11+ hour, 18+ 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,…...

12+ hour, 15+ 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…...

18+ hour, 18+ 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…...

19+ hour, 54+ min ago   (977+ words) Brain recordings reveal that people blend competing goals rather than simply switching from one choice to another. When your phone buzzes on the way to the kitchen, you don’t stop and pick one. You drift toward it, then back, doing…...

20+ hour, 44+ min ago   (1017+ words) A review of 57 studies reveals why music can ease pain, with personal choice, enjoyment, and active participation emerging as important factors. People put on music when something hurts, usually on the theory that it pulls attention away from the pain....

20+ hour, 20+ min ago   (1076+ words) The genes behind bat lifespan overlap with the genes that handle viruses, and one key immune gene comes in up to three copies. A bigger mammal usually lives longer, and bats are a striking exception. Among the mouse-eared bats, body…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (888+ words) Toggling airplane mode can quickly refresh a weak phone signal by forcing a new network search, though it cannot fix areas with no coverage or heavy congestion. One bar of cell phone signal at a restaurant, a call that drops…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (943+ words) A surplus of insulating brain cells, low on one protective protein, tracked the steepest cognitive decline in adults followed since childhood. After 70, memory and quick thinking slow down for most people, and the usual explanation is that the brain’s wiring…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (1157+ words) Early stress in mitochondria before birth helped mouse hearts resist later chemotherapy damage by creating lasting protective changes. Chemotherapy can save lives, but some drugs can also put the heart under serious strain. Doxorubicin, a chemotherapy used against several cancers,…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (912+ words) Dogs and cats can carry antibiotic-resistant bacteria that are genetically similar to strains found in people worldwide. Antibiotic resistance is often discussed as a hospital problem, where bacteria can survive medicines that once stopped them. Resistant bacteria also occur outside…...