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Aidan Horner

Aidan Horner

Associate Professor in Psychology and Neuroscience, University of York
Psychologist and neuroscientist who conducts research into episodic memory, spatial navigation, forgetting, and sleep. I use experimental psychology, brain imaging (fMRI and MEG), polysomnography, and computational modelling to understanding how the brain allows us to remember things over long periods of time. I am particularly interesting in understanding why and how we forget. Ultimately, I want to know whether we can minimise forgetting when we want to remember things, such as in an educational setting, and increase forgetting when we want to forget, such as when we have intrusive memories of traumatic events.

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Economy

China Holds Steady: Lending Rates Unchanged Amid Economic Optimism and Trade Tensions

China left its April 21, 2025, benchmark lending rates unchanged, leaving the one-year loan prime rate (LPR) at 3.1% and five-year LPR at 3.6% for a sixth straight month. This aligns with expectations and shows caution in...

MOEX Russia Index Rises Amid Oil and Gas Gains; Magnit and Severstal Tumble

Russian stocks edged higher on Saturday, driven by strength in the oil, gas, and power sectors. The MOEX Russia Index closed up 0.26%, signaling cautious optimism among investors despite mixed performance across key...

Malaysia’s Q1 GDP Grows 4.4%, U.S. Exports Surge Amid Tariff Concerns

Malaysias economy expanded by 4.4% year-on-year in Q1 2025, according to official advance estimates released Friday. While slower than the 5% growth recorded in Q4 2024, the economy remained resilient amid global...

Wall Street Ends Mixed as Apple, Eli Lilly Rise Amid Trade and Rate Concerns

Wall Street closed mixed on Thursday as investor sentiment improved slightly amid progress in U.S.-Japan trade talks, though caution prevailed ahead of the Good Friday holiday. The SP 500 inched up 0.13% to 5,282.70, while...

Japan’s Inflation Rises as U.S. Tariff Risks Weigh on BOJ Policy

Japans core inflation rose in March, driven by persistent food cost increases, complicating the Bank of Japans (BOJ) path toward further rate hikes amid growing concerns over U.S. trade tariffs. The core consumer price...

Politics

Zelenskiy Slams Russia’s “Fake” Easter Ceasefire Amid Ongoing Shelling

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Sunday dismissed Russias Orthodox Easter ceasefire as a facade, accusing Moscow of continuing frontline attacks despite President Vladimir Putins order to halt military activity....

Putin Attends Orthodox Easter Amid Ongoing Ukraine Conflict

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin attended an Orthodox Easter service on April 20 at Moscows Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, led by Patriarch Kirill, a staunch supporter of both Putin and...

South Korea, U.S. to Hold Trade Talks Amid 25% Tariff Concerns

South Korea and the United States are set to hold bilateral trade consultations this week in Washington, according to Seouls trade ministry. The meeting, initiated at the request of the U.S., comes amid ongoing tensions...

Harvard Slams Trump Administration Over "Intrusive" Demands Amid Funding Freeze

Harvard University has criticized the Trump administration for intensifying what it calls astonishingly intrusive demands, even after revelations that a government letter detailing those demands was sent without proper...

Pentagon Leak Scandal Sparks Backlash from Ousted Advisors

Dan Caldwell, a senior advisor to U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, broke his silence after being escorted out of the Pentagon this week over an alleged leak. Alongside officials Darin Selnick and Colin Carroll,...

Science

Kennedy Sets September Deadline to Uncover Autism Causes Amid Controversy

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a bold plan to identify the cause of autism by September 2025. Speaking at a cabinet meeting with President Donald Trump, Kennedy declared a global...

AstraZeneca’s Imfinzi Gets US Approval for Bladder Cancer Treatment

AstraZenecas drug Imfinzi (NASDAQ: AZN) has received U.S. approval to treat adult patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer, a significant advancement in cancer therapy. The approval allows Imfinzi to be used in...

Sanofi’s New Hemophilia Drug Qfitlia Gains FDA Approval with Breakthrough Bimonthly Dosing

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Qfitlia, a groundbreaking hemophilia treatment by French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi (NASDAQ: SNY). Designed for patients aged 12 and older with hemophilia A or B,...

FDA Vaccine Chief Peter Marks Resigns Amid Controversy Over Transparency

Peter Marks, the U.S. Food and Drug Administrations (FDA) top vaccine official, has resigned after reportedly being forced out by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), according to The Wall Street Journal....

Museums have tons of data, and AI could make it more accessible − but standardizing and organizing it across fields won’t be easy

Ice cores in freezers, dinosaurs on display, fish in jars, birds in boxes, human remains and ancient artifacts from long gone civilizations that few people ever see museum collections are filled with all this and more....

Technology

Apple iPhone Sales Drop 9% in China as Xiaomi Surges 40%

Apples iPhone shipments in China dropped 9% year-over-year in Q1 2025, making it the only major smartphone brand to report a decline, according to IDC. The U.S. tech giant shipped 9.8 million iPhones during the quarter,...

Nvidia Faces $5.5B Hit as U.S. Restricts H20 AI Chip Exports to China

Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) announced it will incur $5.5 billion in charges after the U.S. government indefinitely restricted exports of its H20 AI chip to China, a critical market for its data center products. The H20 chip,...

Intel Restructures Leadership Under New CEO to Boost AI and Engineering Focus

Intels new CEO, Lip-Bu Tan, has initiated a major leadership shakeup aimed at streamlining operations and reviving the chipmakers competitive edge. In a recent internal memo obtained by Reuters, Tan announced a flatter...

TSMC Q1 Profit Surges 60% on Booming AI Chip Demand

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC), the worlds largest contract chipmaker, reported a 60% year-over-year surge in first-quarter net profit, driven by skyrocketing demand for chips powering artificial intelligence...

Tencent, Douyin Launch Domestic Sales Initiatives Amid U.S.-China Trade Tensions

Chinese tech giants Tencent and Douyin, TikToks sister app in China, have launched new initiatives to support local exporters affected by the intensifying U.S.-China trade war. These efforts aim to help export-reliant...
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