TIM SMITS FOR SPECTRUM Originally published on Spectrum The Research on Autism and Development (RAD) Laboratory is located in a Tetris-like maze of brown wooden buildings, not far from the main campus of the University of California, San Diego. The lab itself is a nondescript warren of small beige rooms. But everything […]
Rescue workers rush to save any survivors in the shadow of Guatemala’s Fuego volcano, in San Miguel Los Lotes Scores of civil defense and rescue workers scrambled Monday to try to find any unlikely survivors of the Fuego volcano’s deadly eruption more than a week on. In San Miguel Los […]
Survivors of the Volcan de Fuego or “Volcano of Fire” eruption, embrace while searching for loved ones, in San Miguel Los Lotes, Guatemala, Saturday, June 9, 2018. Guatemala’s government suspended the search for the dead Thursday, saying wet weather and still-hot volcanic material were too dangerous for rescuers. Relatives and […]
Credit: Shutterstock You’ve probably heard of the brain’s reward network. It’s activated by basic needs — including food, water and sex — and releases a surge of the feel-good neurotransmitter dopamine when those needs are met. But it can also be hijacked by drugs, which lead to a greater dopamine release […]
The canyon on the SE side filled with ash deposits from the pyroclastic flow at Fuego Recent photographs and video from the devastating eruption of Fuego volcano in Guatemala show people stood watching and filming hot, cloud-like flows of gas, ash and volcanic material (known as pyroclastic flows) travelling towards them down the […]
Guatemala’s Fuego volcano erupts on June 3, 2015 At least 25 people were killed when Guatemala’s Fuego volcano erupted Sunday, belching ash and rock and forcing the capital’s main airport to close. The volcano expelled hot muddy material that caused the deaths—including of several children—in the El Rodeo and Las […]
Credit: Shutterstock Is it safe to get a “base tan” in the summer? No. There is no safe amount of tanning. Tanning isn’t bad for you just because it comes with the risk of burning, which can cause skin cancer. Tanning is bad for you because your body doesn’t even begin […]
(Credit: pippeeContributor/Shutterstock) There’s no escaping magnetic fields—they’re all around us. For starters, the Earth itself is like a giant magnet. A spinning ball of liquid iron in our planet’s core generates the vast magnetic field that moves our compass needles around and directs the internal compasses of migrating birds, bats, […]
Stimulating brain cells with electrical pulses could help treat diabetes, a new study suggests. KWANGMOOZAA/SHUTTERSTOCK.COM When a 53-year-old man asked Dutch doctors to treat his obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) several years back, they suggested a new but promising surgical treatment: implanted electrodes that would stimulate deep brain tissue involved in decision-making, […]
The FDA’s approval shows we’re getting closer to understanding these headaches The FDA recently approved a new medication formulated to prevent migraine headaches. The drug has been many years in the making. Deposit Photos A migraine is more than just a headache. In addition to pulsating pain, people in the middle […]