When you enter the classroom of an elementary school, you might expect to hear laughter and yelps of excitement. But at the former Yuya Elementary School in Gifu, you’ll instead encounter hundreds of beads hanging from the ceiling by fishing line. As you walk through the classroom, the beads slowly

A small, spotted tiger cat from Bolivia may just be the beginning of a wave of new small cat species.

Mount Anak Krakatau in Indonesia experienced a significant continuous eruption lasting 25 hours, which concluded on September 6th. The powerful volcanic activity propelled a massive ash plume into the

Bad news this week: on Tuesday, September 1st, the longest-operating natural history museum in the United States announced its imminent closure. The Academy of Natural Sciences (ANS) in downtown Ph…

The Dutch central bank removes some of its gold reserves from the US and Canada, saying it is because of "increasing geopolitical unrest".

WASHINGTON, Sept 2 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration has threatened to cut federal agencies' support for the Smithsonian, marking its lates...

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, set to launch shortly, could find 40 times the number of distant worlds that have been detected so far.

Researchers in fields like climate and medicine are being lured north by new research funding.

Extending brain health span – maintaining or improving cognitive, social, and emotional well-being – is critical to aligning health span with lifespan. This study examines 3-year outcomes from 3,966 adults (ages 19–94) in the BrainHealth Project, an online initiative integrating the BrainHealth Index (BHI) with cognitive training, lifestyle modules, and coaching. The BHI, assessed biannually, provides a multidimensional measure across factors of Clarity (cognitive function), Connectedness (social and purpose-driven engagement), and Emotional Balance (mental well-being). Results demonstrate sustained improvements in overall BHI and component factors, independent of baseline scores. Higher engagement with training tools – strategy-based learning, coaching, and brain-healthy habits – was associated with the greatest gains, underscoring the role of self-agency in brain health optimization. Improvements were observed across demographic groups, suggesting benefits regardless of age, gender, or education level. Findings support the potential for scalable, technology-driven interventions to help reduce years of cognitive decline while maximizing brain performance across the lifespan. Future efforts should focus on improving demographic diversity and retention as well as integrating precision brain health into public health initiatives. Trial registration: https://go.nature.com/4glN8k7, NCT04869111 (registered April 27, 2021).

A 3,000-year record of capuchin monkey stone tool use shows long-term variability in technology outside of the human lineage.