188 articles from TUESDAY 27.9.2022

Study IDs what brings our senses and thoughts together

Our ability to think, decide, remember recent events and more, comes from our brain's neocortex. Now neuroscientists have discovered key aspects of the mechanisms behind these functions. Their findings could ultimately help improve treatments for certain neuropsychiatric disorders and brain injuries.

New study shows transmission of epigenetic memory across multiple generations

Changing the epigenetic marks on chromosomes leads to altered gene expression in offspring and in grandoffspring, demonstrating 'transgenerational epigenetic inheritance.' Without altering the genetic code in the DNA, epigenetic modifications can change how genes are expressed, affecting an organism's health and development. The once radical idea that such changes in gene expression can be...

Nasa prepares to crash spacecraft into asteroid in ‘planetary defense test’ – live

Space agency conducts Dart mission to learn whether asteroid’s trajectory can be diverted away from EarthFictional movies such as Deep Impact to Armageddon and Don’t Look Up would have us believe that the best way to deal with an asteroid hurtling towards Earth is to obliterate it.But scientists at Johns Hopkins University say that’s just what we shouldn’t do.Conventional wisdom for...