If you love ASMR you might be more sensitive, our research finds

It’s intriguing how some people experience ASMR while others don’t - our latest research suggests that many ASMR responders are highly sensitive “orchids”.

Giulia Poerio, Associate lecturer, University of Essex • conversation
March 10, 2022 ~7 min

Even mild cases of COVID-19 can leave a mark on the brain, such as reductions in gray matter – a neuroscientist explains emerging research

New research offers insights into the brain after COVID-19 that may have implications for our understanding of long COVID-19 and how the disease affects our senses of taste and smell.

Jessica Bernard, Associate Professor, Texas A&M University • conversation
March 7, 2022 ~9 min


How satellites are helping us to understand deadly avalanches

Remote sensing satellites provide the crucial data that helps scientists model disasters so that they can work on predicting avalanche patterns in future.

Lydia Sam, Lecturer in Earth Observation & Planetary Science, University of Aberdeen • conversation
March 3, 2022 ~8 min

To avoid mosquito bites, wear the right colors

Steering clear of mosquito bites this spring and summer may depend on a seemingly surprising choice: Leave your red clothes in the closet.

James Urton-U. Washington • futurity
Feb. 4, 2022 ~8 min

From odor to action – how smells are processed in the brain and influence behavior

Understanding how the brain translates smells into behavior change can help advance search and rescue technology and treatments for neurological conditions.

Nathan Urban, Provost and Senior Vice President, Lehigh University • conversation
Jan. 25, 2022 ~11 min

Memory is a big part of the sense of touch

New research sheds light on how our brains combines external information and internal memory to build a sense of touch. An expert explains.

Boston University • futurity
Jan. 10, 2022 ~10 min

A taste for sweet – an anthropologist explains the evolutionary origins of why you're programmed to love sugar

If you ever feel like you can’t stop eating sugar, you are responding precisely as programmed by natural selection. What was once an evolutionary advantage has a different effect today.

Stephen Wooding, Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Heritage Studies, University of California, Merced • conversation
Jan. 5, 2022 ~9 min

We mapped every large solar plant on the planet using satellites and machine learning

Our data provides a common benchmark unbiased by reporting from companies or governments.

Lucas Kruitwagen, Climate Change and Artificial Intelligence Researcher, University of Oxford • conversation
Oct. 29, 2021 ~7 min


The 2021 Nobel Prize for medicine helps unravel mysteries about how the body senses temperature and pressure

The joint award recognizes the long road to deciphering the biology behind the brain’s ability to sense its surroundings – work that paves the way for a number of medical and biological breakthroughs.

Steven D. Munger, Professor of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Florida • conversation
Oct. 5, 2021 ~9 min

Preliminary research finds that even mild cases of COVID-19 leave a mark on the brain – but it's not yet clear how long it lasts

Reduced brain volume in people who have experienced COVID-19 resembles brain changes typically seen in older adults. The implications of these findings are not yet clear.

Jessica Bernard, Associate Professor, Texas A&M University • conversation
Sept. 24, 2021 ~8 min

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