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·April 2, 2022·5 min read

Monkeys Routinely Consume Fruit Containing Alcohol, Shedding Light on Our Own Taste for Booze

Study reveals monkeys utilize alcohol from fermented fruits as a source of energy.

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·March 31, 2022·12 min read

Now Fully Complete, Human Genome Reveals New Secrets

Newly uncovered complete sequences for formally missing regions of the genome sheds new light on chromosomes and genetic diseases.

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·March 20, 2022·7 min read

Antabuse May Help Revive Vision in People With Progressive Blinding Disorders

Antabuse, a drug commonly prescribed to treat alcohol use disorder, may help to restore eyesight in people with genetic retinitis pigmentosa and other disorders associated with retinal degeneration.

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·March 10, 2022·5 min read

Sweet Vibes Between Longtime Couples Are Tied to Longer, Healthier Lives

Couples who share positive experiences marked with humor and affection, and whose heart rates sync up, enjoy better health outcomes and live longer than couples who are more quarrelsome.

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·January 6, 2022·9 min read

Anxiety and PTSD Linked to Increased Myelin in Brain’s Gray Matter

Researchers have discovered a link between anxiety behaviors and PTSD to an increase in myelin in the brain's gray matter.

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·December 11, 2021·5 min read

Low-Income Kids Use Different Brain Function to Ace Achievement Tests

Children from lower socioeconomic backgrounds with stronger connectivity between the lateral frontoparietal network and default mode network performed better in educational tests than those with weaker connectivity. The reverse was true for children from more privileged backgrounds.

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·December 6, 2021·5 min read

New Test Predicts if Impulsivity Is Pathological

Acting more recklessly when your emotions run high can be correlated to your reaction speed to visually disturbing images, researchers report.

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·October 21, 2021·11 min read

Bat Study Reveals Secrets of the Social Brain

Wireless neural recordings of freely interacting bats provides new insight into how the brain processes group communication.

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·August 22, 2021·4 min read

Earbuds That Read Your Mind

Retrofitting wireless earbuds to detect neural signals and relaying the data back to smartphones via Bluetooth, researchers say the new earEEG system could have multiple applications, including health monitoring.

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·July 9, 2021·11 min read

Cellphone Radiation Is Harmful, but Few Want to Believe It

Cell phone radiation increases the risk for a number of biological and health disorders, including gliomas and acoustic neuroma brain cancer. Researchers discuss how to reduce the risk of cell phone radiation.