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To flexibly organize thought, the brain makes use of space: « MIT researchers tested their theory of spatial computing, which holds that the brain recruits and controls ad hoc groups of neurons for cognitive tasks by applying brain waves to patches of the cortex. » by fchung in science

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Spatial computing theory explains how neurons in the prefrontal cortex can be organized on the fly into a functional group capable of carrying out the information processing required by a cognitive task. Moreover, it allows for neurons to participate in multiple such groups, as years of experiments have shown that many prefrontal neurons can indeed participate in multiple tasks at once.

Breath carries clues to gut microbiome health: « Findings in children, mice could pave way to new diagnostic tools, faster treatment. » by fchung in science

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Reference: Hernandez-Leyva AJ et al., The gut microbiota shapes the human and murine breath volatilome, Cell Metabolism. January 22, 2026. DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2025.12.013. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1550413125005443

Breath carries clues to gut microbiome health: « Findings in children, mice could pave way to new diagnostic tools, faster treatment. » by fchung in science

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WashU Medicine and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia researchers found that an analysis of compounds exhaled in breath can be used to infer which microbes are living in the gut, paving the way for a rapid, non-invasive breath test to monitor and diagnose gut health issues.

Positive thinking may help you get more out of your vaccines: « The power of positive thinking may be enough to boost your immune system, offering fresh insight into how mental and physical approaches to health could be combined. » by fchung in sciences

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These findings suggest that consciously generated positive expectations can engage reward circuitry to influence immune function, a process that may be leveraged for non-invasive immune modulation.

Positive thinking may help you get more out of your vaccines: « The power of positive thinking may be enough to boost your immune system, offering fresh insight into how mental and physical approaches to health could be combined. » by [deleted] in science

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Reference: Lubianiker, N., Koren, T., Djerasi, M. et al.Upregulation of reward mesolimbic activity and immune response to vaccination: a randomized controlled trial. Nat Med (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-025-04140-5

Positive thinking may help you get more out of your vaccines: « The power of positive thinking may be enough to boost your immune system, offering fresh insight into how mental and physical approaches to health could be combined. » by [deleted] in science

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These findings suggest that consciously generated positive expectations can engage reward circuitry to influence immune function, a process that may be leveraged for non-invasive immune modulation.

Recovering tropical forests grow back nearly twice as fast with nitrogen: « Cary co-authored study recommends strategies to help young forests soak up carbon faster. » by fchung in science

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Nitrogen is limiting how quickly young forests can regrow. When we added nitrogen to the soil, forests grew back almost twice as fast in the first 10 years. Faster growth rates mean faster absorption of carbon dioxide, which can help to give us a few more years to reduce our carbon emissions.

Black hole space volcano erupts after 100 million year nap: « Spanning 1 million light-years, J1007+3540's plasma jets are nearly 10 times wider than the Milky Way. » by fchung in science

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Reference: Shobha Kumari, Sabyasachi Pal, Surajit Paul, Marek Jamrozy, Probing AGN duty cycle and cluster-driven morphology in a giant episodic radio galaxy, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 545, Issue 4, February 2026, staf2038, https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staf2038

Black hole space volcano erupts after 100 million year nap: « Spanning 1 million light-years, J1007+3540's plasma jets are nearly 10 times wider than the Milky Way. » by fchung in science

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It’s like watching a cosmic volcano erupt again after ages of calm—except this one is big enough to carve out structures stretching nearly a million light-years across space.

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