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Why does your brain mix up memories? A new study examines how memories are misplaced in your brain’s filing cabinets
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (539+ words) The brain's hippocampus inappropriately changes memories between different memory phases as people get older, new research suggests. This helps explain why memories become less precise — but not forgotten — as people age. Old age and forgetfulness seem to go hand in…...
Dutch men went from averaging about 5 feet 5 inches in the mid-1800s to nearly 6 feet today, gaining almost 8 inches in roughly 150 years, but researchers found natural selection may explain less than 2% of that extraordinary national growth spurt
52+ min ago (748+ words) Home - Science - Dutch men went from averaging about 5 feet 5 inches in the mid-1800s to nearly 6 feet today, gaining almost 8 inches in roughly 150 years, but researchers found natural selection may explain less than 2% of that extraordinary national growth spurt How does a…...
Anyone who drove long distances in the 1980s may remember stopping to scrape insects from the windscreen — and noticing, years later, that it was no longer necessary. Standardised trapping across German nature reserves found flying insect biomass had fallen 76 percent in just 27 years.
2+ hour, 7+ min ago (814+ words) The disappearance of insects from our windscreens masks a catastrophe unfolding across ecosystems worldwide, with consequences we are only beginning to understand. By Science Blog Editorial Team Published September 20, 2026 · How we edit Every family car once carried a rag with…...
Google's simulated fruit fly brain 'mines Bitcoin' in web browser proof of concept — FutureBit says real organic neuron miner could have '10x the efficiency of the best silicon 3nm ASICs"
14+ hour ago (204+ words) A project claimed to represent "the first organic neuron Bitcoin miner based on the fly brain" has gone live. Yes, this is a cryptomining project that leans on the fruit fly connectome recently shared by Google. FutureBit, the company behind…...
Destructive ventenata — arguably worse than cheatgrass — sweeps west across Wyoming
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (522+ words) 307 Aviation pilot Tony Herby sprays cheatgrass and ventenata-killing Rejuvra on Sept. 15, 2026, not far from the Wyoming Highway 120 right of way. A cured blade of slender, aggressive ventenata grass rests in Josh Shorb’s palm on Sept. 15, 2026. MEETEETSE RIM — Josh Shorb’s internal…...
My brain constantly replays moments from my past. Neuroscience explained why
1+ week, 4+ day ago (735+ words) Several times a day, I can be washing dishes, just turning my head, or catching a particular angle of light, and suddenly I am dropped into a one‑second clip from my own past. It might be the view from…...
Imaging Index Links Blood Flow to Cellular Architecture
23+ hour, 37+ min ago (536+ words) Researchers at USC have created a noninvasive metric called the cerebral blood flow–cell-body staining intensity similarity index (CCSI) to evaluate how blood flow matches cell density across the layers of the living human cerebral cortex. Source: Keck School of…...
Scientists Unleash Franken-Mice With Brains That Are Nearly Half Human
5+ hour, 38+ min ago (496+ words) Published Sep 20, 2026 7:02 AM EDT Scientists have created mice with brains that have millions of functioning human neurons fused into them. This groundbreaking feat could provide a new avenue for understanding and treating neurocognitive disorders, though the Frankenstein-esque nature of the…...
Dutch men grew about 20 centimeters in 150 years, going from among Europe’s shortest to its tallest, and a simulation shows natural selection explains less than half a centimeter of that change
6+ hour, 7+ min ago (716+ words) Home - Science - Dutch men grew about 20 centimeters in 150 years, going from among Europe’s shortest to its tallest, and a simulation shows natural selection explains less than half a centimeter of that change Historical records put Dutch male height at around…...