AdvertisementNavbar Search FilterMobile Microsite Search Termsearch filtersearch inputArticle NavigationArticle NavigationArticle NavigationCerebral Cortex, bhab072,Received:Revision received:Accepted:Published:Navbar Search FilterMobile Microsite Search Termsearch filtersearch inputPsychopathy is characterized by persistent antisocial behavior, impaired empathy, and egotistical traits. These traits vary also in normally functioning individuals. Here, we tested whether such antisocial personalities are associated with similar structural and neural alterations as those observed in criminal...…AdvertisementNavbar Search FilterMobile Microsite Search Termsearch filtersearch inputArticle NavigationArticle NavigationArticle NavigationCerebral Cortex, bhab072,Received:Revision received:Accepted:Published:Navbar Search FilterMobile Microsite Search Termsearch filtersearch inputPsychopathy is characterized by persistent antisocial behavior, impaired empathy, and egotistical traits. These traits vary also in normally functioning individuals. Here, we tested whether such antisocial personalities are associated with similar structural and neural alterations as those observed in criminal...WW…

No Result View All Result No Result View All Result Among the most frustrating and keenly felt consequences for individuals who suffer from depression and anxiety are those that affect present and future relationships. At times when individuals need the most support, the interpersonal repercussions of mental health issues can severely negatively impact relationships and even lead to their end.A recent study on depression and anxiety in early adulthood, published in , examines just this aspect of these prevalent and widespread mental health problems. The study takes advantage of longitudinal...…No Result View All Result No Result View All Result Among the most frustrating and keenly felt consequences for individuals who suffer from depression and anxiety are those that affect present and future relationships. At times when individuals need the most support, the interpersonal repercussions of mental health issues can severely negatively impact relationships and even lead to their end.A recent study on depression and anxiety in early adulthood, published in , examines just this aspect of these prevalent and widespread mental health problems. The study takes advantage of longitudinal...WW…

TrendingSpace is supported by its audience. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.A spacecraft carrying pristine asteroid samples and 4,000 megabytes of data is about to fly home from the asteroid . The spacecraft, NASA's Origins Spectral Interpretation Resource Identification Security - Regolith Explorer, or , hasn't departed the asteroid just yet. But the craft is beginning its farewell tour, which will bring the spacecraft on a journey back to Earth. The OSIRIS-REx mission will hang out around the 1,640-foot-wide (500 meters) Bennu before...…TrendingSpace is supported by its audience. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.A spacecraft carrying pristine asteroid samples and 4,000 megabytes of data is about to fly home from the asteroid . The spacecraft, NASA's Origins Spectral Interpretation Resource Identification Security - Regolith Explorer, or , hasn't departed the asteroid just yet. But the craft is beginning its farewell tour, which will bring the spacecraft on a journey back to Earth. The OSIRIS-REx mission will hang out around the 1,640-foot-wide (500 meters) Bennu before...WW…

TrendingSpace is supported by its audience. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.The famous equation used to has now inspired a new formula to hunt for alien artifacts within our solar system.The quest for these alien artifacts could start with and other cosmic bodies near Earth, a new study finds.The is used to estimate the number of civilizations in the Milky Way one can detect via their broadcast signals — or, more simply put, the odds of finding intelligent life in our galaxy. First proposed by radio astronomer Frank Drake in 1961, the...…TrendingSpace is supported by its audience. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.The famous equation used to has now inspired a new formula to hunt for alien artifacts within our solar system.The quest for these alien artifacts could start with and other cosmic bodies near Earth, a new study finds.The is used to estimate the number of civilizations in the Milky Way one can detect via their broadcast signals — or, more simply put, the odds of finding intelligent life in our galaxy. First proposed by radio astronomer Frank Drake in 1961, the...WW…

No Result View All Result No Result View All Result People who share fake news and other questionable content on Twitter tend to display a cognitive style that is characterized by relying on their gut instincts, according to a new study published in . The findings provide evidence that a person’s level of cognitive reflection is related to their online behaviors.“I have an interdisciplinary background at the intersection of cognitive science and data science. This work is part of my broader area of research where I look at how the way our thinking styles relate to the way we act online on...…No Result View All Result No Result View All Result People who share fake news and other questionable content on Twitter tend to display a cognitive style that is characterized by relying on their gut instincts, according to a new study published in . The findings provide evidence that a person’s level of cognitive reflection is related to their online behaviors.“I have an interdisciplinary background at the intersection of cognitive science and data science. This work is part of my broader area of research where I look at how the way our thinking styles relate to the way we act online on...WW…

