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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
 syphilis

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


New studies show humans and Neanderthals interbred over 7,000 years

Neanderthal ancestry entered the human genome over an extended period between 50,500 and 43,500 years ago.

New studies show humans and Neanderthals interbred over 7,000 years. Illustration.

Swedish study finds sugary drinks increase cardiovascular disease risk more than sweet treats

Consuming more than 8 sugary drinks a week associated with 19 percent higher risk of ischemic stroke.

 Sugary drinks.

Are scented candles your thing? Study raises concerns

The concentration of pollutants can be significantly reduced by avoiding scented candles.

 Are scented candles your thing? Study raises concerns.

Ancient Mesopotamians felt happiness in liver, anger in feet

According to a recent study, ancient Mesopotamians experienced emotions differently from modern humans.

 Feeling it in their knees?

Exaggeration and embellishment: Study shows user language distorts ChatGPT information

The results show that ChatGPT provides higher casualty figures when asked in the language of the attacked group.

 ChatGPT Logo

Ultra-processed foods linked to accelerated aging, study finds

Ultra-processed foods include packaged snacks, sugary drinks, reconstituted meat products, instant noodles.

 Food factory production line.

Barbarian warriors carried miniature spoons to snort stimulants before battles, study suggests

Germanic communities could have had access to stimulant plants such as poppy, hops, hemp, henbane, belladonna, and various fungi.

 Snorted stimulants. Barbaric warriors. Illustration.

Since 1872, only seven were ever seen: World's rarest whale goes under the surgeon's knife

The spade-toothed whale has never been seen alive, and scientists know almost nothing about the species.

 Black Dolphins cut in the Faroe Islands. Illustration.

7,500-year-old Ubaid clay figurine unearthed at Bahra 1 in Kuwait

The figurine features an elongated skull and slanting eyes, characteristic of Ubaid culture.

 An anthropomorphic clay head.

New study reveals manufacturing secrets of the ancient Nebra Sky Disc

Analysis shows disc was produced using ten cycles of heating to 700°C and forging, demonstrating advanced Bronze Age craftsmanship.

 The Nebra Sky Disc.