By showing that ant- and termite-based diets evolved repeatedly, the study highlights the overlooked role of social insects in shaping biodiversity. “This work gives us the…
Stanford Medicine scientists investigating the neurological underpinnings of autism spectrum disorder have found that hyperactivity in a specific brain region could drive behaviors commonly associated with the disorder.
Using a…
McDonald’s is definitely not lovin’ it.
A white-hat hacker uncovered critical flaws across the burger giant’s employee and partner systems. The vulnerabilities let intruders order free food, gain admin rights to marketing platforms,…
Flying can be stressful enough without 1,000-foot drops and severe shaking. But that’s what the passengers on a recent Delta flight out of Salt Lake City had to endure as a wave of turbulence rocked their plane. Passengers reported having to…
Type 2 diabetes (T2D) has become one of the leading chronic diseases worldwide in terms of both incidence and mortality. According to the International Diabetes Federation (IDF), approximately 537 million adults were…
Public health officials have upgraded 10 communities across Massachusetts to a “high-risk” status for West Nile virus. The report also identified a dozen towns as being at moderate risk of the rarer eastern equine encephalitis — also known…
The dwarf planet is cold now, but new research paints a picture of Ceres hosting a deep, long-lived energy source that may have maintained habitable conditions in the past.
New NASA research has found that Ceres may have had a lasting source of…
Too much fat can be unhealthy: how fat cells, so-called adipocytes, develop, is crucial for the function of the fat tissue. That is why a team led by researchers from the University Hospital Bonn (UKB) and the University of Bonn…
During sleep, the human brain sorts through different memories, consolidating important ones while discarding those that don’t matter. What if AI could do the same?
Bilt, a company that offers local shopping and restaurant deals to renters,…
In a series of “victory” celebrations more than 6,000 years ago in northeastern France, a group of defenders severed the left arms of their conquered enemies and buried them in pits, archaeologists have found.
The discovery provides a glimpse…