science
Researchers uncover brain circuitry central to reward-seeking behavior
Green: NAc-projecting prefrontal cortex neurons become active during the presentation of a reward-predictive cue, and this activity drives reward-seeking behavior. Purple: PVT-projecting prefrontal cortex...
From rocks in Colorado, evidence of a ‘chaotic solar system’
The layer cake of sedimentary rock near Big Bend, Texas, shows the alternating layers of shale and limestone characteristic of the rock laid down...
Autism risk linked to herpes infection during pregnancy
Women actively infected with genital herpes during early pregnancy had twice the odds of giving birth to a child later diagnosed with autism spectrum...
Astronomers have found a system of seven Earth-sized planets just 40...
This artist's impression shows the view from the surface of one of the planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system. At least seven planets orbit this...
Surprising dunes on comet Chury
Left, an image of comet Chury showing outgassing of water vapor, which entrains dust (© ESA/Rosetta/NAVCAM). Right, the neck region, between the comet's two...
Science versus the ‘Horatio Alger myth’
Schematic of the model. The “Law of the jungle” where every agent (in blue) can grab wealth (in red) from any other to fill...
Researchers gain insight into a physical phenomenon that leads to earthquakes
Credit: Ian Kluft
Scientists have gotten better at predicting where earthquakes will occur, but they're still in the dark about when they will strike and...
We read emotions based on how the eye sees
Credit: Association for Psychological Science
We use others' eyes - whether they're widened or narrowed - to infer emotional states, and the inferences we make...
Unravelling the atomic and nuclear structure of the heaviest elements
Electron shell diagram for Actinium, the 89th element in the periodic table of elements.Image credit: Wikimedia
Little is known about the heaviest, radioactive elements in...
Scientists create a nano-trampoline to probe quantum behavior
The experimental setup for measuring specific heat includes a suspended Si membrane (the 'nano trampoline') a thin copper meander used as a heater, and...
Why are there different ‘flavors’ of iron around the Solar System?
This is a scanning electron microscope image of one of the experiments in Elardo and Shahar's paper that shows a bright, semi-spherical metal (representing...
