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Circuits in the brain can induce a restorative sleep that protects against further anxiety. Credit: Imperial College LondonStress boosts a kind of sleep that subsequently relieves anxiety, according to new research using mice that also pinpoints the mechanism responsible.Since sleep is similar across mammals, it is likely the same mechanism discovered in this research on mice is triggered in human brains. Uncovering the mechanism could potentially lead to artificial ways to boost its effects, helping to treat persistent…

From time to time, I’ll grab a random device out of the Verge reviews closet and spend a week or two with it. It’s mostly out of random curiosity and for the sake of comparing “old” products against the latest and greatest. Most recently, I was drawn to Google’s Pixel 5. So I gave it a factory reset, updated the phone to Android 12, and have been using it as my daily driver for the past several days. The experience has been fantastic. I’ve got very large hands — an iPhone 13 Pro Max doesn’t look out of place in them —…

I’ve received an email from Nothing today, saying that the Nothing Phone (1) is available to pre-order early. The email states: “With limited availability, this is your chance to get the phone (1) early. Before it even goes on sale”.You can now pre-order the Nothing Phone (1) early, kind ofIn it, there are two links that allow you to join the waitlist to buy the phone. Yes, you read it right, you can join the waitlist. As some of you already know, Nothing opted to bring back the invite system for this launch, reminiscent…

Image via Marvel Valkyrie probably didn’t need the official title to keep watching over Asgardians after protecting them for five years between Infinity War and Endgame, so Tessa Thompson is asking fans not to fuss too much over the fact that she’ll be called king and not queen in Thor: Love and Thunder. With the fourth Thor installment on the horizon, the marketing machine is kicking up a thunderous hype for Taika Waititi and Chris Hemsworth’s return. In the latest issue of Total Film, Thompson spoke about…

University of Arizona astronomers have identified a new class of star system. The collection of mostly young blue stars are seen here using the Hubble Space Telescope Advanced Camera for Surveys. Credit: Michael JonesThe stellar structures are thought to be created when galaxies collide with hot gas in a process that could be likened to doing a belly flop in a swimming pool.University of Arizona astronomers have identified five examples of a new class of stellar system. They’re not quite galaxies and only exist in…

When massive stars die, they don't do so quietly.Their deaths are spectacularly brilliant affairs that light up the cosmos, a supernova explosion that sends star guts punching out into space in a cloud of splendor. Meanwhile, the core of the star-that-was can linger on, collapsed into an ultra-dense neutron star or black hole.  If that explosion takes place in a certain way, it can send the collapsed core barreling across the Milky Way like a bat out of hell, at such insane velocities they can eventually punch clean out…

Photo: Shutterstock (Shutterstock)People with a severe form of baldness will now have a significant treatment option available. On Monday, the Food and Drug Administration approved baricitinib for treating alopecia areata. The drug, taken as a pill, is the first of its kind intended to treat the autoimmune disorder, though it’s already commonly used for other conditions like rheumatoid arthritis.Alopecia areata is caused by an overactive immune system that attacks hair follicle cells. Hair loss typically occurs before age…

Sometimes the discovery of new physics demands insane levels of energy. Big machines. Fancy equipment. Countless hours of sifting through reams of data.And then sometimes the right combination of materials can open a doorway to invisible realms in a space little bigger than a tabletop.  Take this new kind of relative to the Higgs boson, for example. It was found lurking in a room temperature chunk of layered tellurium crystals. Unlike its famous cousin, it didn't take years of smashing up particles to spot it, either.…

“We still like to think of it as it works perfectly as a DLC piece” Studio MDHR has been busy. Like, busy for the last five years or so, busy. Cuphead came out in September of 2017! From the original PC and Xbox One platforms it expanded to Switch in 2019, and PS4 in 2020. But it definitely feels like it came out recently, namely due to the airtight gameplay and evergreen aesthetic. If what we’ve seen of the Delicious Last Course DLC is representative of what’s to come, odds are it’ll be relevant for even longer. Here’s…

Dark Crisis #1 Writer: Joshua WilliamsonArtist: Daniel SampereColorist: Alejandro SánchezLetterer: Tom NapolitanoCover Artists: Daniel Sampere & Alejandro SánchezPublisher: DC Comics Dark Crisis is upon us. The storyline that DC Comics has been building to for the past eighteen months is finally here. Writer Joshua Williamson, the architect of the Infinite Frontier storyline that has led to the current event, is joined by artist Daniel Sampere, colorist Alejandro Sánchez, and letterer Tom Napolitano for the series,…