Which neurons in the brain control movements, and how? This question was addressed by a team of researchers from the fields of neuroscience and artificial intelligence in a study conducted on an animal model at the interdisciplinary research centre BrainLinks-BrainTools at the University of Freiburg. The findings, now published in the journal Cell Reports, could help to improve the precision of mind-controlled prostheses.

Researchers at the University of Bath and The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) believe they may have solved a long-standing evolutionary puzzle: why do humans remain stubbornly overconfident of their own abilities– even though it leads to costly mistakes?

The study, published in the Psychological Review, suggests that overconfidence, believing you are better than you actually are, persists not despite its costs - but because of them.

Researchers at the University of Bath and The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) believe they may have solved a long-standing evolutionary puzzle: why do humans remain stubbornly overconfident of their own abilities– even though it leads to costly mistakes?

The study, published in the Psychological Review, suggests that overconfidence, believing you are better than you actually are, persists not despite its costs - but because of them.

Scientists have engineered tobacco and lettuce plants that carry the gene for the protein myoglobin, a molecule abundant in animal muscle fibers, in the genome of their chloroplasts. This makes it possible to mass-produce myoglobin in crops to give a meaty flavor and color to meat alternatives. The expected yield at scale could rival those from livestock farming, while greatly reducing water use and greenhouse gas emissions.

Preparation techniques used before embryo transfer, considered the most critical step in the IVF process, show no proven effect on pregnancy rates and remain inconclusive due to limited or low-quality data, a new Cochrane review finds.