It has been long been known that cannabis users develop psychosis more often than non-users, but what is still not fully clear is whether cannabis actually causes psychosis and, if so, who is most at risk. A new study published in by researchers at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) and King's College London helps shed light on both questions. The research shows that while cannabis users had higher rates of psychotic experiences than non-users across the board, the difference was especially pronounced among those with high genetic predisposition to schizophrenia."These...…It has been long been known that cannabis users develop psychosis more often than non-users, but what is still not fully clear is whether cannabis actually causes psychosis and, if so, who is most at risk. A new study published in by researchers at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) and King's College London helps shed light on both questions. The research shows that while cannabis users had higher rates of psychotic experiences than non-users across the board, the difference was especially pronounced among those with high genetic predisposition to schizophrenia."These...WW…

AdvertisementThe Role of Vision in the Emergence of Mate PreferencesCross-cultural research has repeatedly demonstrated sex differences in the importance of partner characteristics when choosing a mate. Men typically report higher preferences for younger, more physically attractive women, while women typically place more importance on a partner’s status and wealth. As the assessment of such partner characteristics often relies on visual cues, this raises the question whether visual experience is necessary for sex-specific mate preferences to develop. To shed more light onto the emergence of...…AdvertisementThe Role of Vision in the Emergence of Mate PreferencesCross-cultural research has repeatedly demonstrated sex differences in the importance of partner characteristics when choosing a mate. Men typically report higher preferences for younger, more physically attractive women, while women typically place more importance on a partner’s status and wealth. As the assessment of such partner characteristics often relies on visual cues, this raises the question whether visual experience is necessary for sex-specific mate preferences to develop. To shed more light onto the emergence of...WW…

January 21, 2021byResearchers at The Wistar Institute have discovered a new enzymatic function of the Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) protein EBNA1, a critical factor in EBV's ability to transform human cells and cause cancer. Published in Cell, this study provides new indications for inhibiting EBNA1 function, opening up fresh avenues for development of therapies to treat EBV-associated cancers.EBV establishes life-long, latent infection in B lymphocytes, which can contribute to development of different cancer types, including Burkitt's lymphoma, (NPC) and Hodgkin's lymphoma.The Epstein-Barr...…January 21, 2021byResearchers at The Wistar Institute have discovered a new enzymatic function of the Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) protein EBNA1, a critical factor in EBV's ability to transform human cells and cause cancer. Published in Cell, this study provides new indications for inhibiting EBNA1 function, opening up fresh avenues for development of therapies to treat EBV-associated cancers.EBV establishes life-long, latent infection in B lymphocytes, which can contribute to development of different cancer types, including Burkitt's lymphoma, (NPC) and Hodgkin's lymphoma.The Epstein-Barr...WW…

TrendingSpace is supported by its audience. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.has another clean test flight under its belt.The company launched the 15th uncrewed test flight of its reusable suborbital vehicle today (April 14), blasting off from a West Texas launchpad at 12:50 a.m. EDT (1650 GMT; 11:50 a.m. local time). The mission, dubbed NS-15, was meant to mimic what will occur once Blue Origin starts flying passengers. Before the flight, two company employees entered the capsule to practice the procedures that future astronauts will follow...…TrendingSpace is supported by its audience. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.has another clean test flight under its belt.The company launched the 15th uncrewed test flight of its reusable suborbital vehicle today (April 14), blasting off from a West Texas launchpad at 12:50 a.m. EDT (1650 GMT; 11:50 a.m. local time). The mission, dubbed NS-15, was meant to mimic what will occur once Blue Origin starts flying passengers. Before the flight, two company employees entered the capsule to practice the procedures that future astronauts will follow...WW…

