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Psychedelic drugs leave surprisingly different marks on the brain
11+ hour, 39+ min ago (1012+ words) Rats given LSD, psilocybin or 2C-B showed three different brain patterns, and the psychedelic drugs still differed a week later. Psychedelic drugs get filed together: one receptor, one sort of trip, one promise for depression, anxiety and addiction. In rats,…...
Musical training gives people a surprising advantage
12+ hour, 36+ min ago (1022+ words) Musical training made volunteers quicker to anticipate a pattern, but two minutes of watching a different one undid most of their gains. Getting faster at a movement pattern looks like getting smoother, and for a while it is. But push…...
Deep ocean sand analysis may predict how far Earth’s climate will shift
14+ hour, 13+ min ago (641+ words) Stanford researchers analyzed global seafloor data from an ancient cooling era, expecting thick sand deposits, but found almost no sand across all seven continents, defying standard models. When a Stanford team went looking for sediment that should have blanketed the…...
Earth’s moon may have formed nearly whole just hours after a giant crash
14+ hour, 32+ min ago (504+ words) New simulations suggest the moon may have formed almost instantly after a giant impact, not slowly from a debris disk....
Global map reveals where petrochemical emissions really come from
15+ hour, 54+ min ago (754+ words) A global analysis of 37,000 petrochemical facilities reveals that just 10% produce 53% of the industry's emissions. Emissions from the petrochemical industry, already a major source of carbon dioxide on the planet, could climb by 50 percent by 2050 if nothing changes. New research has…...
Camera traps capture dozens of photos of this adorable endangered animal
18+ hour, 22+ min ago (918+ words) Trail cameras in Nepal recorded evidence of small groups of endangered red pandas in Myagdi District, a little-studied area of central Nepal. In Dhawalagiri Rural Municipality within Myagdi… In Dhawalagiri Rural Municipality within Myagdi District, the cameras confirmed new presence…...
Hungry dogs are more likely to sniff out the wrong scent
19+ hour, 35+ min ago (1003+ words) Hungry dogs made more false alarms, while breakfast helped them reject wrong smells without reducing target detection accuracy. Dogs can find odors that people would never notice, which is why scent detection is useful in jobs ranging from conservation to…...
Amazon climate extremes are surging fastest in unexpected places
17+ hour, 54+ min ago (1075+ words) Climate extremes are intensifying fastest in an unexpected part of the Amazon, where extreme dry-season temperatures are rising far faster than averages. For years, the story of Amazon climate change centered on the south, the region hit hardest by deforestation…...
Babies are surprised when adults ignore a crying infant
17+ hour, 35+ min ago (1052+ words) Babies learn what to expect from caregivers early in life, and maternal depressive symptoms are linked with weaker expectations of comfort. A baby’s cry is one of the earliest social signals people learn to recognize. Long before children can explain…...
One small change in walking helped humans conquer the world
18+ hour, 40+ min ago (978+ words) Humans consistently walk heel-first, a unique walking style that saves energy but creates higher impact forces on bones and joints. Walking is so familiar that the first moment of each step rarely gets much attention. Humans normally place the heel…...