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A remarkable Roman mosaic found in Rutland turns out to tell a forgotten version of the Trojan War. Rather than Homers famous epic, it reflects a lost Greek tragedy by Aeschylus, featuring vivid scenes of Achilles and He...

A steady magnetic field protects Earth's surface, and all those living on it, from harmful radiation. The post Two Vast Blobs of Hot Rock Have Stabilized Earths Magnetic Field for Hundreds of Millions of Years appear...

It's not just how long you fast, but when you stop eating. New research shows that finishing your last meal three hours before bed is the secret to boosting heart health.

A new study suggests that generosity may be more than a moral lesson-it could be shaped by how different parts of the brain work together. By gently stimulating two brain regions and syncing their activity, researchers f...

Does treating depression with antidepressants during pregnancy harm the baby? A massive new study reveals that while SSRIs increase gestational diabetes risk, they also protect against preterm birth.

Quantum physics may sound abstract, but Ph.D. candidates Kirsten Kanneworff and David Dechant show that quantum research can also be very concrete. Together, they are investigating how quantum technology can change the w...

Five dietary patterns that involve eating lots of plants have been linked with living up to three years longer, even among people who are genetically predisposed to have a shorter life

An old drug for glaucoma might be the key to stopping opioid relapse. New research shows acetazolamide "resets" the brain's reward center to block cravings.

Can a library card delay dementia? A new study shows that reading, writing, and lifelong learning can push back Alzheimers symptoms by five years, building a "cognitive reserve" that defies brain aging.

Generative AI doesnt just hallucinate at us, it can shape how we hallucinate with it. By affirming and elaborating on users beliefs, conversational systems may help false narratives take root and grow.

Proof of concept uses passive components to redirect heat across a chip, allowing temperature patterns to be used for data processing.

New neuroscience research shows psychedelics alter brain waves to suppress incoming visual input and boost memory-linked circuitry. This rewiring helps explain how vivid hallucinations arise, and highlights how these dru...

Finding rhinoviruses, which cause the common cold, in preserved medical specimens and analysing their RNA genome could let us trace the evolution of human illness

Comet Wierzcho, also known as C/2024 E1, is rapidly brightening as it approaches its closest point to Earth next week. But experts predict it will eventually be thrown out of the solar system forever, just like the "...

Simulations suggest that two enormous masses of hot rock have been involved in generating Earths magnetic field and giving it an irregular shape

The name "IceCube" not only serves as the title of the experiment, but also describes its appearance. Embedded in the transparent ice of the South Pole, a three-dimensional grid of more than 5,000 extremely sensi...

A complex picture of how Neanderthals died out, and the role that modern humans played in their disappearance, is emerging.

Scientists may have stumbled across a network of vessels in the brain that helps clear out waste fluid - a discovery that could "represent a paradigm shift in our understanding of all neurodegenerative diseases"

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the atmosphere temporarily lost its ability to break down methane, leading to a huge spike in the greenhouse gas.

Researchers from the University of Tartu Institute of Physics have developed a novel method for enhancing the quality of three-dimensional images by increasing the depth of focus in holograms fivefold after recording, us...

Time crystals could one day provide a reliable foundation for ultra-precise quantum clocks, new mathematical analysis has revealed. Published in Physical Review Letters, the research was led by Ludmila Viotti at the Abdu...

Since 2010, the IceCube Observatory at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station has been delivering groundbreaking measurements of high-energy cosmic neutrinos. It consists of many detectors embedded in a volume of Antarcti...