Recent articles from publications based in United States.
Lab-grown mini brains may predict which Alzheimer’s treatments will work
Neuroscience News -- ScienceDaily·22 Jul 2026
Lab-grown mini brains may predict which Alzheimer’s treatments will work - Date: - July 22, 2026 - Source: - Johns Hopkins Medicine - Summary: - Miniature brain models grown from patients’ cells...
Guide: How to Navigate Perimenopause and Menopause in Prison
The Marshall Projectby Rebecca McCray·22 Jul 2026
Had this guide existed during my years of confusion, suffering and self-doubt, my experience with menopause would have been far more legible to me.
Magic mushrooms may reshape the brain long after the trip ends
Neuroscience News -- ScienceDaily·22 Jul 2026
Magic mushrooms may reshape the brain long after the trip ends - Date: - July 22, 2026 - Source: - University of California - San Francisco - Summary: - A single dose of psilocybin produced...
Canadian intelligence flags crypto-to-cash services as ‘knowingly facilitating money laundering,’ document shows - ICIJ
ICIJby Spencer Woodman·21 Jul 2026
As scammers and terrorists increasingly turn to crypto, a Canadian intelligence office is raising alarms about risks posed by an emerging industry offering discreet means to convert cryptocurrency...
Diffuse puffs of “missing” matter surround most galaxies
MIT Newsby Jennifer Chu | MIT News·21 Jul 2026
Stars and galaxies make up much of the universe’s ordinary, observable matter. But for decades, scientists have wrestled with a cosmic conflict: There should be much more.
Watching too much TV in midlife may shrink the brain
Neuroscience News -- ScienceDaily·21 Jul 2026
Watching too much TV in midlife may shrink the brain Study suggests that passive sitting may be more harmful to brain health than mentally engaging sedentary activities.
Obeying the speed limit would save 57,000 tons of carbon a day. It would cost you 54 seconds.
Anthropocene Magazineby Sarah DeWeerdt·21 Jul 2026
If drivers of gasoline cars refrained from speeding, they would collectively save an average of 57,000 metric tons of carbon emissions every day in the United States—while spending less than a...
Standing with strangers, a Tbilisi story - Coda Story
Coda Storyby Frankie Mills·21 Jul 2026
We’re inching forwards through the thick smog that has cloaked Tbilisi for days. At first, I thought it was a kind of blueish, pink winter mist that makes the city feel like it’s in an ongoing...
Long Presumed Dead, a West African Reef Is Found Thriving
Yale E360by Richard Schiffman·21 Jul 2026
Sixty years after surveyors first uncovered evidence of a sprawling coral reef off the West African nation of Benin, scientists have at last found the reef.
Did You Wait Months in a Mississippi Jail? We Want to Hear From You
The Marshall Projectby Ivy Scott·21 Jul 2026
Dozens of people — perhaps many more — have been held in Mississippi’s Hinds County jail for months without criminal charges from a district attorney.
All Work and No Play
Asterisk Magazineby The Editors·21 Jul 2026
If you're literate — a safe assumption, since you're reading this magazine — you have almost certainly come across the claim that AI will take your job.
Rust and Boll
Asterisk Magazineby Dylan Matthews·21 Jul 2026
Anthropic should learn from those cotton-picking socialists. The sibling inventors had, they claimed, built a machine that experts had considered impossible.
In Appalachia, Severe Floods Linked to Spikes in Opioid Deaths
Yale E360by Fred Pearce·20 Jul 2026
As global warming fuels more extreme rainfall in Appalachia, new research finds a link between flooding and opioid deaths.
Wiring Capital to Compute
Palladium Magazineby Daniel Painter·20 Jul 2026
Over a thousand acres of land in Abilene, Texas, lie flattened with graded earth and poured concrete.
Alzheimer’s breakthrough: Scientists restore two hours of sleep without clearing brain plaques
Neuroscience News -- ScienceDaily·20 Jul 2026
Alzheimer’s breakthrough: Scientists restore two hours of sleep without clearing brain plaques - Date: - July 20, 2026 - Source: - University of Kentucky - Summary: - Researchers have uncovered a...
Scientists discover a protein that protects the brain from Alzheimer’s damage
Neuroscience News -- ScienceDaily·20 Jul 2026
Scientists discover a protein that protects the brain from Alzheimer’s damage A natural brain protein may help block the toxic tau damage that drives Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias.
‘Music From the Big House’ delivers blues and soul from Angola prison
The Marshall Projectby Maurice Chammah·19 Jul 2026
This essay is part of Redemption Songs, a limited-run newsletter that spotlights one song each week by incarcerated artists.
Curfews, Drones, and Criminal Charges: Cities Differ on Approaches to ‘Teen Takeovers’
The Marshall Projectby Jamiles Lartey·18 Jul 2026
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Popular sugar substitutes linked to faster brain aging
Neuroscience News -- ScienceDaily·18 Jul 2026
Popular sugar substitutes linked to faster brain aging A large study linked higher consumption of several artificial sweeteners to faster declines in memory and thinking skills.
Mediterranean diet may activate tiny proteins that protect the heart and brain
Neuroscience News -- ScienceDaily·18 Jul 2026
Mediterranean diet may activate tiny proteins that protect the heart and brain The Mediterranean diet may help protect the heart and brain by activating tiny anti-aging proteins hidden inside our...
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