The design by Hayri Atak Architectural Design Studio is for a five-star hotel with 152 rooms that would span more than 376,000 square feet, or about 8.6 acres. Construction on the hotel has not begun, and feasibility studies and technical assessments are ongoing, Kübra Türk, one of the architects working on the project, told Insider. The hotel would rotate to generate electrical energy, according to the architects. An artistic rendering of the floating hotel. Hayri Atak Architectural Design Studio The rotation would "not produce all the energy it needs," Türk said, adding that the amount...…The design by Hayri Atak Architectural Design Studio is for a five-star hotel with 152 rooms that would span more than 376,000 square feet, or about 8.6 acres. Construction on the hotel has not begun, and feasibility studies and technical assessments are ongoing, Kübra Türk, one of the architects working on the project, told Insider. The hotel would rotate to generate electrical energy, according to the architects. An artistic rendering of the floating hotel. Hayri Atak Architectural Design Studio The rotation would "not produce all the energy it needs," Türk said, adding that the amount...WW…

About 100 million years ago, gigantic flying reptiles with necks longer than those of giraffes cruised the skies of modern-day Morocco. Scientists think this kind of pterosaur, with its large jaw and slim neck, preyed on fish, small mammals, and even baby dinosaurs. But how their necks didn’t snap as they carried their prey has long been a mystery. Now, a new study shows the bones inside had an intricate spokelike structure that made them strong and stable, but light enough for flight.Azhdarchid pterosaurs (named after a dragonlike creature in Persian mythology) from Morocco are some of the...…About 100 million years ago, gigantic flying reptiles with necks longer than those of giraffes cruised the skies of modern-day Morocco. Scientists think this kind of pterosaur, with its large jaw and slim neck, preyed on fish, small mammals, and even baby dinosaurs. But how their necks didn’t snap as they carried their prey has long been a mystery. Now, a new study shows the bones inside had an intricate spokelike structure that made them strong and stable, but light enough for flight.Azhdarchid pterosaurs (named after a dragonlike creature in Persian mythology) from Morocco are some of the...WW…

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtainthe best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode inInternet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without stylesand JavaScript.AdvertisementUnderstanding how to modulate appetite in humans is key to developing successful weight loss interventions. Here, we showed that postprandial glucose dips 2–3 h after a meal are a better predictor of postprandial self-reported hunger and subsequent...…Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtainthe best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode inInternet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without stylesand JavaScript.AdvertisementUnderstanding how to modulate appetite in humans is key to developing successful weight loss interventions. Here, we showed that postprandial glucose dips 2–3 h after a meal are a better predictor of postprandial self-reported hunger and subsequent...WW…

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtainthe best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode inInternet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without stylesand JavaScript.AdvertisementChest beats as an honest signal of body size in male mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei)Acoustic signals that reliably indicate body size, which usually determines competitive ability, are of particular interest for understanding how animals...…Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtainthe best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode inInternet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without stylesand JavaScript.AdvertisementChest beats as an honest signal of body size in male mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei)Acoustic signals that reliably indicate body size, which usually determines competitive ability, are of particular interest for understanding how animals...WW…

Radio waves, longer and less energetic than visible light, give astronomers access to some of the most obscure physics in the cosmos.April 13, 2021If you ask an astronomer to choose the single most exciting picture in all of astronomy, many of us will point to . At a glance it may not look like much — a fuzzy glowing doughnut, bulging slightly at the bottom and, , streaked with curving lines — but in reality this unassuming circle is humanity’s first glimpse of a black hole, with the colors chosen not to mimic realism, but to indicate the intensity of radio emissions.Captured in a picture...…Radio waves, longer and less energetic than visible light, give astronomers access to some of the most obscure physics in the cosmos.April 13, 2021If you ask an astronomer to choose the single most exciting picture in all of astronomy, many of us will point to . At a glance it may not look like much — a fuzzy glowing doughnut, bulging slightly at the bottom and, , streaked with curving lines — but in reality this unassuming circle is humanity’s first glimpse of a black hole, with the colors chosen not to mimic realism, but to indicate the intensity of radio emissions.Captured in a picture...WW…

