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Thumbs and brains coevolved in primates. Across living and extinct species, longer thumbs predict bigger brains, highlighting the neural cost of dexterity. 🖐️ 🧠 doi.org/10.1038/s42003-025-08686-5

Transcriptomic analysis of brain samples collected from #dolphins found beached in the Indian River Lagoon (Florida) during harmful algal blooms shows Alzheimer’s disease related molecular signatures. 🧠 🌊 doi.org/10.1038/s42003-025-08796-0

Working memory performance improves after short-term physical activity. Ripple activity increased with memory load, and ripple to awake-spindle coupling strengthened, suggesting
physical activity boosts working memory via hippocampal-thalamocortical dynamics. 🏃‍♂️🧠 doi.org/10.1038/s42003-025-08618-3

Caffeine ingestion shifts sleep EEG towards higher complexity and criticality, flattening the 1/f slope and reducing long-range temporal correlations, reflecting enhanced excitation, especially in younger adults and particularly during NREM sleep. ☕ 🧠 doi.org/10.1038/s42003-025-08090-z

Longitudinal rs-fMRI charts rapid spatial maturation of infant #brain networks over the first 6 months: greater spatial similarity, tighter voxel engagement, and network-specific gains in strength, size, and centroids. 👶 🧠 doi.org/10.1038/s420...

Nutritional supplementation of lipid nanoparticles in Acropora #corals enhances larval swimming, settlement, and juvenile resilience >> coral "baby food"! 🍼🪸 doi.org/10.1038/s42003-025-08965-1

In a global #grassland dataset, large mammalian herbivores rescued forb cover and diversity from the negative effects of eutrophication. 🌿🦌 doi.org/10.1038/s420...

A new #fossil of the triassic marine reptile, Lijiangosaurus yongshengensis, reveals that an exceptionally long neck developing more than 40 cervical vertebrae evolved in nothosaurs before the rise of plesiosaurs. doi.org/10.1038/s420...

Revised #crocodilian phylogeny sheds light on the evolutionary relationships of the “terror crocodile” Deinosuchus, offering new insights into climate resilience in the group. 🐊 doi.org/10.1038/s420...

Metabolic profiling of Iron Age residues reveals the earliest material evidence for the fumigation of the drug plant Peganum harmala (Syrian rue), used in domestic contexts for medicinal and hygienic purposes. 🌱
doi.org/10.1038/s420...

Using a deep learning approach, the presence of yawn contagion is confirmed in zebrafish. Fish can "catch" yawns too! 🥱 🐟 doi.org/10.1038/s420...

In wild bonobo groups, female coalition
formation best explains the observed variation in
female power. 💪♀️ doi.org/10.1038/s420...