Month: February 2026

Alcohol exposure before birth may quietly set the brain on a path toward risky drinking decades later. A new study published today (February 2) in JNeurosci examines how exposure to alcohol and stress before birth can influence brain function and drinking behavior later in life. Led by Mary Schneider and Alexander Converse at the University […]

When you don’t sleep enough, your brain may clean itself at the exact moment you need it to think. Most people recognize the sensation. After a night of inadequate sleep, staying focused becomes harder than usual. Thinking feels slower, attention wanders, and simple tasks take more effort than they should. Researchers at MIT have now […]

Even at just two months old, babies’ brains are already quietly sorting the world into meaning. New findings from neuroscientists at Trinity College Dublin reveal that babies just two months old can already organize what they see into distinct object categories. This ability appears far earlier than scientists once believed and suggests that key elements […]

Climate change, deforestation, and habitat loss are making forests more uniform, with fast-growing species increasingly dominating the landscape. As native trees are displaced, biodiversity declines, resistance to disease weakens, and forests lose much of their ability to store CO₂. Trees are essential to life on Earth. They absorb and store CO₂, support animals, fungi, and […]

Climate change, deforestation, and habitat loss are making forests more uniform, with fast-growing species increasingly dominating the landscape. As native trees are displaced, biodiversity declines, resistance to disease weakens, and forests lose much of their ability to store CO₂. Trees are essential to life on Earth. They absorb and store CO₂, support animals, fungi, and […]

Climate change, deforestation, and habitat loss are making forests more uniform, with fast-growing species increasingly dominating the landscape. As native trees are displaced, biodiversity declines, resistance to disease weakens, and forests lose much of their ability to store CO₂. Trees are essential to life on Earth. They absorb and store CO₂, support animals, fungi, and […]

Ancient magnetic fossils reveal that animal navigation using Earth’s magnetic field may have evolved far earlier than previously known. Researchers have uncovered what appears to be the oldest known evidence of an internal navigation system in an animal, a finding that may help explain how modern birds and fish developed the ability to orient themselves […]

This is the first report of remote touch in humans. It changes how we understand the human perceptual world and may have applications in robotics and assistive technologies, including exploration, search and rescue, and archaeology. Researchers from Queen Mary University of London and University College London have uncovered evidence that humans possess a previously unrecognized […]

Scientists studying ancient ocean sediments discovered a surprising link between the shrinking of West Antarctica’s ice and the Southern Ocean’s ability to absorb carbon dioxide. A new study published today (February 2) in Nature Geoscience finds that shifts in the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) closely followed changes in marine algae growth in the Southern […]

High-tech “super shoes” are no longer just for Olympians, offering measurable performance gains through innovative design. Once limited to elite athletes at the Olympics and other major running competitions, the so-called “super shoe” has moved beyond the podium and onto everyday roads and paths. You are now just as likely to see them at a […]