Live Science is supported by its audience. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Telescope operators figured out years ago how to make the stars stop twinkling. Now, a team of Australian scientists wants to use the same technology to track space junk and blast it out of space.The problem is Earth's atmosphere: It's uneven and distorts light passing from space to , and Earth to space. That's a problem, because the nice twinkly effect Earth's atmosphere gives stars makes it difficult for ground-based telescopes to accurately observe the heavens. It's...…Live Science is supported by its audience. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Telescope operators figured out years ago how to make the stars stop twinkling. Now, a team of Australian scientists wants to use the same technology to track space junk and blast it out of space.The problem is Earth's atmosphere: It's uneven and distorts light passing from space to , and Earth to space. That's a problem, because the nice twinkly effect Earth's atmosphere gives stars makes it difficult for ground-based telescopes to accurately observe the heavens. It's...WW…

You need to enable JavaScript to view this site.In 2023, NASA will launch VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover), which will trek across the surface of the moon and hunt for water ice that could . The rover will be armed with the best instruments and tools that NASA can come up with: wheels that can spin properly on lunar soil, a drill that’s able to dig into extraterrestrial geology, hardware that can survive 14 days of a lunar night when temperatures sink to ˗173 °C.  But while much of is one of a kind, custom-made for the mission, much of the software that it’s running...…You need to enable JavaScript to view this site.In 2023, NASA will launch VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover), which will trek across the surface of the moon and hunt for water ice that could . The rover will be armed with the best instruments and tools that NASA can come up with: wheels that can spin properly on lunar soil, a drill that’s able to dig into extraterrestrial geology, hardware that can survive 14 days of a lunar night when temperatures sink to ˗173 °C.  But while much of is one of a kind, custom-made for the mission, much of the software that it’s running...WW…

Read full articleMorgan McFall-JohnsenNASA's $800 million Mars lander is in an energy crisis.InSight, which landed in a Martian plain called Elysium Planitia in 2018, has detected more than 500 Mars quakes, felt more than pass by, and started to measure the planet's core.But over the past few months, InSight has been fighting for its life as the red planet's unpredictable weather threatens to snuff out the robot.Unlike other sites where NASA has sent rovers and landers - including the landing spot of the new Perseverance rover and - powerful gusts of wind have not been sweeping Elysium...…Read full articleMorgan McFall-JohnsenNASA's $800 million Mars lander is in an energy crisis.InSight, which landed in a Martian plain called Elysium Planitia in 2018, has detected more than 500 Mars quakes, felt more than pass by, and started to measure the planet's core.But over the past few months, InSight has been fighting for its life as the red planet's unpredictable weather threatens to snuff out the robot.Unlike other sites where NASA has sent rovers and landers - including the landing spot of the new Perseverance rover and - powerful gusts of wind have not been sweeping Elysium...WW…

Nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) systems could hold the key to manned missions into deep space. After the tech in the '70s due to budget constraints, NASA recently to NTP as a means of getting humans to Mars. The system, which works by transferring heat from a nuclear reactor to a liquid propellant to generate thrust, provides twice the propellant efficiency of chemical rockets. To speed up the pace of NTP tech development, the Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has a trio of companies to build and demonstrate a nuclear-based propulsion system on a spacecraft above...…Nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) systems could hold the key to manned missions into deep space. After the tech in the '70s due to budget constraints, NASA recently to NTP as a means of getting humans to Mars. The system, which works by transferring heat from a nuclear reactor to a liquid propellant to generate thrust, provides twice the propellant efficiency of chemical rockets. To speed up the pace of NTP tech development, the Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has a trio of companies to build and demonstrate a nuclear-based propulsion system on a spacecraft above...WW…

AdvertisementNavbar Search FilterMobile Microsite Search Termsearch filtersearch inputArticle NavigationArticle NavigationArticle NavigationThe Economic Journal, ueab029,Navbar Search FilterMobile Microsite Search Termsearch filtersearch inputThis paper provides a quantitative general equilibrium evaluation of the repeal of Britain's Corn Laws in 1846. Using a detailed input-output matrix of the British economy in 1841, we find the abolition of Britain's tariff on imported grain left overall welfare roughly unchanged as the static efficiency gains are offset by terms-of-trade losses....…AdvertisementNavbar Search FilterMobile Microsite Search Termsearch filtersearch inputArticle NavigationArticle NavigationArticle NavigationThe Economic Journal, ueab029,Navbar Search FilterMobile Microsite Search Termsearch filtersearch inputThis paper provides a quantitative general equilibrium evaluation of the repeal of Britain's Corn Laws in 1846. Using a detailed input-output matrix of the British economy in 1841, we find the abolition of Britain's tariff on imported grain left overall welfare roughly unchanged as the static efficiency gains are offset by terms-of-trade losses....WW…

