What counts as an addiction — should compulsive shopping or gaming qualify?
Researchers are currently debating whether to classify problematic behaviors as addictions in the next edition of psychiatry’s “bible” of mental health disorders. The…
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Why chronic pain leads to depression for some but not others
Scientists have uncovered a brain mechanism that may explain why chronic pain leads to depression in some people but not others, according to research published in Science. The findings challenge the idea that depression is an inevitable…
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Even humans love a good mating call
It’s important to remember that we humans are simply animals. A very…
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Monte Verde fieldwork resets age of famous South American archaeological site
New research led by a University of Wyoming archaeologist near an ancient encampment in South America challenges a relatively new but widely accepted theory that the people who made and used Clovis points in North America were not the first…
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When did plate tectonics on Earth begin? New research finds some of the earliest clues
March 19, 2026
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When did plate tectonics on Earth begin? New research finds some of the earliest clues
Scientists have found the oldest direct evidence for tectonic motion on Earth by more than half a billion…
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A new study questions when people first reached South America
A landmark archaeological site in Chile may be thousands of years younger than originally thought, a new study claims. If validated, the finding would upend a key piece of evidence that humans reached South America about 14,500 years…
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'Miracle': Europe reconnects with lost spacecraft
The European Space Agency announced Thursday it has re-established communication with a spacecraft that is part of its Proba-3 mission, after losing contact with the satellite a month ago.
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Meta decides not to kill Horizon Worlds VR after all
The dream of the metaverse may have died for now, but Meta has decided it’s not completely giving up on the VR experience in Horizon Worlds, the virtual worlds service that it originally…
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Contested Amazon dam called to review water flow as river ecosystem fails
After 10 years of operation, the Belo Monte hydroelectric plant in Pará state has yet to resolve its most severe local impact: the reduction in water flow in the Volta Grande do Xingu. The 130-kilometer (81-mile) bend on the river in the…
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Study uncovers mineral 'sink' that reduced phosphorus in early oceans, potentially delaying Earth's oxygen rise
Scientists have long sought to explain a key mismatch in Earth’s early history: oxygen-producing photosynthesis evolved hundreds of millions of years before atmospheric oxygen began to rise during the Great Oxidation Event. This delay has been…
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