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Electric Nematodes and Flying Spiders - Our Brains 'Sync Up' When We Collaborate - Fast depression relief? Nitrous oxide - Dementia? get a shingles vaccine - Old Drug That Reverses Signs of Alzheimer's - Common Acne Medication Linked With 30% Lower Schizophrenia Risk - Switch Turns Brain's Defenses Into Protectors Against Alzheimer's - Breakthrough to Strengthen Bone Could Reverse Osteoporosis - arkinson's Link to Gut Bacteria Suggests Unexpectedly Simple Treatment: Vitamin B - Cheap Daily Supplement Appears to Boost Brain Function in Older Adults - Fame Can Cut Years From a Singer's Life - ‘Security Disaster’ As 500 Million Microsoft Users Refuse To Upgrade To Windows 11 - Man Loses Password to Chip Embedded Inside His Body - Cat Invasion Wipes Out Millions From Chinese Crypto Operation - Neanderthal Cannibals Targeted Small women and Children - Island Made of Crabs - Longest Underwater Cave Even Longer Than Realized - Sundaland, A Real Lost Atlantis - Modern Technology Is Revolutionising Archaeology - Watch the Geminid meteor shower - 3 Supernovae Break Current Models - Astronomy Is In Crisis...And It's Incredibly Exciting - Solar System Moves Way Too Fast, Cosmological Theory in Doubt - JWST discovers massive grand-design spiral galaxy from the universe's infancy - Once in a century floods set to become annual events in northeastern US - Too many people? Or not enough? - Environment, National emergency Briefing - Can AI make us more creative? Study reveals surprising benefits - "Generative AI" is not what you think it is - Archaeology:The Mesoamerican Ballgame: More Than Just a Game.

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Fast depression relief? Nitrous oxide shows remarkable potentialNitrous oxide may offer quick, short-term relief for people with major depression, especially those who haven’t responded to standard medications. The meta-analysis found rapid improvements after a single dose and more sustained benefits after repeated treatments. Side effects were generally mild and brief, though researchers stress the need for larger, longer-term studies.

Scientists Intrigued by Old Drug That Reverses Signs of Alzheimer's in MiceAdministering an amino acid used to treat high blood pressure also appears to reverse signs of dementia in mice.

Switch Turns Brain's Defenses Into Protectors Against Alzheimer'sSpecific immune cells in the brain may play a crucial role in preventing the onset of Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study – a discovery that could lead to new therapies that try to coax cells into this protective state.

Parkinson's Link to Gut Bacteria Suggests Unexpectedly Simple TreatmentResearchers have suspected for some time that the link between our gut and brain plays a role in the onset of Parkinson's disease.

Fame Can Cut Years From a Singer's Life, Study Reveals"Being famous, that's a 24-hour job right there," actor Bill Murray once said.

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The World's Longest Underwater Cave Is Even Longer Than We RealizedThe longest known underwater cave in the world is even longer than we thought.

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Once-in-a-century floods set to become annual events in northeastern US in the next 75 years, study findsRising sea levels and storm surges from hurricanes will bring more frequent extreme floods to northeastern U.S. states, including Connecticut, New York and New Jersey.

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Our Brains Really Do 'Sync Up' When We Collaborate, Study RevealsEver experienced a moment of flow when working with another human to achieve a common goal, almost as if you and your collaborator are tuned in to each other's brains? You may have literally been 'in sync' on a neurological level, new research shows.

For those living with dementia, new study suggests shingles vaccine could slow the diseaseAn unusual public health policy in Wales may have produced the strongest evidence yet that a vaccine can reduce the risk of dementia. In a new study led by Stanford Medicine, researchers analyzing the health records of Welsh older adults discovered that those who received the shingles vaccine were 20% less likely to develop dementia over the next seven years than those who did not receive the vaccine.

Common Acne Medication Linked With 30% Lower Schizophrenia RiskAn antibiotic commonly prescribed for acne management has been linked to a reduced chance of developing schizophrenia.

New Breakthrough to Strengthen Bone Could Reverse OsteoporosisA recent study points to a key bone-strengthening mechanism at work in the body, which could be targeted to treat the bone-weakening disease, osteoporosis.

Cheap Daily Supplement Appears to Boost Brain Function in Older AdultsWhat's good for your aging gut may also be good for your aging brain.

‘Security Disaster’ As 500 Million Microsoft Users Refuse To Upgrade To Windows 11Microsoft is facing what analysts are calling a growing security disaster as new data shows one billion Windows users are still on Windows 10. Even mo

Man Loses Password to Chip Embedded Inside His BodyA magician in Missouri lost the password to an RFID microchip embedded in his hand and now he can't access the chip.

Cat Invasion Wipes Out Millions From Chinese Crypto OperationA Chinese cryptocurrency mogul has reportedly lost millions of dollars after nearly 200 stray cats turned his secret mining workshop into an accidenta

How to watch the Geminid meteor shower, and other skywatching tips for DecemberDecember is an exciting month for those who like to look up, with a comet, a meteor shower, and a conjunction between the moon and Jupiter all featuring over the coming weeks. Comet 3I/ATLAS First up, for those with a telescope with an aperture of at least 30 centimeters, this month offers a chance to […]

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Alaknanda: JWST discovers massive grand-design spiral galaxy from the universe's infancyA spiral galaxy, shaped much like our Milky Way, has been found in an era when astronomers believed such well-formed galaxies could not yet exist. Two astronomers from India have identified a remarkably mature galaxy just 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang—a discovery that challenges our understanding of how galaxies form and evolve.

Can AI make us more creative? Study reveals surprising benefits of human-AI collaborationArtificial intelligence (AI) is often seen as a tool to automate tasks and replace humans, but new research from Swansea University challenges this view, showing that AI can also act as a creative, engaging and inspiring partner.

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