Health
Where the sun doesn't shine? Skin UV exposure reflected in poop
The sun can indeed shine out of your backside, suggests research. Not because you're self-absorbed, but because you've absorbed gut-altering UV radiation.
Oct 24, 2019
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Neuroscience
Is this brain cell your 'mind's eye'?
No-one knows what connects awareness—the state of consciousness—with its contents, i.e. thoughts and experiences. Now researchers propose an elegant solution: a literal, structural connection.
Sep 30, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Bacteria injections help the immune system fight cancer
Cancers evade destruction by convincing some immune cells to suppress others. But a surprising interlocutor can persuade the suppressors to defect, and the destroyers to redouble.
Sep 18, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Team develops donor screening for vaginal microbiota transplantation
Researchers at Johns Hopkins have taken the first step towards trials of vaginal microbiota transplantation (VMT).
Sep 10, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Why do men find a lower waist-to-hip ratio sexier?
Male turkeys famously will attempt to mate with a head on a stick. In fact, gobblers prize a snug snood over the whole hen. How far then can a man's ideal sexual partner be stripped?
Sep 02, 2019
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Neuroscience
Pores for thought: Ion channel study beckons first whole-brain simulation
Pores at the surface of neurons and muscle cells control your every thought, movement; the very beating of your heart. The way the pores behave—that is open, close, or lock for a short time (inactivate) depending on voltage—shapes ...
Aug 15, 2019
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Medical research
The mind-muscle connection: For aesthetes, not athletes?
The 'mind-muscle connection'. Ancient lore for bodybuilders, latest buzz for Instragram fitness followers.
Aug 09, 2019
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Genetics
Are the 'viral' agents of MS, ALS and schizophrenia buried in our genome?
What if the missing 'environmental' factor in some of our deadliest neurological diseases were really written in our genome?
Jul 11, 2019
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Health
How to sell labriculture: Less lab, more culture
In the near future, we will be able to mass-produce meat directly from animal cells.
Jul 03, 2019
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Health
Zero-calorie sweeteners on trial again
As a sugar substitute, zero-calorie sweeteners may reduce tooth decay and blood sugar spikes. Seven are approved worldwide and safe for humans—but does this mean they're healthy?
Jun 25, 2019
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