How contemporary academic structures constrain scientific creativity and hold back early-career researchers
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Mourning the loss of AI companions
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One immune switch may help drive aging across the body
Aging happens at different speeds from one person to another, but it eventually affects everyone. New research from Stanford Medicine, ...
Gender and LGBTQ+ representation across college majors and achievement levels using nationally representative US data
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ADHD may have a surprising creative advantage
ADHD affects millions of people and can make everyday tasks involving focus, impulse control, and sustained attention more difficult. A...
Alzheimer’s may leave a mark on the brain long before plaques appear
A new study suggests that brain imaging could reveal changes linked to Alzheimer's disease more than seven years earlier than researche...
Money problems may age your brain faster
Persistent financial hardship may speed up age-related cognitive decline, according to new research led by University College London (U...
Saturation of moral language predicts lower content engagement on social media
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Scientists find a human-only gene that may help explain our brainpower
Microglia are the brain's most abundant immune cells. They help protect the brain from harmful invaders, clear away damaged neurons, an...
Reaching 90 without dementia doesn’t mean you’re in the clear
People who reach their 90s without dementia might appear to have escaped much of the danger of cognitive decline. Until recently, howev...