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Hidden structure found in essential metabolic machinery
Melding biology and physical sciences yields deeper understanding of cancer
New virtual reality software allows scientists to ‘walk’ inside cells
Scientists find neurochemicals have unexpectedly profound roles in the human brain
Tone of voice matters in neuronal communication
A single dose of cannabidiol modulates medial temporal and striatal function during fear processing in people at clinical high risk for psychosis
New Map Charts Genetic Expression Across Tissue Types, Sexes
People who were children when their parents divorced have less ‘love hormone’
The neurons that connect stress, insomnia, and the immune system
Neurons protect themselves from degeneration
When Host Diets Are Lacking, Gut Bacteria Pull Together To Survive
From sociology of quantification to ethics of quantification
To understand the machinery of life, this scientist breaks it on purpose
Pollution linked to antibiotic resistance
Social bonds in adulthood don’t mediate early life trauma
Humans and flies employ very similar mechanisms for brain development and function
Humans Might Be So Sickly Because We Evolved to Avoid a Single Devastating Disease
How does cooperation evolve?
Cells communicate
Quadruple DNA Strands Discovered In Healthy Cells For The First Time
Unparalleled inventory of the human gut ecosystem
Getting To Know Your Booger Biome
Researchers study if nerve cells evolved to talk to microbes
Microbial management
Translational Microbiomics Offsets Ecological Disruptions
Toward principles of gene regulation in multicellular systems
How a protein’s small change leads to big trouble for cells
Gut Microbiome Could Potentially Make Some Medicines Toxic, Study Finds
Genetic malfunction of brain astrocytes triggers migraine
Pioneering research reveals certain human genes relate to gut bacteria
Psilocybin Alters Brain Levels Of The Neurotransmitter Glutamate — And This Could Explain Why Users Experience “Ego Dissolution”
Chronic stress? Limiting inflammatory signaling to specific brain circuits
Study reveals continuous pathway to building blocks of life
Diet and gut bacteria fundamentally influence cancer drug toxicity
A return to the wild for better immune health
Interaction between microbiota and immunity in health and disease
Dynamics of gut bacteria follow ecological laws
How gene flow between species influences the evolution of Darwin’s finches
Gut microbes influence how rat brains react to opioids
How animals ‘dial up’ the pain they experience from certain stimuli
New findings suggest laws of nature ‘downright weird,’ not as constant as previously thought
Babies get their intestinal viruses in stages
DNA may not be life’s instruction book—just a jumbled list of ingredients
Discovery of T cells response spectrum could new shed light on immune diseases
Universe expansion may not be uniform
Gray Matter Volume May Indicate Efficacy of Acupuncture for Migraine
How serotonin balances communication within the brain
Unearthing gut secret paves way for targeted treatments
How stress remodels the brain
Markets v. Lives
Making sense of cells
The growth of an organism rides on a pattern of waves
Seeing is believing: Visualizing differences in RNA biology between single cells
Deglobalization in a hyper-connected world
Brain-doping produced by your own body
Mapping Bacterial Neighborhoods in the Gut
Study suggests our brains use distinct firing patterns to store and replay memories
Researchers publish digital atlas of all human brain proteins
New sleep method strengthens brain’s ability to retain memories
New insights into evolution: Why genes appear to move around
How does the brain put decisions in context? Study finds unexpected brain region at work
The Rules of the Flock
How resident microbes restructure body chemistry
Scientists discover new clue behind age-related diseases and food spoilage
Gene-editing is more error-prone than thought, new findings suggest
Reduced stress associated with changes in plasma metabolite profile
Origin of life: A Darwinian machine for non-living objects
‘Rosetta stone’ for urban scaling makes sense of how cities change across time and space
Interventions for pain: Finding connections at the surface
How social and physical technologies collaborate to create
Garrett Lisi on “The Portal”, Ep. #015 — My Arch-nemesis, Myself. (with host Eric Weinstein)
Early Life Experiences Biologically and Functionally Mature the Brain
Setting the agenda for social science research on the human microbiome
Group membership dictates the neural correlates of social optimism biases
Calling an Illness “Psychosomatic” Doesn’t Mean It’s Imaginary
Human fetal lungs harbor a microbiome signature
Physics shows that imperfections make perfect
Common foods can help ‘landscape’ the jungle of our gut microbiome
Quantum physics: Controlled experiment observes self-organized criticality
Making sense of the self
Study sheds light on link between cannabis, anxiety and stress
Life’s clockwork: Scientist shows how molecular engines keep us ticking
Is schizophrenia a by-product of human evolution?
Engrams emerging as the basic unit of memory
Clusters of gold atoms form peculiar pyramidal shape