How to dismantle democracy: Lessons aspiring autocrats may take from Hungary's Orban
21 April 2025 21:32 UTC
Source: NPR
Summary: Many Hungarians are worried about Prime Minister Victor Orban's concentration of power and moves to ban protests.
High-fat, high-sugar diets impact cognitive function
21 April 2025 20:33 UTC
Source: Science Daily
Summary: New research links fatty, sugary diets to impaired brain function. The findings build on a growing body of evidence showing the negative impact of high-fat, high-sugar (HFHS) diets on cognitive ability, adding to their well-known physical effects.
Omnivorous? Vegan? Makes no difference to muscle building after weight training, study finds
21 April 2025 20:32 UTC
Source: Science Daily
Summary: A new study asked three questions about muscle protein synthesis in response to a nine-day diet and weight training regimen: First, does the source of protein -- plant or animal-based -- make any difference to muscle gain? Second, does it matter if total daily protein intake is evenly distributed th...
How activity in Earth's mantle led the ancient ancestors of elephants, giraffes, and humans into Asia and Africa
21 April 2025 20:32 UTC
Source: Science Daily
Summary: What roils beneath the Earth's surface may feel a world away, but the activity can help forge land masses that dictate ocean circulation, climate patterns, and even animal activity and evolution. In fact, scientists believe that a plume of hot rocks that burst from the Earth's mantle millions of yea...
What if Mother Earth could sue for mistreatment?
21 April 2025 20:32 UTC
Source: Science Daily
Summary: The study highlights the transformative potential of the Rights of Nature, which views nature as a rights-bearing entity, not merely an object of regulation and subjugation by extractive industries. The Llurimagua case -- a dispute over a mining concession in Ecuador's cloud forest -- illustrates th...
Did it rain or snow on ancient Mars? New study suggests it did
21 April 2025 20:31 UTC
Source: Science Daily
Summary: Geologists weigh in on a long-running debate about Mars: Billions of years ago, was the Red Planet warm and wet or cold and dry?
Wild chimps filmed sharing 'boozy' fruit
21 April 2025 20:30 UTC
Source: Science Daily
Summary: Wild chimpanzees have been pictured eating and sharing fruit containing alcohol.
US stocks and dollar sink as Trump renews attacks on Fed chair Powell
21 April 2025 20:30 UTC
Source: Financial Times
Summary: Currency sell-off intensifies after president steps up criticism of central bank head for not cutting rates
High-tech sticker can identify real human emotions
21 April 2025 20:28 UTC
Source: Science Daily
Summary: Saying one thing while feeling another is part of being human, but bottling up emotions can have serious psychological consequences like anxiety or panic attacks. To help health care providers tell the difference, a team has created a stretchable, rechargeable sticker that can detect real emotions -...
How changes in lemur brains made some mean girls nice
21 April 2025 20:26 UTC
Source: Science Daily
Summary: If there was a contest for biggest female bullies of the animal world, lemurs would be near the top of the list. It's the ladies who get their way and keep males in line. In one branch of the lemur family tree, however, some species have evolved to have more harmonious relationships. New findings su...