Why do brain disorders affect men and women differently? Researchers used RNA sequencing to identify 3,000 sex-biased genes ...

Can your gut bacteria control your stress? Microbial diversity and short-chain fatty acids are linked to acute cortisol responses and subjective stress levels.

Did humans lose their sense of smell? A study on the Orang Asli people reveals that hunter-gatherers maintain ancestral smell genes for foraging, while farmers' olfactory receptors evolved alongside ...

How do we learn to avoid bad food? Researchers found that fat cells signal the brain using dopamine to trigger "conditioned ...

How does the placebo effect work? A new study identifies the vlPAG brain region and endogenous opioid signaling as the keys to expectancy-driven pain relief.

Researcher have developed a "Shallow Brain" AI model that mimics the connections between the cortex and subcortical regions, ...

How do astronauts track sleep? A new study introduces a smartphone-based melatonin test that monitors circadian rhythms in just 15 minutes using fluorescent nanoparticles.

Can a nasal spray reverse brain aging? A new study shows that intranasal extracellular vesicles can clear brain fog, recharge ...

When do peripheral nerves develop? Researchers used "mosaic barcodes" to prove that neural crest cells commit to their ...

Is social media addiction real? A new study explores the brain changes and psychological impacts of excessive use following a landmark $6 million California court ruling.

Why is most music 120 BPM? A new study discovers a universal communication tempo of 2 hertz shared by fireflies, crickets, and humans due to neural resonance.

How fast is the sense of smell? Researcher found that the olfactory bulb identifies odors in 50ms, using temporal filtering ...