Does persistent brain inflammation explain the prolonged fatigue and cognitive decline of Long COVID? A neuroimaging clinical trial demonstrates that...
Brain Region Discovered for Abstract Thought
A new study provides the first direct neural evidence of “compositional generalization,” the cognitive capacity to recombine familiar […]
Humans Avoid Wasted Effort Rather Than Exertion
A new study upends decades of motivational dogma by proving that the brain does not naturally avoid effort, […]
How Ecotypes Harbor the Genetic Memory of a Species’ Past
When she was a graduate student in the 1970s, the evolutionary biologist Kerstin Johannesson regularly walked the shores […]
‘Corpse Point’ In the Arctic Is Melting, Disturbing Centuries-Old Bodies
Welcome back to the Abstract! Here are the studies this week that felt the heat, left their mark, […]
Governments grappling with biometrics to ease airport, public service access
Many of the biometrics providers convening in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire for ID4Africa’s 2026 AGM got a first-hand look […]
