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glowing blue brain

Brain Iron Doubles in Down Syndrome Alzheimer’s Patients

Categories Brain & Behavior
This image shows different ways scientists think about how depression symptoms relate to brain differences across people. In model A, each symptom is linked to a single, specific brain cause—like a one-to-one match. In model B, the same symptom could come from different brain causes—so many brain patterns might lead to the same kind of depression. These two ideas can both be true in different situations. For some groups of people, symptoms may clearly connect to specific brain patterns, while in others, the connections may be more mixed. In model C, people with depression may fall into clear groups based on their brain differences. In model D, differences may be more gradual, like points on a spectrum rather than separate categories.

Same Depression, Different Brains: Study Maps Hidden Patterns

Categories Brain & Behavior
Tree in Mozambique

Tree Planting Can’t Save Big Oil, as Study Reveals Math Problem

Categories Earth, Energy & Environment
A bluebottle on a Gold Coast beach in Australia

DNA Analysis Shatters Ocean Unity Myth: Four Bluebottle Species Hide in Plain Sight

Categories Life & Non-humans
newly found Sericosura sea spiders

Deep-Sea Spiders Farm Methane-Eating Bacteria on Their Bodies

Categories Earth, Energy & Environment, Life & Non-humans
Australia's iconic bogong moth, which migrates hundreds of kilometres each year to a few select caves in the Australian Alps.

Moths Use Star Maps Like Ancient Sailors to Cross Australia

Categories Life & Non-humans, Space
Humans learned to thrive in a variety of African environments before their successful expansion into Eurasia roughly 50,000 years ago.

Humans Mastered Extreme Environments Before Leaving Africa

Categories Life & Non-humans, Social Sciences
El Capitan Reigns Supreme Across Three Major Supercomputing Benchmarks

El Capitan Supercomputer Dominates Three Global Rankings

Categories Technology
An adult male and infant baboon in the Amboseli ecosystem, Kenya.

Why Father-Daughter Bonds Help Female Baboons Live Longer

Categories Brain & Behavior, Life & Non-humans
WHOI scientists and colleagues sampled wells containing ancient groundwater from the Eastern Washington/Idaho region to understand past hydrogeological response to climate. Shown above is the Grand Coulee Dam in Eastern Washington.

Ancient Water Records Show Why Southwest Faces Drought Risk

Categories Earth, Energy & Environment
Intestine with microbiome Credit: Credit Oleksandra Troian Getty

Gut Bacteria’s Daily Clock May Hold Key to Fighting Obesity

Categories Health, Life & Non-humans
book cover

To Save the World We Need to Stop the Cheaters

Categories Brain & Behavior, Social Sciences
sleeping mice cartoon

New Study Pinpoints How Common Anesthetic Puts Mice to Sleep

Categories Brain & Behavior, Health

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