Research news this hour:

  • Lakeland science students enjoy living laboratory in Belize July 2, 2026 9:42 pm Sheboygan Sun - Wisconsin Eight Lakeland University biology and chemistry students and two faculty recently returned from a unique study abroad course that saw them conduct research in the rainforest of Belize.   It is the ninth time that Lakeland has offered Tropical Ecology in …
  • Please, Don’t Outsource Your Critical Thinking to AI July 2, 2026 8:55 pm The Good Men Project - California It was January 2025 when I decided to stop using Instagram. It was right after Mark Zuckerberg announced that Meta would end its third-party fact-checking program. After doing so, I sent messages to several friends using WhatsApp (ironically also owned by …
  • Former CIA Officer Drops Bombshell at MKULTRA Hearing: “I Don’t Believe the Research Stopped” — Luna Says Congress Was Lied to for 50 Years July 2, 2026 8:35 pm The Gateway Pundit Screenshot Explosive testimony before the House Oversight Committee’s Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets reveals decades of CIA crimes against unwitting Americans, evidence destruction, secret torture sites in Germany, and a continuing …
  • Study Aims to Stop Alzheimer’s Inflammation in APOE4 Carriers July 2, 2026 8:34 pm Neuroscience News - Texas Summary: Late-onset Alzheimer’s disease represents one of the most pervasive, devastating neurodegenerative crises globally. For years, the scientific community has recognized the APOE\varepsilon4 (APOE4) gene variant as the most significant genetic risk …
  • Stress Accelerates Immune Aging by Altering the Microbiome July 2, 2026 8:28 pm Neuroscience News - Texas Summary: Researchers have demonstrated a definitive brain-gut-bone marrow axis in mice that explains this destructive link. The data reveals that chronic psychological stress suppresses key executive and emotional regions of the brain, disrupting the …
  • Aphantasia Shatters Classical Theories of Imagistic Thought July 2, 2026 8:28 pm Neuroscience News - Texas Summary: Researchers argue that aphantasia, the complete inability to voluntarily form mental images, fundamentally shatters Hume’s theory and modern imagistic models of cognition. Individuals with severe aphantasia report a total blind spot when asked to …
  • How 21st-Century Screens Hijack Brain Circuitry July 2, 2026 8:28 pm Neuroscience News - Texas Summary: Dense urban infrastructure, globalized economic pressures, and hyper-curated digital networks actively hijack ancestral survival instincts. Rather than treating mental health crises as purely localized lifestyle flaws, the authors prove that …
  • Maternal High-Fructose Diets Epigenetically Scar Fetal Brain Cells July 2, 2026 8:28 pm Neuroscience News - Texas Summary: A new study demonstrated that when pregnant rats are fed a diet rich in high fructose corn syrup, their offspring exhibit marked learning and memory impairments that persist into adulthood. The study reveals that prenatal fructose exposure …
  • Rats Display Genuine Empathy July 2, 2026 8:28 pm Neuroscience News - Texas Summary: Empathy, the profound ability to share and understand the internal emotional states of others, is frequently championed as the ultimate psychological glue that holds human society together, making our everyday interactions personal, supportive, …
  • Tau uncovered: Alzheimer’s diagnosis and treatment July 2, 2026 8:03 pm Scientist Live Tau is a microtubule‑associated protein with N‑terminal, proline‑rich, microtubule‑binding, and C‑terminal domains, where the microtubule‑binding region mediates microtubule interaction; alternative splicing generates six major isoforms that are balanced …
  • How outdated brand safety is limiting growth in the region July 2, 2026 7:59 pm Campaign Middle East While the Middle East continues to emerge as a digital advertising powerhouse, its brand safety strategies have not kept pace with the market’s evolution. Agencies and brands are allocating substantial budgets to capture premium consumer attention. Yet, …
  • Johns Hopkins University and the American research enterprise July 2, 2026 7:43 pm Science The transformation of the United States’ research enterprise into a driver of American economic prosperity, health and longevity, and military preeminence is one of the country’s great achievements of the post–World War II period. Often overlooked, however …
  • Transparent fish takes center stage in $1 billion neuroscience initiative July 2, 2026 7:43 pm Science When Adam Douglass began to study the tiny, transparent fish in the Danionella genus about 10 years ago, he had to get his animals from an out-of-state fish shop, where they were sold as an exotic pet breed. “The only information at all about trying to …
  • Is it just aging or something that needs more attention? The caring hands behind our success may now be in pain July 2, 2026 7:22 pm Manila Bulletin A doctor’s hands can bring healing. An engineer’s hands can help build homes. A teacher's hands can help shape futures. And the hands of parents and mentors guide, support, and lift us up in times of need and through life’s biggest milestones. But over …
  • How one UAB researcher is bringing neuroscience to the community July 2, 2026 7:16 pm University of Alabama at Birmingham UAB neuroscientist Kristina Visscher leads Neuroscience for All, a community initiative bringing hands-on brain science education to Birmingham through outreach programs, partnerships and interactive learning experiences. UAB neuroscientist Kristina …
  • India, Japan unveil 16-point roadmap on economic security, AI, energy resilience at Annual Summit July 2, 2026 6:56 pm The Tribune (Chandigarh) New Delhi [India], July 2 (ANI): India and Japan on Thursday elevated their Special Strategic and Global Partnership with a 16-point roadmap unveiled at the 16th India-Japan Annual Summit, setting an ambitious agenda spanning economic security, artificial …
  • Western key hub for Horizon Europe-funded project studying disabling chronic illness July 2, 2026 6:47 pm Western University As the only institution outside Europe in a new major international research initiative, Western will serve as a key partner in the efforts to improve diagnosis and accelerate treatment and development for myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue …
  • Human Biology program combines art and science in Intricate Human course July 2, 2026 5:15 pm Indiana University Indianapolis The Human Biology program in IU’s College of Arts and Sciences is a hybrid program, emphasizing the foundational functions of how the human body works in combination with how evolution and our contemporary culture and environment affect our bodies and …
  • AI Writing Strips Mystery and Complexity From Stories July 2, 2026 5:11 pm Neuroscience News - Texas Summary: By developing a novel automated evaluation framework called CASPER, researchers analyzed thousands of human-authored and machine-generated stories across eight distinct axes of literary theory. The findings conclusively demonstrate that AI models …
  • When The Machines Deserve Our Consideration July 2, 2026 4:04 pm NOEMA Credits Grigori Guitchounts studied biological intelligence as a neuroscientist at Harvard; he now builds and investigates the artificial kind. I was in the final months of my Ph.D. in neuroscience at Harvard when an email arrived from an animal care …