A study of Chinese college students found that those learning online showed lower self-acceptance, social connection, and goal direction than in-person peers.

Stalagmite records show a major drought and cooling event 2,800 years ago helped trigger the collapse of China’s Western Zhou Dynasty and mass southward migration.

Mysterious cosmic 'dots' are baffling astronomers. What are they?

Sex differences in depression revealed by large genetics study

Rapid amyloid-β clearance and cognitive recovery by modulating BBB transport

A new study found that mountain glaciers will soon warm in step with the air around them, losing their brief cooling buffer and melting faster after midcentury.

A new study finds that urbanization disrupts the bacteria and fungi living on oak trees, reducing helpful symbionts and increasing pathogens linked to plants, animals, and humans.

A Phase 1 placebo-controlled trial tested a new conjugate vaccine (TSCV) against typhoid and invasive salmonella in 22 healthy U.S. adults

In 2023, land use change and fires altered 0.3% of Earth’s surface (an area the size of California) according to new satellite tracking data.

Addictive-like behavioural traits in pet dogs with extreme motivation for toys

A new study finds that most UK parliamentarians, like the wider public, overestimate how long humanity has to peak global greenhouse gas emissions to keep warming below 1.5°C.

The timing of emissions cuts, not just their speed, will determine our planet’s fate as a new Cornell study warns that delaying reductions beyond 2050 could push the probability of irreversible ice melt and sea-level rise above 50%, locking humanity into centuries of coastal transformation.

CRISPR-like tools that finally can edit mitochondria DNA

Study examining if teenagers' smartphone typing behaviors reflect specific depressive symptoms found no link between typing patterns and psychomotor changes

Monumental rock art: humans thrived in Arab. Desert during Pleistocene-Holocene

Building a Synthetic Cell Together

Modelling sex differences of neurological disorders in vitro

Man still alive six months after pig kidney transplant

My blue is your blue: different people's brains process colours in the same way

A new study shows Swedish diets designed for future food scenarios reduce environmental impacts by ~30% while improving health.

Climate simulations suggest parts of the Mediterranean, southern Africa, and North America could face unprecedented water scarcity as early as the 2020s–2030s.

ChatGPT conversations only slightly reduce climate scepticism, and the effects fade over time

A new study found that during geomagnetic disturbances from solar activity, women in Brazil were nearly three times more likely to have heart attacks.

Bioactive molecules unearthed by terabase-scale long-read sequencing of a soil metagenome

Dinosaur egg dated directly for the first time

Most coral reefs will soon stop growing and may begin to erode – and almost all will do so if global warming hits 2°C, according to a new study in the western Atlantic

A US study found warmer days lead to more sugary drinks and desserts, especially in lower-income groups

Repeated head trauma causes neuron loss and inflammation in young athletes

How defined microbial community reproduces attributes of fine flavour chocolate fermentation

Simply getting people to follow mainstream news accounts on Instagram/WhatsApp for two weeks causally improved their ability to tell true from false stories and increased trust in news

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