Gamified digital mental health interventions show modest effects in treating youth with ADHD and depression
A recent meta-analysis of experimental studies examining the effectiveness of gamified digital mental health interventions…
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Amazon’s first color Kindle e-reader, the Kindle Colorsoft, will run you $280
Amazon is overhauling its entire Kindle e-reader lineup today. And nestled among the nice-but-straightforward updates…
Amazon refreshes its monochrome Kindle lineup, including a bigger Paperwhite
Amazon is giving its entire Kindle e-reader lineup a shakeup today, at least by the…
Carnivorous plants eat faster with a fungal friend
Insects stuck in sundew plants’ sticky secretions suffocate and die before being subjected to a…
What we can learn from animals about death and mortality
Human beings live every day with the understanding of our own mortality, but do animals…
Autistic traits linked to specific pattern of social learning, study finds
According to a new study published in Nature Mental Health, people with autistic traits tend…
A Jurassic Park-inspired method can safely store data in DNA
Scientists have been looking at DNA to store all types of data — not just…
Experiment: Make your own craters!
Objective: Investigate how the size of a meteorite is related to the size of the…
Are we wrong about the age of the universe? The James Webb telescope is raising big questions.
Some of the earliest galaxies found with JWST are also the brightest. That’s a problem…
Neuroscientists uncover brain mechanisms underlying political myside bias
A recent study published in Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience found that people on both…
North Korean hackers use newly discovered Linux malware to raid ATMs
In the beginning, North Korean hackers compromised the banking infrastructure running AIX, IBM’s proprietary version…
FCC Republican opposes regulation of data caps with analogy to coffee refills
The Federal Communications Commission is taking a closer look at how broadband data caps affect…
Drugmakers can keep making off-brand weight-loss drugs as FDA backpedals
Facing a lawsuit, the Food and Drug Administration has decided to reconsider its decision to…
Gaia space telescope discovers 55 ‘runaway’ careening away from stellar cluster at 80 times the speed of sound
Using the Gaia space telescope, astronomers have observed 55 massive stars ejected from their home…
High-skilled immigration fuels regional entrepreneurship, study suggests
A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences highlights a…
Sustainable building effort reaches new heights with wooden skyscrapers
At the University of Toronto, just across the street from the football stadium, workers are…
New gelotophobia research: National narcissism linked to fear of being laughed at
How people respond to jokes about their nation may depend on their level of national…
SpaceX tells FCC it has a plan to make Starlink about 10 times faster
SpaceX is seeking approval for changes to Starlink that the company says will enable gigabit-per-second…
Climate anxiety and generalized anxiety are distinct, new research shows
A recent study published in the British Journal of Health Psychology has provided new insights…
Spotify criticized for letting fake albums appear on real artist pages
This fall, thousands of fake albums were added to Spotify, with some appearing on real…
Reports: Tesla’s prototype Optimus robots were controlled by humans
After Elon Musk provided his “long-term” vision for autonomous, humanoid robots at last week’s “We,…
Rare illusion gives ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ comet a seemingly impossible 2nd tail after closest approach to Earth for 80,000 years
New photos of comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS appear to show a faint “anti-tail” pointing away in the…
WWII British sub that sank with 64 on board finally found off Greek Island
The discovery of the WWII wreck solves an 81-year-old mystery about the submarine’s fate.
Apple A17 Pro chip is the star of the first iPad mini update in three years
Apple quietly announced a new version of its iPad mini tablet via press release this…
