2+ hour, 2+ min ago  (442+ words) How do nervous systems produce behaviors? A new MIT study provides a detailed mechanistic mapping of exactly what happens in the brains of C. elegans worms when they "follow their nose" to savor attractive odors or avoid unappealing ones image: A…...

2+ hour, 23+ min ago  (225+ words) Research shows that living with friends may quietly be altering your gut bacteria. Research on a colony of tiny island birds in the Seychelles revealed they share more of their gut bacteria with the birds they spend the most time…...

7+ hour, 52+ min ago  (232+ words) Combining carbon-14 measurements taken at the highest level of precision with historical literature lays a new foundation for studying unpredictable and hazardous solar proton events. image: Red aurora over Engaru, Hokkaido, Japan. view more Red aurora over Engaru, Hokkaido, Japan....

2+ hour, 23+ min ago  (866+ words) An AI analysis of more than 400, 000 Reddit posts found discussions of menstrual changes, fatigue and temperature-related complaints that may not be fully captured in clinical trials or drug labeling. image: A close-up of the process the researchers used to analyze…...

2+ hour, 29+ min ago  (44+ words) Turning worm (IMAGE)Eurek Alert! A GIF version of a research video shows the motion of a C. elegans nematode worm as it turns around. Talya Kramer/MIT PIcower Institute More on this News Release With navigating nematodes, scientists map out…...

8+ hour, 23+ min ago  (49+ words) (IMAGE)Eurek Alert! The asunaro cypress tree samples, unearthed at Shimokita Peninsula in northern Aomori Prefecture. The sample is provided by Tohoku University. Credit must be given to the creator. More on this News Release Medieval Japanese poetry and buried…...

8+ hour, 23+ min ago  (142+ words) Reconstructed solar cycles based on carbon-14 records, relative to baseline activity level at y=0, overlaid with historical records: orange circles denote the timing of aurora sightings, blue and red stars denote prolonged aurora events like those described in Meigetsuki, and…...

6+ hour, 25+ min ago  (123+ words) This study provides the drivers of variation in mercury concentrations in seabirds and, further, the first biologically based estimate of oceanic mercury distribution, analyzing blood mercury levels in more than 11, 215 seabirds from 108 species, including 659 newly collected samples and over 10, 556 from…...

16+ hour, 40+ min ago  (60+ words) (IMAGE)Eurek Alert! MIT Sloan School of Management researchers demonstrate a new approach to designing experiments in the social and behavioral sciences by applying it to a longstanding question about punishment in public goods games. Credit: MIT Sloan School of…...

11+ hour, 1+ min ago  (886+ words) Pitt's Kent Harries helps turn bamboo's promise into practice image: Kent Harries in his labratory with bamboo samples. view more Credit: Thomas Altany, the University of Pittsburgh While the University of Pittsburgh's Kent Harries, Ph D, FASCE, FACI, FIIFC, PEng,…...