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Why You Can’t Say No to Snacks Even When Full - Neuroscience News The human brain continues to fire reward signals for food cues even when the body is completely full.

Why You Can’t Say No to Snacks Even When Full

Research from the University of East Anglia (UEA) may finally explain why we still reach for the biscuit tin, even when we’re full.

Chalk megaphone and the word 'EVENT' on blackboard. Text: EERA highlights a colleague’s event.

HuCER 2026 – Call for Papers. "Educational Innovation and Tradition in the Digital Age". 28 – 29 May 2026 at Obuda University, Budapest, Hungary. Deadlines: 30 March 2026 for presenters. 16 March – 30 April 2026 for participants without presentation. Full info: https://hera.org.hu/hucer-2026-2/

Scent vs. brand image: What an EEG study reveals about luxury marketing Sungkyunkwan University announced that a research team has identified, through EEG (electroencephalogram) analysis, the impact of "fragrance" on consumers' emotions, memory, and deep emotional bonds w...

A study on "the impact of 'fragrance' on consumers' emotions, memory, and deep emotional bonds with luxury brands."

Wildly Different: Five women who reclaimed Nature in a Man’s World by Sarah Lonsdale

Delighted to report that next month the paperback edition of Wildly Different will emerge, in this gorgeous new cover, like a moth from its silken cocoon. You can preorder now from Manchester University Press - Wildly different share.google/R0Zg2yryjyQp...

Morocco: Ancient fossils shed light on a key period in human evolution Could a Moroccan cave hold a crucial piece of the puzzle of human origins? Hominin fossils dating back 773,000 years discovered in the country are bringing new evidence to the debate about the last co...

Morocco: Ancient fossils shed light on a key period in human evolution

The persistence of gravitational wave memory Neutron stars are ultra-dense remnants of massive stars that collapsed after supernova explosions and are made up mostly of subatomic particles with no electric charge (i.e., neutrons). When two neutr...

The persistence of gravitational wave memory

The perfect Valentine's date

This to brighten your Sunday. Have a great one!

Reading to young kids improves their social skills − and a new study shows it doesn’t matter whether parents stop to ask questions New research shows that parents who read to their 6- to 8-year-olds nightly boost their children’s creativity and empathy.

Reading to young kids improves their social skills − and a new study shows it doesn’t matter whether parents stop to ask questions

A life to envy

Which humans first made tools or art – and how do we know? Building the human story based on a few artefacts is tricky – particularly for wooden tools that don’t preserve well, or cave art that we don’t have the technology to date. Columnist Michael Marshall ...

Which humans first made tools or art – and how do we know?

Columnist Michael Marshall ‪‪[ @michael-marshall.bsky.social‬ ] explores how we determine what came first in the timeline of our species

Von der Leyen: EU must intensify work on competitiveness.

Commission president issues rallying cry ahead of meeting of EU leaders this week.

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Lower-income families face 137-year wait for living standards to double, says UK thinktank Two decades of weak pay growth have left poorer households stuck, Resolution Foundation says, fuelling political unease

It would take 137 years for lower-income families in the UK to see their living standards double at the current rate of growth, according to a thinktank.

Thinking of AI-written vows? A study explains why it can backfire Psychologists at the University of Kent are suggesting people think wisely about their use of ChatGPT this Valentine's Day after new research has revealed that we judge people most when they use AI to...

Thinking of AI-written vows? A study explains why it can backfire

I saw this ad in an Aegean (airline) mag, and was pleased to see the 15-minute city aspect being pointed out as a selling point. I like to imagine the howls of outrage from the 15-min city opponents "no no no, you're not supposed to want that stuff!"

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Family dinners may reduce substance-use risk for many adolescents A new study by researchers at Tufts University School of Medicine finds that regular family dinners may help prevent substance use for a majority of U.S. adolescents, but suggests that the strategy is...

Family dinners may reduce substance-use risk for many adolescents

Swiss army seeks more academic involvement in arms research Switzerland’s army is ramping up arms research, raising its spending in this area to 2% of the total federal army budget by 2030. Universities, whic...

Switzerland’s army is seeking to massively ramp up arms #research via the country’s Federal Office for Defence Procurement, Michael Gardner reports
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If you get lost in the bush, can you really survive by drinking your own pee? TV adventurer Bear Grylls is famous for his survival hacks. But when it comes to rehydrating by drinking your own pee, was he right?

"In a nutshell, don’t rely on drinking your own urine if you’re lost in the bush. It’s basically the equivalent of drinking from the bin."
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Vietnam bans unskippable online video ads longer than 5 seconds from next month Online advertising platforms operating in Vietnam will be barred from forcing users to watch unskippable video ads longer than five seconds from February 15, pursuant to a new government decree implem...

In Better Things *Are* Possible news: Vietnam is banning unskippable YouTube ads.

Picture of a row of Gray Langur monkeys lined up on a high wall at a Ganeshian temple in Ranthambore Fort in Rajesthan. Not actually a committee meeting discussing REF2029.

This scene could easily be mistaken for first week back in the office meeting, but it’s in fact a Temple to Ganesh, god of wisdom, intellect, and the ability to overcome obstacles.

The new Pact for the Mediterranean – a rebrand or something more? The EU’s new Pact for the Mediterranean formalises a shift towards interest-driven policy, prioritising border management and energy over political partnership.

A new Pact for the Mediterranean was launched by the EU and southern neighbourhood countries on 28 November.

But is the new pact simply a rearticulation of the EU’s existing approach or a genuine paradigm shift?

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Self-driving cars could prevent over 1 million road injuries across the US by 2035 Autonomous vehicles could dramatically reduce traffic accidents and injuries on U.S. roads. Drawing on historical data and current trends, a recent JAMA Surgery study projected that self-driving cars ...

Self-driving cars could prevent over 1 million road injuries across the US by 2035

I just published: A Zeagroni for 2026 🌽🍸

On writing as thinking, cocktails as cultural mashups, and why pauses matter. A brief New Year note before the blog goes quiet — and a glass is raised.

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EUA wishes you all a peaceful, healthy, and happy new year! 🎆🎉

France to investigate deepfakes of women stripped naked by Grok Hundreds of women and teenagers have reported their photos published on social media have been “undressed” by Grok.

France to investigate deepfakes of women stripped naked by Grok

What was the Christmas star? Astronomy might hold the answer In the run up to Christmas, carols fill the air. Many have an astronomical twist, singing of the "Christmas Star" from the story of the nativity. Described in the Gospel of Matthew, the star guided th...

What was the Christmas star? Astronomy might hold the answer