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Playing soothing instrumental music during surgery may improve patient recovery, a new study says. The peer-reviewed study was conducted at Lok Nayak Hospital and Maulana Azad Medical College in India on patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy, the standard keyhole surgery to remove the gallbladder. The research, published in the journal Music and medicinewas conducted between March … Read more

Although we don’t yet fully understand what causes dementia, many scientists believe that the formation of “amyloid plaques” and “tau tangles” in the brain may be a precursor to Alzheimer’s. This appears to happen when deposits of the two proteins form around brain cells. And according to a recent study published in Nature Neuroscience, another … Read more

Under bright lab lights, a research assistant reaches out his forearm and carefully twists a mesh-lidded container onto his skin, allowing a squirming mass of bed bugs to feed on his blood—all in the name of science. The blood-sucking insects, long hated as itchy household pests, have revealed an even darker, more intriguing potential as … Read more

Those little fluffy dogs running down the street may look cute, but be careful – they probably have a wolf inside them. This is the discovery that US scientists announced on Monday. They were surprised to find that almost two-thirds of all dog breeds have a detectable amount of wolf DNA. These are not genetic … Read more

Elon Musk Nikita Bier, product manager at “This is an important first step in ensuring the integrity of the global city square,” Bier wrote on X. The launch sparked a wave of online sleuths. Almost immediately, the platform was flooded with posts reporting dozens of right-wing internet personalities – supporters of Trump’s political slogans “Make … Read more

If your dog is difficult to train or scares easily, it may not be your fault, a study finds. Scientists at the University of Cambridge have found that the blame could lie in genes instead. A total of 18 genes have been found in the DNA of golden retrievers that are linked to certain behavioral … Read more