Mindfully Curated
The summer of 2022 was the hottest summer ever recorded in Europe and was characterized by an intense series of record-breaking heat waves, droughts and forest fires. A study now estimates 61,672 heat-attributable deaths between 30 May and 4 September …
Scientists have come together to present a new way to observe the brain’s structure and dynamics — in a high resolution and without damaging the tissue.
In-person mindfulness courses help improve mental health for at least six months, study shows. Adults who voluntarily take part in mindfulness courses are less likely to experience symptoms of anxiety and depression for at least six months after comple…
A common childhood injury has been shown to slash school completion rates, adding to evidence that found being hospitalized can have a long-lasting effect on young people.
The free radical theory of aging is back in play after falling out of favor decades ago. (Remember when people were taking massive doses of various vitamins and minerals? Mopping up free radicals with antioxidants compromised beneficial metabolic signa…
Financial payments made by land developers to offset their impacts on threatened species may fall short, according to new research.
Researchers drew inspiration from the spider silk spinning process to fabricate strong, stretchable, and electrically conductive soft fibers. Their novel technique overcomes the challenges of conventional methods, which require complex conditions and s…
Robots and artificial intelligence (AI) are expected to play a key role in nursing practice in the future. In this regard, researchers from Japan ask whether intelligent machines can replace humans as nurses. They investigate the potential of current a…
When unethical behavior is criticized, demands are often met with defensiveness and denial. How can we overcome this reaction? New research demonstrates that criticism is more persuasive when it is expressed with concern for the welfare of those being …
Plant roots have their own thermometer to measure the temperature of the soil around them and they adjust their growth accordingly. Through extensive experiments, a team was able to demonstrate that roots have their own temperature sensing and response…
Research reveals how millions of years of evolution has engineered honey bees to make fast decisions and reduce risk.
Migrant male orangutans on Borneo and Sumatra learn about unfamiliar foods in their new home range by ‘peering’ at experienced locals: intensely observing them at close range. This is what an international research team found out in a long-term study w…
A lollipop might be a sweet reward for a kid who’s endured a trip to the doctor’s office, but now, this candy could make diagnostic testing during a visit less invasive and more enjoyable. Researchers have shown that a lollipop-based saliva collection …
The findings could benefit efforts to develop new ways to treat and prevent hearing loss, including age-related hearing loss.
A team of scientists has found that an existing cancer drug could be repurposed to target a subset of cancers that currently lack targeted treatment options and is often associated with poor outcomes. This subset of cancers makes up 15 per cent of all …
‘Metarecognition’ is the ability to objectively monitor, control, and improve one’s learning ability. Researchers demonstrated that the human brain exhibits metacognitive abilities that regulate implicit motor learning to maximize monetary rewards. Unl…
Seasonal temperature fluctuations only have an indirect influence on the bacterial community in wastewater.
New research provides evidence that electric fields shared among neurons via ‘ephaptic coupling’ provide the coordination necessary to assemble the multi-region neural ensembles (‘engrams’) that represent remembered information.
Indonesia, home to the largest tropical rainforest in Southeast Asia and over 17,500 islands, is a country packed with biodiversity and endangered species. However, scientists studying the region’s species and ecosystems are getting banned from Indones…
The material a bird selects for its nest depends on the dimensions of its beak, according to researchers.