The Labrador Gene That Might Explain Humanity’s Junk Food Addiction
Labradors are famous for two things: their undying devotion and their ability to inhale an entire meal in 0.3 seconds. Turns out, there’s a genetic reason for that second one. Researchers studying British Labs have pinpointed multiple genes linked to obesity—genes...
A Tornado of Lava Just Ripped Through Hawaii—Yes, That’s a Thing
The Earth is throwing tantrums again. This time, Kilauea, Hawaii’s notoriously restless volcano, didn’t just spew lava—it whipped it into a blazing, spinning vortex. A “lavanado,” if you will. Because apparently, regular lava rivers weren’t dramatic enough. Captured...
Your Brain Thinks in Sci-Fi: Scientists Just Witnessed Human Intelligence Being Born
The brain is a black box that occasionally spills its secrets. This time, it revealed something extraordinary: the ability to store memories free from the context they were learned in. That trick—decontextualized memory—is the foundation of human intelligence. Dr....
Human Intelligence Just Got Weirder—Neurons Store Memories Without Context
For decades, scientists thought they had memory all figured out—at least the rodent version. Rats, it seemed, stored memories like meticulous little librarians, linking every experience to its specific context. Find a piece of cheese in one corner of a maze? That’s...