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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 9-Sep-2025 08:11 ET (9-Sep-2025 12:11 GMT/UTC)

UC to launch center focused on ethical AI

University of Cincinnati
Grant and Award Announcement

A nearly $500,000 federal grant was awarded to the University of Cincinnati to establish the Center for Explainable, Ethical, and Trustworthy AI (CEET), a first-of-its-kind hub for humanities-based research and public engagement on the societal dimensions of artificial intelligence.

Funder: National Endowment for the Humanities

New crocodile-relative “hypercarnivore” from prehistoric Patagonia was 11.5ft long and weighed 250kg

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A newly-discovered species of a large, crocodile-relative predator has been described via a remarkably well-preserved fossil from Argentina, according to a study published August 27, 2025, in the open-access journal PLOS One by Fernando Novas from Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia”, Argentina, and colleagues.

Journal: PLOS One

“Unhappiness hump” in aging may have disappeared worldwide

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new survey-based study suggests that the “unhappiness hump”—a widely documented rise in worry, stress, and depression with age that peaks in midlife and then declines—may have disappeared, perhaps due to declining mental health among younger people. David Blanchflower of Dartmouth College, U.S., and colleagues present these findings in the open-access journal PLOS One on August 27, 2025.

Journal: PLOS One

Breathwork can induce altered states of consciousness linked with changes in brain blood flow

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Breathwork while listening to music may induce a blissful state in practitioners, accompanied by changes in blood flow to emotion-processing brain regions, according to a study published August 27, 2025, in the open-access journal PLOS One by Amy Amla Kartar from the Colasanti Lab in the Department of Clinical Neuroscience at Brighton and Sussex Medical School, U.K., and colleagues. These changes occur even while the body’s stress response may be activated and are associated with reporting reduced negative emotions.

Journal: PLOS One

UCLA scientists uncover brain network controlling stress and social behavior in mice

University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A UCLA study has mapped a critical brain hub in mice that regulates stress responses and social behavior, shedding new light on the neural roots of psychiatric conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and anxiety.

Journal: Nature

Local news services need to adapt or face extinction: report

RMIT University
Reports and Proceedings

Gaps are emerging in the provision of local news across Australia, but embracing community driven content could be key to improving the viability of local news.

Journal: Journalism Practice
Funder: Australian Research Council

Vegetarians vs meat-eaters: How do their basic human values differ?

SWPS University

Values such as Benevolence, Security, and Conformity are less important for vegetarians than they are for those who eat meat; instead, vegetarians value Stimulation, Power, and Achievement more than non-vegetarians do. This is not entirely consistent with the common perception of vegetarians, according to a study by a researcher from SWPS University, conducted among adult Poles and Americans. The paper on this topic was published in the prestigious journal PLOS One.

Journal: PLOS One
Funder: Polish National Science Centre

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