World’s largest single-site study maps brain changes under psilocybin
A landmark five-year study by Monash University has found psychedelics reorganise brain patterns, giving clinicians powerful new insights into their therapeutic potential.
Month: August 2026
Framework responds to complaints that BIOS update bricks Ryzen 7040 laptops
A BIOS update for the Framework Laptop 13 with AMD Ryzen 7040-series processors is bricking the systems, multiple users have reported online. Framework started shipping
Gene editing fails to protect beta-cell transplants from rejection
In people with type 1 diabetes, the immune system mistakenly destroys the pancreatic beta cells responsible for producing insulin. Patients therefore require lifelong insulin therapy
New optical control platform blocks and restores neural signaling
DGIST (President Kunwoo Lee) announced that a research team led by Professor Ji Won Um of the Center for Synapse Diversity and Specificity, Department of
International task force outlines roadmap for precision stroke recovery
An international task force co-led by a Georgetown University stroke expert has outlined a bold new roadmap for stroke recovery, positioning genetic and blood biomarkers
Static electricity is a mystery, and scientists are all charged up
Scientists are largely clueless about the origins of static electricity. A quirky group of researchers aims to change that.
A new documentary shows what growing up lion is really like
The thrilling National Geographic series, premiering August 19, follows Kio from lion cub to king.
Ancient Milky Way Merger
About 12 billion years ago, a dwarf galaxy known as LKH collided with a young Milky Way and merged with it. This artist’s concept portrays
Building a Quantum Computer, One Fragile Qubit at a Time
Practically all modern computers, from the cheap microcontroller in your dishwasher to high-tech hardware crunching numbers for artificial intelligence systems, rely on versions of the
Democrats are in their post-resistance era: From the Politics Desk
Welcome to From the Politics Desk, a daily newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the White House
Prince Harry and Meghan will move back to the United Kingdom, source says
Prince Harry and his family will leave the sunny shores of Southern California and return to the United Kingdom, a source familiar with the couple’s
Trump eyeing major cabinet shakeup ‘sooner rather than later’: insider
President Tweety McTreason’s cabinet could look different — and have a new scapegoat — in the near future as Republicans become more aggravated over the
‘Disgusting’ Senate GOP ad slammed for ‘out of bounds’ mix-up in the Carolinas
The Senate Leadership Fund, a GOP super PAC, is out with a brutal ad attacking North Carolina Senate candidate Roy Cooper — but they mixed
Ecuador intelligence boss and US news exec among seven killed in helicopter crash
Five Americans are among seven people killed in a helicopter crash in Kenya, the US state department has said.