Microplastics are making their way into the human brain at higher levels than previously recorded
Microplastics are burrowing into our brains with unknown consequences for human health, a new study has found. Every day, ...
Prosthetic limb gains more natural control through hand–brain connection
Researchers are paving the way for the design of bionic limbs that feel natural to users. They demonstrate the connection ...
How the brain's little blue dot regulates your sleep
The locus coeruleus is emerging as a major new area of research interest, with many important functions such as regulating ...
Best Nutrients and Foods to Eat When Pregnant
A healthy diet is key to living a long and healthy life, but proper nutrition becomes even more important during pregnancy. After all, you're growing a whole new human being inside of you.
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Are medical mushrooms the next frontier in anxiety and depression treatment? Some think so.
Ben Strahan thought he’d lost the will to live. It had been a long, isolating year for the Reno-based wildland firefighter.
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Europe Approval Facilitates Worm Treatment Where It Matters
The European Medicines Agency’s positive opinion for ivermectin-albendazole for treating soil-transmitted helminth infections ...
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Does The Human Body Really Replace Itself Every 7 Years?
If the human body were just a blob made up of a singular type of cell, then perhaps there would be at least some element of ...
Some viruses prefer mosquitoes to humans, but people get sick anyway − a virologist and entomologist explain why
The virus that causes eastern equine encephalitis, or EEE, has evolved to infect mosquitoes. To be able to spread between ...
10 Days with No Reading, Writing or Eye Contact – What Really Happens When You’re on a Silent Retreat
In an attempt to escape the world's anxious hum, one chronically overstimulated writer booked into a silent retreat – no ...