A global study shows that warmer nights are cutting sleep worldwide

Air pollution increases the likelihood of people becoming frail in middle and old age, according to an international review of studies

New study out of Japan reveals molecular basis of Long COVID brain fog: "Systemic increase of AMPA receptors associated with cognitive impairment of long COVID" - Brain Communications

2024 may have been Earth's hottest year in at least 125,000 years, according to a grim climate report published today, that describes our world as "on the brink" and warns its "vital signs are flashing red," with nearly two-thirds showing record highs.

In-Party Love, Out-Party Hate, and Affective Polarization in Twelve Democracies

Systematic review and meta-analysis of studies finds that air pollution exposure is associated with a greater risk of frailty in older adults

Sleep problems, decision-making, and suicide attempts during adolescence: a longitudinal birth cohort study

Ketone ester supplementation prevents Ozempic-induced heart shrinkage and lean mass loss in mice, without affecting fat loss

Autism may be the price of human intelligence. Researchers discovered that autism’s prevalence may be linked to human brain evolution

Study reveals unequal burden of the fentanyl epidemic across the United States

Women with preserved ejection fraction have worse outcomes with beta blockers after a heart attack

A human-accelerated neuron type potentially underlying autism in humans

Donald Trump's criminal prosecution in 2024 had strikingly limited effects on public opinion

Global Prevalence of Long Covid, Its Subtypes, and Risk Factors

Young, RNA-rich reticulated platelets drive clotting in coronary artery disease and reveal GPVI and PI3K as potential therapeutic targets

UMass cancer testing “HPV-DeepSeek” uses whole-genome sequencing to detect microscopic fragments of HPV DNA that have broken off from a tumor and entered the bloodstream, identifying HPV-associated head and neck cancers up to 10 years before symptoms.

36B solar mass black hole at centre of the Cosmic Horseshoe gravitational lens

A recent study shows that circadian rhythm disruptions contribute to the progression of a rare neurodegenerative disorder

Covid-19 seems to age blood vessels – but only among women

Glutamate and GABA in the prefrontal cortex relate to working memory in humans: higher glutamate is associated with better accuracy and higher GABA with less distraction; in older adults, hippocampal glutamate is associated with more interference.

Soaring CO₂ levels scramble insects’ egg-laying instincts, threatening generations of offspring as new research reveals how climate change disrupts the chemical cues moths depend on…

Medical cannabis as a source of Cryptococcus neoformans infection

Prevalence and predictors of medical information avoidance: Around a third of the people tend not to go to medical check-ups to avoid negative information

Men who lose their Y chromosome in part of their blood cells have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease - in particular a fatal heart attack

Association between maternal perceived stress during pregnancy and offspring DNA methylation changes in stress-related HPA axis genes at birth in the ECHO Consortium

Scientists No Longer Find X Professionally Useful, and Have Switched to Bluesky

Paracetamol disrupts early embryogenesis by cell cycle inhibition

A comprehensive review on environmental risk factors of cardiovascular disease show noise, climate change, chemical pollution, water pollution, soil pollution, and air pollution as risk factors for cardiovascular diseases

Non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation and exercise capacity in healthy volunteers

Reddit conversations become faster, more emotional, and less diverse in vocabulary as real-world events unfold.

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