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Israeli researchers at TAU find noninvasive brain stimulation eases PTSD symptoms

The five-session pilot, conducted in Tel Aviv and published in the journal Brain Stimulation, used individualized transcranial magnetic stimulation targeted to hippocampal networks.

Illustration of the experimental setup
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Oldest trace of Syphilis-linked DNA from 5,500-year-old bone shows disease came from Americas

 Life beyond Earth may exist in far stranger places than scientists once thought, a new study suggests. January, 22.

Habitable worlds may be far more common than thought, Israeli study says

Member of the study into  a new class of latent monomers.

Israeli scientists create light-activated plastic for safer manufacturing


‘Homo bigheads’: Newfound human species roamed China’s woodlands with extra-large heads

Early humans of Homo juluensis had a large head shape, with measurements notably larger than those of Neanderthals and Homo sapiens.

 A Denisovan in the jungle. Illustration.

Mars moons may have been a part of something much bigger

In 2026, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency plans to launch the Mars Moons eXploration (MMX) mission.

 Mars’ moon Phobos.

NASA's startling discovery: an abandoned city buried deep beneath the ice

The discovery occurred while the NASA team was testing the Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar (UAVSAR) system aboard a Gulfstream III aircraft.

 Climb at Katla Ice Cave.

Human activity shifted Earth's axis by 80 centimeters, study finds

Water extraction caused an average annual drift of Earth's rotational pole by 4.63 cm, totaling 80 cm in less than two decades.

 Shifting Earth’s axis. Aerial photo of center pivot irrigations systems.

Scientists finally have an answer for a long-standing question: what is inside the moon?

Findings resolve years of debate and offer new insights into the Moon's evolution and the Solar System's history.

 What’s inside the moon.

Human burial practices had their origin in the Levant, Israeli researchers say

Neanderthals and Homo Sapiens had different burial practices, the research shows.

 Archaeology excavation.

Who does Delle the lonely dolphin talk to?

"If we hadn't known that Delle was alone, we might have concluded that a group of at least three dolphins was engaged in various social interactions”.

 A lonely dolphin.

DESI confirms Einstein's relativity on cosmic scales with unprecedented precision.

“We also needed to test that our assumption works on much larger scales," said cosmologist Pauline Zarrouk.

 Sparring antennae galaxies.

Scientists discover hallucinogens in 2,200-year-old Egyptian Bes mug

Analysis reveals psychotropic substances and human bodily fluids used in ancient rituals.

 Column capital of the god Bes.

Space or stress? Astronauts in orbit are a little bit dumber, study shows

Processing speed, working memory, and attention, slowed down during the astronauts’ time in orbit.

 Astronaut in orbit. Illustration.