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Brain scans of 3,500 teens link anxiety to disrupted circuits connecting the amygdala, thalamus, and cerebellum, detectable by ages 11-12.

Early blindness enhances pitch discrimination not by improving the ears, but by reducing "internal noise" in the brain, similar to musical training.

The technology could one day decode dreams-or reveal our most private thoughts. The post This AI Reconstructs What Youre Looking at From a Brain Scan appeared first on SingularityHub.

A double-blind trial finds low-dose LSD microdosing significantly sharpens sustained attention and cuts attention lapses in women, but not in men.

The Monte Verde sites in Chile have been the source of arguments among archaeologists for decades. Columnist Michael Marshall finds the row is heating up again - and could change our understanding of the first peoples in...

A leading theory of consciousness explains experience as information flowing through a global workspace in the mind. On board a luxury yacht, neuroscientists and philosophers recently debated signs of a similar workspace...

A 1,200-year-old burial in Latvia holds the remains of a father, son and four others, a group that may have been victims of Viking raid.

Researchers from Rutgers, IBM and collaborating institutions have shown that a quantum computer can check what is happening inside it and respond while it is running, repeatedly resetting parts of the system to bring cha...

The Native Americans built impressive sites across what is now the U.S., including Walnut Canyon and Cahokia.

The world hasn't experienced an El Niño this strong since the 1870s, when it sparked a terrible global famine. Are we better prepared this time?

Many of nature's most important processes depend on how particles of matter interact with light and other force-carrying particles. So far, however, it has proven difficult for conventional computers to determine how...

Archaeologists and geographers have been trying to estimate the pre-1492 population of the Americas for decades. But it's difficult.

Popular GLP-1 weight loss drugs, such as Ozempic and Wegovy, have been linked to unexpectedly high rates of nail detachment, hair loss, and scalp inflammation, with some problems occurring several times more frequently a...

Australia's normally dry, rust-colored outback has erupted into a spectacular carpet of wildflowers after unusually heavy rains, potentially producing its most impressive bloom in nearly 20 years. NASA satellite imag...

Researchers discovered a hidden factor that can determine whether chemical reactions succeed or fail, and then used it to boost the proportion of the desired product from 16% to 97%. By controlling acidity near electrode...

Scientists have discovered that vanillin, the compound that gives vanilla its distinctive flavor, has powerful properties that could help fight infections, reduce inflammation, and promote wound healing. The inexpensive,...