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Scientists Gave Mice Cocaine. This Is What It Did to Their Brains

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Just one exposure to cocaine produces changes to the brains of mice that persist for at least two weeks, and perhaps longer, according to research that will be presented at the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) Forum 2026 on Tuesday. The results suggest that cocaine, a popular drug used by an estimated 25 million people around the world, may rewire the genomes inside cells of the brain’s reward system, called dopaminergic neurons.
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Vincent Munster 1 hour ago Lab-Leak Payback Has Begun The Atlantic - By Daniel Engber • 1h Indictments, subpoenas, and debarments are hitting American scientists embroiled in the controversy over COVID’s origins. The origins of the coronavirus pandemic remain contested; the evidence is incomplete. But pundits, activists, and members of the Trump administration have long insisted that the … World News 7 hours ago 127 Years Ago, a Coffin Fell From the Sky.
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SOLVED: The Case of the Missing Megalodon

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Welcome back to the Abstract! Here are the studies this week that glimpsed a bygone world, caught an 80-foot fish, outshone the stars, and declared scientific independence. First, a mysterious group of extinct human relatives were probably not as advanced as once thought, a finding that sheds light on their possible lineage. Then: a gem from the paleontological lost-and-found, megaconstellations versus stellar constellations, and oh-say-can-you-see 250 years of American science history?
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