Month: January 2024

February 1, 20243 min readPlutonium-pit secrets, growing up in parallel universes, the strange aftermath of a fictional wildfire, and more ...

Science

Science News Briefs from around the World: February 2024

February 1, 20242 min readA missing mammal rediscovered in Indonesia, a speedy new species of dinosaur in Brazil, Ivory Coast ...

Health

Playing an instrument linked to better brain health in older adults

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Engaging in music throughout your life is associated with better brain health in older age, according ...

Health

Study finds obesity and alcohol are contributing to increases in bowel cancer rates among young adults

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Overweight and obesity are contributing to rising death rates from bowel cancer among people aged 25–49 ...

Health

Our sense of taste helps pace our eating. Understanding how may lead to new avenues for weight loss

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain As a scientist who investigates hunger and weight control, I'm interested in the way our brains ...

Health

Signs of accelerated aging found in brains of individuals with alcohol use disorder

Epigenetic age estimates in AUD based on linear regression models for different BioAge markers in (A) whole blood, (B) Brodmann ...

Health

New study on how parents experience their children’s sports injuries

Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new review paper focuses on how parents experience and are affected by their children's sports ...

Health

‘A Cash Cow for Hospitals’: What We Heard This Week

"A government program meant to provide incentives to serve lower income Americans is actually a cash cow for hospitals." -- ...

Health

Switching Twice With Infliximab Biosimilars Not Linked With IBD Flare Risk

LAS VEGAS -- Biosimilar switching was not tied to flare in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), according to a ...

Health

A Win and A Loss for Adjuvant ICIs in Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma