of the universe is crammed with 14 million galaxies and 100 million sources of light. The mapping project is now 1% done.
A new study published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology reveals a surprising link between mystical experiences induced by the psychedelic compound DMT and specific patterns of heart activity. Researchers found that a unique balance between the body’s sympathetic and parasympathetic…
United Launch Alliance has started assembling its next Vulcan rocket—the first destined to launch a US military payload—as the Space Force prepares to certify it to loft the Pentagon’s most precious national security satellites. Space Force officials expect to approve…
Amid ongoing legal battles over coveted GLP-1 therapies, a drug vendor in Washington state is accused of running an outlandish scheme to sell do-it-yourself kits to make illicit knockoff versions of weight-loss and diabetes drugs, Zepbound and Mounjaro. For the…
Colossal, the company founded to try to restore the mammoth to the Arctic tundra, has also decided to tackle a number of other species that have gone extinct relatively recently: the dodo and the thylacine. Because of significant differences in…
It’s possible that the wheel was invented by copper miners in the Carpathian Mountains up to 6,000 years ago, according to a modeling study that uses techniques from structural mechanics.
