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Much of Earth’s ancient past lies beneath the sea. Professor Jerome Dobson of the University of Kansas coined the term “aquaterra” to describe now-submerged lands once inhabited by early humans who used them to migrate. These regions vanished as sea levels rose after the last ice age. In collaboration with Giorgio Spada of the University of Bologna and Gaia Galassi …

West Nile virus surges in Twin Cities; human case confirmed  kare11.com Increase in West Nile Virus in 7 Minnesota counties  5 EYEWITNESS NEWS Early West Nile surge in Twin Cities mosquitoes has officials urging caution  CBS News West Nile virus detected in mosquitoes across Twin Cities metro  MPR News Mosquitoes with West Nile virus in MN among the ‘highest numbers recorded’ this July  FOX 9 …

13 new medicines recommended for approval EMA’s human medicines committee (CHMP) recommended 13 medicines for approval at its July 2025 meeting. The committee recommended granting a marketing authorisation for Aqneursa* (levacetylleucine), for the treatment of Niemann-Pick type C, a rare, progressive, fatal genetic disorder caused by mutations encoding lysosomal proteins that are essential for the intracellular transport and metabolism of …

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Our first meeting was a bit awkward. One of us is an archaeologist who studies how past peoples interacted with their environments. Two of us are geophysicists who investigate interactions between solar activity and Earth’s magnetic field. When we first …

Where Was the Garden of Eden? Not in the Story of Human Evolution  Haaretz Source link

Around 850,000 years ago, a toddler was decapitated and cannibalized, cut marks on one of their neck bones suggest. The bone, which belonged to an archaic human relative, was found at the Gran Dolina cave at the archaeological site of Atapuerca in northern Spain. An analysis of the bone indicates that the child was between 2 and 5 years old …

Psilocybin‘s health benefits could extend beyond the mental realm. A new study in human cells and mice has found the first experimental evidence that the compound can increase longevity and fight signs of aging. Being a psychedelic, psilocybin is usually investigated for its potential as a treatment for depression, anxiety, and other neurological disorders. But there hasn’t been a whole …

The human gut and the human brain share a hotline that scientists have been mapping for decades. Nutrients such as sugar and fat trigger signals that travel from the digestive tract to nerve centers in a flash, guiding everything from cravings to satiety. Yet the thought that the brain might also monitor the trillions of microbes living in the colon …

Twenty-two years after the completion of the Human Genome Project, scientists have unveiled the most expansive catalog of human genetic variation ever compiled. Across two new papers published Wednesday (July 23) in the journal Nature, scientists sequenced the DNA of 1,084 people around the world. They leveraged recent technological advancements to analyze long stretches of genetic material from each person, …

Psilocybe cubensis – credit CC BY-SA 3.0. Alan Rockefeller Reprinted with permission from World at Large. Researchers have discovered that the active compound in psychedelic mushrooms can extend lifespan and reduce cellular aging by 50% in human cells and 30% in elderly mice. The experiments reveal another potential therapeutic use of the compound—called psilocybin—which has already been studied as a …