Teens who think their parents use cannabis are more likely to hold favorable attitudes toward the drug and to consider
Month: December 2024
AI helps researchers dig through old maps to find lost oil and gas wells
Scattered across the United States are remnants from almost 170 years of commercial drilling: hundreds of thousands of forgotten oil
Natural ‘biopesticide’ against malaria mosquitoes successful in early field tests
An experimental bacteria-derived biopesticide is highly effective in killing malaria-carrying mosquitoes, including those that have developed resistance to chemical pesticides,
Preventing brain injury complications with specialized optical fibers
Fiber optics are a means of transmitting information at incredibly high speeds; however, the technology can be used for more
Climate-ready crop
A team from the University of Illinois has engineered potato to be more resilient to global warming showing 30% increases
We might feel love in our fingertips —- but did the Ancient Mesopotamians?
From feeling heavy-hearted to having butterflies in your stomach, it seems inherent to the human condition that we feel emotions
Eating high-processed foods impacts muscle quality, study finds
A diet high in ultra-processed foods is associated with higher amounts of fat stored inside thigh muscles, regardless of the
Owning a home in the US linked to longer life
Dr Casey Breen, Senior Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Oxford University’s Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science and Department of Sociology, conducted
The heart has its own ‘brain’
New research from Karolinska Institutet and Columbia University shows that the heart has a mini-brain — its own nervous system
Brain mapping advances understanding of human speech and hallucinations in schizophrenia
Voice experiments in people with epilepsy have helped trace the circuit of electrical signals in the brain that allow its