Reductions and Pronounced Regional Differences in Morphine Distribution in the United States

Methadone overdoses increased 48% during the COVID-19 relaxation of 'take-homes' according to data from the US CDC

One in three U.S

Students who are more often bored at school are more likely to engage in sadistic actions, study shows.

How to Use K-means for Big Data Clustering?

Milk’s packaging influences its flavor, and skim milk is more susceptible: paperboard cartons and the plastic bag preserved milk freshness the least, glass remains an ideal container, plastic provide additional benefits while also maintaining freshness in the absence of light exposure

Adults who neglect COVID-19 health recommendations may also neglect basic road safety

Families on three continents inherited their epilepsy from a single person

Overworking your brain can lead to it literally poisoning itself, a study has shown, thanks to chemicals released into the prefrontal cortex, which forces the body to slow down in order to give time for the production of these toxins to stop and for them to be flushed out.

Study identifies new links between REM sleep disturbances and drug relapse: it is important to pay attention to REM sleep improvement, complementary to current practice focusing on non-REM sleep interventions, and melanin-concentrating hormone neurons are central to REM sleep regulation

When city police departments are disbanded (leading to the outsourcing of law enforcement to county sheriffs), overall crime levels stay the same and law enforcement spending stays the same

Researchers have designed a fuel production system that uses water, carbon dioxide (CO2), and sunlight to produce aviation fuel

Yawning may be a means of signaling members of a social group that the yawner is not alert, so others should be.

Chemical inhibitor blocks final path to cell death in mice with Parkinson's symptoms: In studies in mice, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they have identified a chemical compound that stops the final events in the pathway linked to the death of brain cells in Parkinson's disease.

American law enforcement is seizing fentanyl pills at a rate nearly 50 times greater than four years ago

Maternal socialization, not biology, shapes child brain activity

Just 15% of CBD-infused oil, beverages, and other products are labeled correctly

Study: Fewer than 25% of patients with certain pacemakers or defibrillators have updated device firmware that guards against potential cyberattacks, increasing the likelihood of inappropriate shocks and potentially worsening heart failure.

Microfossil data reveals Early Bronze Age and Late Bronze Age Societal Collapse Events coincided with intervals of increased environmental aridity on Cyprus, providing further context to an old debate- did Climate Change cause the catastrophic fall of Bronze Age civilization in the Mediterranean?

Researchers make progress in understanding X chromosome inactivation in the early female embryo

Looking beyond the picky eating of childhood, researchers looked at this behavior in college students

Study suggests that gender gaps in leadership can be eliminated by assuming every employee is interested in a leadership role (unless they say otherwise)

Study: When Republicans control state legislatures, infant mortality is higher

SSRI antidepressant paroxetine cause persistent alterations in neurosteroid levels which could be implicated in Post-SSRI syndrome or PSSD

US States that exhibit higher levels of systemic racism also have pronounced racial disparities regarding access to health care

Individuals in lower-income US counties or high support for former President Trump continue to be less likely to socially distance

Physical discipline (spanking or slapping on the arm, hand, or leg) and cognitive deprivation (not counting or reading with a child over the past 3 days and the absence of books in the home) linked to specific types of developmental delay…

Ranking programming languages by energy efficiency

Structural racism can lead to discrimination in many aspects of life including criminal justice, employment, housing, health care, political power and education

Sleep loss hijacks brain’s activity during learning

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