Having a sense of purpose may protect against dementia

Research shows high ventilation breathwork - intentionally breathing faster and deeper to increase oxygen intake and expel more CO2 - while listening to music could lead to altered states of consciousness…

Earliest evidence discovered of interbreeding between Homo sapiens and Neanderthals

LGBTQIA+ students living in conservative US states have reported far worse mental health than their counterparts in liberal areas in a national study

Mouth to gut bacteria migration explains why smoking is good for inflamed bowels

Only 37% of US states require sexual education in schools to be medically accurately

Highly sensitive people are more likely to experience depression and anxiety

Hormonal contraceptives increase emotional reactivity and alter emotional memory.

New mRNA-based vaccine against gastric cancer led to tumor regression and eradication in all treated mice

People are happier and more satisfied when adopting sustainable lifestyles and resisting the temptations of consumerism

Common painkillers linked to antibiotic resistance

Punitive laws on substance use in pregnancy may do more harm than good

Despite the increasing recognition of Long COVID, many patients still face dismissal by medical professionals, misattribution of symptoms to psychological causes…

Bacterial memory could be the missing key to beating life threatening pathogens

A newly discovered Medieval document is the earliest written evidence to suggest even in the Middle Ages, they knew that the Shroud of Turin was not authentic

'Anti-reward' brain network in cocaine addiction

New evidence that use of acetaminophen (Tylenol or paracetamol) during pregnancy may be linked to increased risk of autism and ADHD in offspring, from study of more than 100,000

Freeze-framing the cellular world: Researchers develop time-deterministic cryo-optical microscopy, which freezes cells with millisecond precision, enabling accurate, high-resolution visualization of transient moments during dynamic cellular processes

Cannabis potency is increasing — The concentration of THC has increased fivefold in the last 20 years in Canada

New findings suggest that parental exposure to certain workplace chemicals during key fetal development periods may influence not just autism likelihood, but also severity and functioning outcomes for children with autism

Wave Energy Projects Have Come a Long Way After 10 Years

MIT physicists snap the first images of “free-range” atoms

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute unveils groundbreaking blood test for multiple myeloma

Human embryo implantation recorded in real time for the first time

Routine childhood and adolescent immunizations declining in Michigan. Declines were sharper in lower-income, higher-uninsurance counties

A synthetic opioid 1000 times more potent than morphine is infiltrating the street drug trade in Adelaide, Australia

Partisan hostility, not just policy, drives Americans to protest

Approval given for first human spinal cord repair using the patient's own cells

Conditional cash transfers significantly reduced AIDS incidence by up to 47% and AIDS-related mortality by up to 55%, finds landmark study involving more than 12 million Brazilian women over 9 years

How party tourism promotes and permits sexual assault

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