A new study  by Prof. XUE Tian from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Prof. YAO Yonggang of the Kunming Institute of Zoology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and Prof. ZHAO Huan of Hefei University has revealed that chronic exposure to artificial light at night (LAN) can trigger depression-like behaviors by activating a specific neural pathway in the brain.

A linguistic study proves that the European Huns and their Asian ancestors spoke the same Palaeo-Siberian language. This result refutes the previously assumed Turkish origin of the Huns / publication in the ‘Transactions of the Philological Society’

Population decline, ageing and the concentration of the economy and services in urban centres have put peripheral regions under increasing pressure as opportunities for development are steadily shrinking. In her doctoral thesis, Kadri Kangro, a PhD candidate at the School of Governance, Law and Society at Tallinn University, highlights that rural areas have their own strengths that can be harnessed through a social hackathon or co-creation platform.

There has been little research on sexual philosophy in Estonia, but it is a field of research that helps us make sense of an important part of human relationships. Rita Niineste, a PhD candidate at Tallinn University's School of Humanities, investigated what gives meaning to sex and why historical sexual theories have a negative impact on women's sexual self-perception.

Kristjan Haljak, who defended his doctoral thesis at the Tallinn University’s School of Humanities, argued that both the Estonian writer Jaan Oks and the French writer Comte de Lautréamont share a revolutionary and rebellious approach to creativity, as well as a struggle for the radical freedom of both body and soul.

The cultural space is a reflection of societal values. Alina Poklad, a PhD candidate at Tallinn University's School of Humanities, researched how people with disabilities are portrayed in contemporary Russian culture and how this is reflected in public discourse.

Archaeologists from the Australian Museum, the University of Sydney and the Australian National University in collaboration with First Nations community members have unearthed 693 stone artefacts dating from the last Ice Age to the recent past. Found in an ancient Blue Mountains cave known as Dargan Shelter, this new evidence provides definitive proof of repeated occupation in this once frozen, high-altitude landscape. The research, funded by the Australian Museum Foundation, is published in Nature Human Behaviour today.