A newly recognized Ice Age spadefoot toad, Spea labreae, was hiding in La Brea Tar Pits collections since the 1950s. Here’s what the source reports, why amphibians can be powerful local climate clues, and what we can (and can’t) infer from rare fossils.
Consciousness & Evolution
A Japanese Mosasaur Fossil Revisited: Four Hidden Bones and the Possibility of a New Sea Monster Species
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A New Map of Brain Immune Cells in Alzheimer’s: What “Protective Microglia” Might (and Might Not) Mean
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NASA’s Roman Space Telescope: What “Hunting Thousands of Exoplanets” Actually Means—and Why It Matters
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Why Male Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence Often Don’t Seek Help (and What Can Actually Lower the Barriers)
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Science, Reality & Understanding
Why Language Often Holds Up as We Age (Even When Memory Doesn’t): What a New Brain-Imaging Study Suggests
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Regenerative Astrocytes and a Surprising Way the Adult Brain May Repair Damage
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Global Neuronal Workspace Theory (GNWT): Evidence, Objections, and Testable Predictions
Global Neuronal Workspace Theory (GNWT) is one of the most influential scientific proposals for … [Read More...]
Meditation Research: How to Separate First-Person Reports from Brain Measures (Without Losing What Matters)
Bottom line: Meditation research is strongest when it treats subjective reports (what … [Read More...]
