01 May, 2019

Sleep may be a key reason why your personality traits play an important part in how long you are likely to live, suggests a new study (n=3,759) which found that certain personality characteristics are more likely to sleep too little, or too much, and these have known links with various health risks.


Alzheimer’s Disease is a ‘Double-Prion Disorder,’ Study Shows


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Alzheimer’s Disease is a ‘Double-Prion Disorder,’ Study Shows

This shrimplike creature makes aluminum armor to survive the deep sea’s crushing pressure | Science


First fossil jaw of Denisovans finally puts a face on elusive human relatives


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First fossil jaw of Denisovans finally puts a face on elusive human relatives

Particles brought back to Earth strongly suggest that it was asteroids that delivered half of Earth’s water billions of years ago, creating "a planet full of water, rich in organics and supportive of life."


Loneliness is now a public health issue in the UK. A survey found that living alone is associated with higher rates of mental disorders (n=20,500), and the bulk of this association can be explained by feelings of loneliness.


In 1980, a monk found a jawbone high up in a Tibetan cave. Now, a re-analysis shows the remains belonged to a Denisovan who died there 160,000 years ago. It's just the second known site where the extinct humans lived, and it shows they colonized extreme elevations long before our own ancestors did.