Browse Subject Areas?Click through the PLOS taxonomy to find articles in your field.For more information about PLOS Subject Areas, click.Congenital hearing loss affects 1 in every 1000 births, with genetic mutations contributing to more than 50% of all cases. X-linked nonsyndromic hereditary hearing loss is associated with six loci (DFNX1-6) and five genes. Recently, the missense mutation (c.1771G>A, p.Gly591Ser) in COL4A6, encoding the basement membrane (BM) collagen α6(IV) chain, was shown to be associated with X-linked congenital nonsyndromic hearing loss with cochlear malformation....…Browse Subject Areas?Click through the PLOS taxonomy to find articles in your field.For more information about PLOS Subject Areas, click.Congenital hearing loss affects 1 in every 1000 births, with genetic mutations contributing to more than 50% of all cases. X-linked nonsyndromic hereditary hearing loss is associated with six loci (DFNX1-6) and five genes. Recently, the missense mutation (c.1771G>A, p.Gly591Ser) in COL4A6, encoding the basement membrane (BM) collagen α6(IV) chain, was shown to be associated with X-linked congenital nonsyndromic hearing loss with cochlear malformation....WW…

AdvertisementNavbar Search FilterMobile Microsite Search Termsearch filtersearch inputArticle NavigationArticle NavigationArticle NavigationBriefings in Bioinformatics, bbab129,Received:Revision received:Accepted:Published:Navbar Search FilterMobile Microsite Search Termsearch filtersearch inputIn a recently published paper, we have found that SARS-CoV-2 hot-spot mutations are significantly associated with inverted repeat loci and CG dinucleotides. However, fast-spreading strains with new mutations (so-called mink farm mutations, England mutations and Japan mutations) have been recently...…AdvertisementNavbar Search FilterMobile Microsite Search Termsearch filtersearch inputArticle NavigationArticle NavigationArticle NavigationBriefings in Bioinformatics, bbab129,Received:Revision received:Accepted:Published:Navbar Search FilterMobile Microsite Search Termsearch filtersearch inputIn a recently published paper, we have found that SARS-CoV-2 hot-spot mutations are significantly associated with inverted repeat loci and CG dinucleotides. However, fast-spreading strains with new mutations (so-called mink farm mutations, England mutations and Japan mutations) have been recently...WW…

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Explore:Explore:Explore:Fast-spinning black holes narrow the search for dark matter particlesAbbyAbazorius617-253-2709MIT News OfficeUltralight bosons are hypothetical particles whose mass is predicted to be less than a billionth the mass of an electron. They interact relatively little with their surroundings and have thus far eluded searches to confirm their existence. If they exist, ultralight bosons such as axions would likely be a form of dark matter, the mysterious, invisible stuff that makes up 85 percent of the matter in the universe.Now, physicists at MIT’s LIGO Laboratory have...…Explore:Explore:Explore:Fast-spinning black holes narrow the search for dark matter particlesAbbyAbazorius617-253-2709MIT News OfficeUltralight bosons are hypothetical particles whose mass is predicted to be less than a billionth the mass of an electron. They interact relatively little with their surroundings and have thus far eluded searches to confirm their existence. If they exist, ultralight bosons such as axions would likely be a form of dark matter, the mysterious, invisible stuff that makes up 85 percent of the matter in the universe.Now, physicists at MIT’s LIGO Laboratory have...WW…

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtainthe best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode inInternet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without stylesand JavaScript.AdvertisementA shadow has fallen over the race to detect a new type of quantum particle, the Majorana fermion, that could power quantum computers. As someone who works in this area, I’ve become concerned that, after a series of false starts, a significant fraction of...…Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtainthe best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode inInternet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without stylesand JavaScript.AdvertisementA shadow has fallen over the race to detect a new type of quantum particle, the Majorana fermion, that could power quantum computers. As someone who works in this area, I’ve become concerned that, after a series of false starts, a significant fraction of...WW…